TNAG-0862-FCO40-1072-Involvement-of-Hong-Kong-in-air-services-agreements-1979 — Page 129

THE FARES WOULD BE INDIVIDUAL POINT TO POINT, SAME PLANE, AND

SALEABLE ONLY ON A ROUND TRIP BASIS REQUIRING FULL PAYMENT AT LEAST 21 DAYS PRIOR TO TRAVEL. TO OVERCOME THE SHORT LEAD TIME, THE ADVANCE PAYMENT PERIOD COULD BE REDUCED TO 7 DAYS

FOUR JOURNEYS BOOKED IN JANUARY AND 14 DAYS FOR JOURNEYS BOOKED

IN FEBRUARY. CPA EXPECT THAT SEASONALITY CAN BE ESTABLISHED WITH

QANTAS WITHIN THE NEXT FEW DAYS AND ALSO THE PROPOSED FARE FOR HONG KONG/DARWIN.

4. ALTHOUGH WE SUPPORT THE PRINCIPLE OF AN EARLY INTRODUCTION OF

APEX FARES TO/FROM HONG KONG, WE WISH TO RESERVE OUR POSITION ON

THE CONDITIONS GOVERNING SUCH FARES. WE HAVE THEREFORE ADVISED

CPA THAT WE REQUIRE TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT THE AIRLINES ARE PROPOSE

IN TERMS OF SEASONALITY AND, MOREOVER, THAT WE REMAIN TO BE

PERSUADED THAT THE HONG KONG-AUSTRALIA ROUTE SHOULD NOT ENJOY

A ONE-WAY APEX FARE IN COMMON WITH THE AUSTRALIA-LONDON ROUTE.

WE ARE ALSO SOMEWHAT DISAPPOINTED AT THE HEAVY SURCHARGE

PROPOSED FOR THE PEAK PERIODS.

5. WE PROPOSE THAT THESE FACTORS BE BORNE IN MIND AT THE

FORTHCOMING TALKS IN CANBERRA. MEANWHILE, WE WOULD WELCOME ANY

COMMENT THE DOT OR CAA MIGHT WISH TO MAKE ON THE REASONABLENESS (OR OTHERWISE) OF THE CPA PROPOSALS.

MACLEHOSE

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