TNAG-0866-FCO40-1076-Involvement-of-Hong-Kong-in-air-services-agreements-1979 — Page 19

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FM HONG KONG 140407Z DEC 79

TO ROUTINE FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 1755 OF 14 DECEMBER

INFO CANBERRA

_HKK184/1

YOUR TELNO 1025: HONG KONG/AUSTRALIA LOW FARES.

PA

CPA AND QANTAS HAVE FILED ICAP FARES PACKAGE TO TAKE ACCOUNT OF AGREEMENT REACHED BETWEEN 5 ASEAN CARRIERS, QANTAS AND CPA IN BANGKOK ON 19-23 NOVEMBER. CPA'S FILING TO CAA IS DATED 3 DECEMBER AND WAS DESPATCHED TO CAA BY SPEEDPOST ON 4 DECEMBER.

2. THE PACKAGE INCLUDES AN APOW FARE BUT THE ADD-ON FARES ARE DIFFERENT FROM THOSE ORIGINALLY PROPOSED, WHICH WERE DERIVED FROM EXISTING QAA SECTOR FARES. THE NEW-ADD ON FARES ARE THOSE ORGINALLY PROPOSED ( BUT NOT IMPLEMENTED) AT THE ASEAN CARRIERS/QANTAS/CPA. MEETING IN KUALA LUMPUR IN JUNE, PLUS A

5 PER CENT INCREASE. WE ARE CONTENT WITH THE FILING.

3. RE PARA 2 TUR WE CONFIRM THAT CPA INTEND TO SERVE PERTH OVER DARWIN FROM EARLY MARCH. THE HKG-KUL-JKT-PER SERVICES WILL

BE WITHDRAWN ON OR ABOUT 12 MARCH.

CATER

FILES MACD HR + GD SPD SCAD

MIES BROWN

NA MURRAY

CRPILA SENT TO CAD/DOT

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