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CARFE HONG KONG Ø11845Z DEC 78
TO IMMEDIATE PORT MORESBY
TELEGRAM NUMBER ALLOT 7 OF 1 DECEMBER
INFO IMMEDIATE D O T.
MY ALLOT 6 TO YOU.
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1. CPA TODAY (1 DECEMBER) ADVISED ME THAT THEIR PORT MORESBY
REPRESENTATIVE (NICHOL) HAS BEEN APPROACHED BY ANG IN ORDER TO IDENTIFY DOUBLE-BOOKINGS ON ENVISAGED ANG EXTRA-SCHEDULED SERVICES
AND NORMAL CPA SERVICES IN ORDER COOPERATIVELY TO RATIONALSIE DISTRIBUTION OF PASSENGERS.
2. CPA SAY THAT THIS ACTION SHOWED THAT ALL PASSENGERS COULD BE
CARRIED ON NORMAL SCHEDULED ANG AND CPA SERVICES EXCEPT FOR THOSE NORTHBOUND ON 17 DECEMBER WHERE AN UNCERTAIN NUMBER (CPA SAY ABOUT 84 BUT GREY HAS DIRECTLY TELEPHONED MY OFFICE TO SAY 120) COULD NOT. CPA HAVE THEREFORE TOLD ANG THAT, PROVIDED CPA'S NORTHBOUND SERVICE IS FULL THAT DAY, CPA WOULD NOT OPPOSE AN EXTRA-SCHEDULED NORTHBOUND ANG SERVICE ON THAT DATE.
FURTHER, THOUGH THE HONG KONG DIRECTORATE UNDERSTANDABLY NOW WISHES
TO TAKE NO INITIATIVE IN THIS MATTER, THEY HAVE ADVISED ME THAT (SUBJECT TO THE SAME PROVISO) THEY ALSO WOULD NOT OBJECT. THE WAY MAY THUS BE CLEAR FOR LONDON TO APPROVE AN APPLICATION
THROUGH HIGH COMMISSION FOR AN EXTRA NORTHBOUND ANG SCHEDULED
SERVICE ON 17 DECEMBER: BUT I UNDERSTAND THAT ANG HAS NOT YET
TAKEN ANY STEPS WHATEVER TO TRANSFER ANY PASSENGERS TO CPA.
3. A POSSIBLE FURTHER SNAG IS THAT ANG APPARENTLY QUOTED ME TO
CPA AS HAVING SAID THAT IN ABY CASE WHERE TWO SCHEDULED SERVICES
ON SAME DAY COULD NOT ACCOMMODATE PASSENGERS THE TOTAL NUMBER OF PASSENGERS SHOULD BE SPLIT THREE WAYS SO THAT ONE CPA
AND TWO ANG SERVICES HAD EQUAL LOAD FACTORS. CPA HAD RESISTED THIS
ANG SUGGESTION ON GROUND THAT THEY KNEW ANG'S SECOND SERVICE WOULD BE OPERATING TO HONG KONG IN ANY CASE AS A POSITIONING FLIGHT
(AN OPERATION FORCED ON ANG BY ITS OWN DECISION TO MOUNT SPECIAL SERVICES BETWEEN PORT MORESBY AND SYDNEY) SO THAT ANY TRAFFIC CARRIED ON THE EXTRA SERVICE TO HONG KONG WOULD BE PURE GAIN FOR
ANG. I DO NOT KNOW IF ANG HAS ACCEPTED THIS CPA OBJECTION. I SHOULD
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