TNAG-0871-FCO40-1081-Air-services-between-Hong-Kong-and-the-UK-1979 — Page 53

GR 323

CLASSIFIED

FM HONG KONG 080356Z NOV 79

TO IMMEDIATE FOREIGN AND COMMONWEALTH OFFICE

TELNO.1574 OF 8 NOVEMBER,

INFO HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OFFICE LONDON.

HONG KONG/LONDON CABOTAGE AIR TARIFF.

HKK 184/6

....

NED IN REGISTRY M

·8 NOV 1979

OFFICER

WE SHOULD BE GRATEFUL IF BEFORE 12 NOVEMBER 1979 YOU WOULD PASS TO C.A.A THE FOLLOWING TEXT OF OUR OBJECTION TO BRITISH AIRWAY'S APPLICATION TO INCREASE LONDON/HONG KONG CABOTAGE FARES BY APPROX FOUR PERCENT W.E.F 1.1.80.

''IN RESPECT OF THE PROPOSAL TO VARY THE H.K/LONDON CABOTAGE AIR TARIFF, PUBLISHED IN THE CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY OFFICIAL RECORD SERIES 2 OF 23RD OCTOBER 1979, THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT (HKG) HEREBY OBJECTS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PROVISIONS OF REGULATION 10

OF THE CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY REGULATIONS 1972.

2.

THE GROUNDS ON WHICH THE HONG KONG GOVERNMENT OBJECTS

ARE AS FOLLOWS:-

(A) THE HKG HAS BEEN SUPPLIED WITH NO DETAILED INFORMATION TO

JUSTIFY THE INCREASE SOUGHT.

(B)

(C)

ALREADY THIS YEAR THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL INCREASES IN FARES

ON THE LONDON-H.K ROUTE, CULMINATING IN A FIFTEEN PERCENT

INCREASE ACROSS THE BOARD AUTHORISED BY THE CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY (CAA) IN ITS DECISION DATED 13TH SEPTEMBER 1979 IN RESPECT OF APPLICATION 23/1/01/11 MADE BY BRITISH AIRWAYS (BA).

THERE ARE PRESENTLY BEFORE THE CAA IN LONDON AND THE AIR

TRANSPORT LICENSING AUTHORITY (ATLA) IN HONG KONG APPLICATIONS FROM THREE OTHER AIRLINES FOR A LICENCE TO

PROVIDE SCHEDULED SERVICES BETWEEN LONDON AND HONG KONG. ALL THREE APPLICANTS HAVE SUBMITTED TO THE CAA AND THE ATLA DETAILS OF THE FARES THEY PROPOSE TO CHARGE WHICH ARE IN GENERAL CONSIDERABLY LOWER THAN EXISTING B.A FARES LET ALONE FURTHER ENHANCED FARES. B.A'S

B.A'S APPLICATION COULD THEREFORE

/ BE