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FM HONG KONG 17101 02 APR 79

TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TELNO.465 OF 17 APRIL,

INFO IMMEDIATE CANBERRA.

YOUR TELNO.219: U.K/AUSTRALIA AIR SERVICES.

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1 8 APR 1979

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1. EA AND CPA MET IN MANILA 11-12 APRIL TO DISCUSS NEW LOW FARES AND SCHEDULES ON THE HONG KONG/AUSTRALIA ROUTES. A COPY OF THE REPORT OF THE DISCUSSIONS IS BEING FORWARDED TO 0.0.T VIA CPA IN LONDON AND SHOULD ARRIVE IN TIME FOR THE

TALKS WITH ROWLAND.

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2. EA AND CPA AGREED TO SUPPORT AN EARLY IMPLEMENTATION OF

THE NEW FARES PACKAGE BY A JOINT FILING WITH THE AUSTRALIAN GOVERNMENT IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE NEXT AUSTRALIA/ASEAN MEETING

SCHEDULED ON 2 MAY.

3. A NEW FARES PACKAGE WAS AGREED WHICH PROVIDES FOR FIRST,

ECONOMY AND BUSINESS ECONOMY AT THE LEVELS AGREED AT THE JANUARY

TALKS. THE FIRST CLASS FARE (A.DOLLARS 1,650) WOULD PROVIDE

A SLEEPERETTE AND A NEW NORMAL FIRST CLASS FARE WOULD BE

INTRODUCED AT A.DOLLARS 1,486. APEX AND GIT FARES WOULD BE

PEGGED AT THE LEVELS ARISING FROM THE RESENT AUSTRALIAN/ASEAN

MINISTERIAL MEETING (DETAILS IN OUR TELNO.434).

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4. BECAUSE WEA WAS COMMITTED TO A 45 DAYS ADVANCE PURCHASE

PERIOD FOR APEX AND GIT FARES, CPA AGREED TO THE SAME PROVIDED

A REVIEW COULD BE MADE WITHIN THREE MONTHS. WE FIND THIS

DISAPPOINTING AND WILL PRESS FOR THE 21 DAYS EX-HONG KONG

FORMULA AGREED IN JANUARY AT THE REVIEW.

5. 4S REGARDS ADD-ON FARES WITHIN ASIA, CPA AND REA AGREED

TJ FILE JAA LEVELS IF OTHER AUSTRALIAN/ASEAN NEW LOW FARES

WERE NOT INTRODUCED AT THE SAME TIME AS HONG KONG/AUSTRALIA

FARES.

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16. THE QUESTION

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