TNAG-0866-FCO40-1076-Involvement-of-Hong-Kong-in-air-services-agreements-1979 — Page 81

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PM UKREP ICAO MONTREAL

CONFIDENTIAL

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

TELEGRAM NUMBER 19 OF 31 OCTOBER

AND TO IMMEDIATE HONG KONG

Ukk 184/

TVO IN REGISTA' MO.

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1 NOV 1979

PFICER

INDEX

480

TP.

PA

ROUTINE BONN, PARIS, ROME, BANGKOK, PEKING, WASHINGTON, HANDI

CAAC NOTAM 19/AMBER ONE AIRWAY

(LE) HONG KONG TELNO 1527.

1. FURTHER CONSULTATION WITH ICAO PRESIDENT TODAY HAS SERVED TO

CONFIRM AND STRENGTHEN ICAO VIEWS AS DETAILED IN UKREP MONTREAL TELNO 3414 OF 27 OCTOBER 1979 (SENT BY WASHINGTON). REGARDING FINAL SENTENCE OF HONG KONG TELNO 1481 DATED 24 OCTOBER 1979, THE ASSUMED

CONCURRENCE OF ICACREP BANGKOK CONCERNING FORMERLY PROPOSED SELECTIVE

INS ROUTING PROCEEDURE NOT INTENDED TO INDICATE AGREEMENT WITH

COMPLETE CLOSURE OF AMBER ONE AIRWAY TEMPORARILY AS SUBSEQUENTLY NOTIFIED BY HONG KONG NOTAM A.269. ICAO PRESIDENT HAS TODAY CONSULTED

WITH ICAOREP BANGKOK CONCERNING VIEWS EXPRESSED AT HONG KONG DCA MEETING ON 18 OCTOBER 1979.

2. ICAL STRONGLY SUPPORT IMMENIATE ACTION BY DCA HONG KONG AS PROPOSED AT PARAGRAPH 2 OF TUR, VIZ THAT NOTAM A.269 BE AMENDED TO ACCEPT FLIGHT PLANS FOR CIVIL TRANSPORT AIRCRAFT ROUTING VĨA AMBER ONE AIRWAY WHEN DANGER AREAS D1/D2/D3 INACTIVE. DANGER AREA D4 DOES NOT IMPINGE DIRECTLY ON AIRWAY AND, AS INDICATED AT PARAGRAPH 2 OF UKREP MONTREAL TELNO 3414, IT IS RESPONSIBILITY OF INDIVIDUAL AIRCRAFT OPERATORS TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT POSSIBILITY OF NON-NOTIFIED AIRCRAFT MOVEMENTS TO OR FROM D4 WHEN MAKING THEIR DECISIONS REGARDING ACHIEVABLE SAFETY LEVELS FOR CIVIL AIR TRAFFIC OPERATING CH ESTABLISHED ATS ROUTES PUBLISHED IN ICAO REGIONAL AIR NAVIGATION PLANS.

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3. MEANWHILE