TNAG-0780-FCO40-984-Involvement-of-Hong-Kong-in-air-services-agreements-1978 — Page 64

DO HONG KONG

GR 200

CYPHER CAT A

FM D O T 1016102

CONFIDENTIAL

HRK 184/1

RECEIVED IN REGISTRY NO. 51 1 1 AUG 1978

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MAED (3)

TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG (FOR GOVERNOR) TELNO ALLOT 119 OF 10 AUGUST

REF C A A TELEX OF 28 JULY SEEKING YOUR COMMENTS ON A PAN AM

FILING TO INTRODUCE LONDON-LONDON AND HONG KONG-HONG KONG ROUND-

THE-WORLD FARES.

OUR OBJECTIONS TO THE PROPOSALS IN THE FILING ARE

(A) THEY ARE VERY WIDELY DRAWN:

(B) THEY OFFER FLAT RATE FARES WITH GREAT FLEXIBILITY ON ROUTINGS AND STOP-OVERS, SO THAT JOURNEY POSSIBILITIES ARE UNPREDICTABLE WITH THE POSSIBILITY IN SOME CASES OF UNDER-CUTS ON THE FARES APPROVED FOR DIRECT SERVICES BY 3/4 FREEDOM CARRIERS

(C) THEY SEEK TO EXTEND FARES CONCEPTS (ADVANCE PURCHASE AND STANDBY) TO NEW ROUTES (OUTSIDE THE NORTH ATLANTIC) ON WHICH CURRENTLY THEY MAY NOT BE AVAILABLE AND TO WHICH THEY ARE NOT NECESSARILY

APPROPRIATE BEFORE THE CONCLUSIONS HAVE BEEN DRAWN FROM THE

U K/U S AUTUMN REVIEW OF THE VARIOUS EXPERIMENTAL LOW FARES BEING APPLIED CURRENTLY ON THE NORTH ATLANTIC. GIVEN THE UNCERTAINTIES

AND POSSIBLE RAMIFICATIONS, WE BELIEVE IT WOULD BE UNWISE TO APPROVE THE FILING AND PROPOSE TO EXPRESS FORMAL DISSATISFACTION

TO US UNDER BERMUDA 11.

GRATEFUL TO HAVE YOUR COMMENTS ON PROPOSED ACTION. WE MUST OBSERVE A S A TIMESCALES IN THIS MATTER AND IN THE ABSENCE OF A

REPLY BY 14 AUGUST WE WILL ASSUME YOU ARE CONTENT.

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