TNAG-0862-FCO40-1072-Involvement-of-Hong-Kong-in-air-services-agreements-1979 — Page 128

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CANBERRA TELNO 13 TO FCO: AIR SERVICES NEGOTIATIONS

1. NOW THAT THE NEW LOW APEX RETURN AND ONE-WAY FARES BETWEEN

AUSTRALIA AND THE UK HAVE BEEN AGREED AND WILL COME INTO EFFECT

ON 1 FEBRUARY 1979, WE ARE KEEN THAT SIMILAR ARRANGEMENTS SHOULD BECOME AVAILABLE ON THE HONG KONG-AUSTRALIA ROUTE.

2. THE MONTHS OF FEBRUARY, MARCH AND APRIL ARE TRADITIONALLY

RATHER SLACK ON THIS ROUTE AND CPA ARE VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THE

PROSPECT OF LARGE NUMBERS OF AUSTRALIAN PASSENGERS FOREGOING CR DEFERRING A TRIP TO HONG KONG IN PREFERENCE TO THE UK (OR THE US) TO WHERE THE FARE WILL THEN BE CHEAPER THAN TO HKG. WE HOPE, THEREFORE, TO MAINTAIN THE PRESENT FARE RELATIVELY BETWEEN UK, U.S.

AND HONG KONG BY THE INTRODUCTION OF AN APEX FARE BETWEEN AUSTRALA

AND HONG KONG TO BECOME EFFECTIVE 1 FEBRUARY 1979.

3. THE FARES CPA PROPOSE AS A SPECIAL INTRODUCTORY ARRANGEMENT**

WHICH WOULD BE ADDITIONAL TO EXISTING FARES, ARE :

HIGH SEASON

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AUS DOLLARS 706

AUS DOLLARS 586

LOW SEASON

AUS DOLLARS 544 AUS DOLLARS 450