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Thank you for your letter of 26 March about the
Civil Aviation Authority's decision not to grant
Cathay Pacific Airlines a licence to operate on the
London Hong Kong route.
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I am aware of the very strong feelings this
decision has aroused in Hong Kong. You will however
understand that as CPA are appealing to the Secretary
of State for Trade it would not be proper for me to
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The CAA has considered applications in accordance with
the criatria laid down in the 1971 Civil Aviation Act.
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ease"It is no part of the Authority's function to have
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to seek out the market." The CAA expressly considered the thongkong Air Transport Licensing
Authority's decisiol qugh 155 of CAA delisin), a well as, I the submissions of CPI and the Houghing Goremment which both
interfaces any wed that there should be only one additivnd I carrier five ex pares 42,
63 and 108) and not
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