TNAG-0866-FCO40-1076-Involvement-of-Hong-Kong-in-air-services-agreements-1979 — Page 98

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UNCLASSIFIED

FM CANBERRA 263212Z OCT 79

TO IMMEDIATE FCO

ELEGRAM NUMBER 583 OF 26 OCTOBER

HICK 182/1

30 2 VA

29.OCT 1979

REPEATED SINGAPORE, MANILA, JAKARTA, BANGKOK, KUA

HALA LUMPUR,

HONG KONG (GOV AND BCARFE).·

YOUR TEL NO 504 : AIR SERVICES

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1. AUSTRALIA/ASEAN MEETING OF CIVIL AVIATION OFFICIALS ENDED LAST EVENING, TWO DAYS LATER THAN SCHEDULED. FULL TEXT OF PRESS RELEASE IS ALREADY AVAILABLE AT AUSTRALIA

HOUSE. WE ARE SENDING COPIES TO INFORMATION ADDRESSEES.

2. THE OFFICIALS AGREED ON NEW LOW AIR FARES BETWEEN

AUSTRALIA AND ASEAN COUNTRIES TO OPERATE FROM 1 JANUARY 1980.

FARES ARE TO BE REDUCED BY UP TO 38 PER CENT, APEX FARES

WILL BE AVAILABLE FOR ALMOST 9 MONTHS OF THE YEAR AND ARE TO

BE PURCHASED 21 DAYS IN ADVANCE. THIS AGREEMENT IS SUBJECT TO APPROVAL OF MINISTERS, WHICH IT IS HOPED WILL BE GIVEN BY THE END OF NOVEMBER.

3. AUSTRALIAN OFFICIALS CONFIRMED THAT SIA WOULD RETAIN ITS

PRESENT CAPACITY AND ROUTINE STRUCTURE BETWEEN SINGAPORE AND

AUSTRALIA AND THAT ASEAN WOULD BE GUARANTEED SEAT AVAILABILITY

ON OF FLIGHTS ON THE NON-STOPOVER LEGS OF APEX JOURNEYS.

4. IT WAS ALSO AGREED THAT, DURING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF THESE NEW LOW FARE ARRANGEMENTS, DISCUSSIONS WOULD BE HELD ON POSSIBLE IMPROVEMENTS IN THE ''PACKAGE SETTLEMENTS' COVERING POINTS IN SUB PARAGRAPHS 1A) TO 1C) OF MANILA TELEGRAM NO 380

TO FCO.

5. DETAILS OF ASEAN ADD-ON FARES WILL BE ANNOUNCED LATER BY

ASEAN AUTHORITIES. HONG KONG WOULD BE INCLUDED, SUBJECT TO

THE APPROVAL OF U.K. AND H.K. AUTHORITIES.

6. AUSTRALIAN OFFICIALS, WHO ARE WEARY FOLLOWING AT LEAST ONE SUNRISE SESSION, WILL BRIEF ATTEWELL ON 29 OCTOBER.

7. FCO, PLEASE PASS ADVANCE COPY TO ROBERTS, CAIR, DOT. TELLIT

Filairs

HR VQD

MAGD SPD

MISS BROWN

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