TNAG-0865-FCO40-1075-Involvement-of-Hong-Kong-in-air-services-agreements-1979 — Page 158

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FM HONG KONG 2708052 JUL 79

TO IMMEDIATE F C O

TELEGRAM NUMBER 1066 OF 27 JULY

INFO PRIORITY SINGAPORE

UK/SINGAPORE AIR SERVICES.

Hkk184/1

LIVED IN NETISTRY KO.

3 0 JUL 1979

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Cer.387

1. AS FROM 24 JULY, SIA SUBSTITUTED B-727 ON THEIR DAILY DC-10 SERVICE SIN/BKK/HKG VV (SQ642/641), BECAUSE OF REDEPLOYMENT OF THEIR DC-10 AIRCRAFT.

2. SIA ALSO ADVISE THAT, WITH EFFECT FROM 28 JULY, THEY WISH TO OPERATE TWO DAILY B-727 AIRCRAFT IN EACH DIRECTION ON THE ROUTE, ACCORDING TO THE FOLLOWING SCHEDULE :

A. SQ 642

K

SIN/BKK/HKG STA 1525L (WITH 136 SEATS)

SQ 641

S

HKG/BKK/HKG STD 1630L (RESTRICTED TO 100 SEATS)

B. SQ 68 - SIN/BKK/HKG STA 2045L (NIGHT STOP IN HK) (RESTRICTED TO

120 SEATS)

SQ 67 HKG/BKK/SIN STD 1145L (WITH 136 SEATS)

IT IS UNDERSTOOD THAT THE CAPACITY LIMITATIONS ON SQ641 AND SQ68 ARE DUE TO RESTRICTIONS IMPOSED BY THE THAI GOVERNMENT.

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3.STABLES OF DOT HAS PREVIOUSLY ADVISED THAT SUBSTITUTION BY TWO SMALLER AIRCRAFT WAS ACCEPTABLE PROVIDED THEY OPERATE IN TANDEM AS ONE SERVICE (LETTERS ED/44/01 OF 19 OCTOBER 1976 TO SINGAPORE AIRLINES AND ED/44/1 OF 4 JANUARY 1978 TO THORPE OF HK-CAD). THE SIA PROPOSAL DOES NOT MEET THIS REQUIREMENT.

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