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CONFIDENTIAL MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING

TRUNK ROUTE

At meetings held from 18 May to 26 July 1979, in Peking

to discuss the Agreement between the Government of the

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and

the Government of the People's Republic of China relating

to Civil Air Transport, initialled on 26 July 1979, at Peking (hereinafter referred to as "the Agreement") delegations

representing the respective governments reached the following

understandings:

1. The airline designated by the United Kingdom under

Article 3 of the Agreement may for the time being serve

Hong Kong as an additional point on the route set out in

section 1 of the Route Schedule annexed to the Agreement.

In the operation of the agreed services through Hong Kong

on the said route the designated airline of the United Kingdom

may not take up at Hong Kong traffic which terminates at

Peking nor put down at Hong Kong traffic which originates

in Peking unless such traffic is carried to or from Hong Kong by its agreed services and stops over at Hong Kong. However

the said designated airline may carry between Hong Kong and

Peking its company staff members and their families and

their baggage as well as aircraft stores and spare parts for use in the operation of the agreed services. Such staff

members and their families will not be counted in applying

the seat limitation set out in paragraph 2 below.

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