CODE 18-77
2.
Mr Mcharen
Many Banks
81419.
Reference
HKK 18.4/5
BELEIVED IN RIUD
So SEP 1979
Air Services on the hondon. Hong Kong route
1. I attach the file
As
you will see from
from folio 29, I tried to permade MAED that or objective should be to make sue that CPA were given the route, and that to this and the FCO should seek to persuade the DOT so to arrange things that this was bound to happen. But 1, AED would not accept this. I therefore agreed with thiss Stoddart that, rather than have a showdown now, we should let the CAA heaving go ahead. It seems likely that, in any case, they will decide in favour of CPA, notwithstanding that toy good the requirement that they should give special consideration to British airlines. If they do not decide - favour of CPA, it will still be open to the Secretary of State for Trade to reverse their decision on appeal, and it is at that
that we may
need to argue out with MAED what the FCO line should be. I therefore agreed to the submission at
going ahead. folio 33, and the CAA hearings are now
stage
3.
on
In the meantime, the Hong Kong Air Transport licencing Authority (who have to issue a licence before any airline can
are also considering operate = or out of Hong Kong) applications from the thee airlines seeking
new services to and
from London. The counch will come if the CAA and HKATLA reach different decisions - but that is a fridge to be crossed when we come to it.
W. Chantrill
13/9
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