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1728: PROHONGAID LONDON TWO:
GIS 179/80 (ADD)
YAX763 03-1049 YHN428
+BRITISH AIRWAYS HELD THE MONOPOLY FOR 30 YEARS. INSTEAD OF RECIPROCATING BY GRANTING A LICENCE TO CATHAY PACIFIC, EITHER WITH THE ADDITION OF BRITISH CALEDONIAN OR TO ITS EXCLUSION, THEY HAVE ADDED A SECOND BRITISH CARRIER TO THE ROUTE. THE REASONS GIVEN BY THE CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY DO NOT BEAR EXAMINATION FOR ONE MINUTE. WE WOULD NOT BE BETTER SERVED BY AN AIRLINE THAT PROPOSES TO USE THE SMALLER DC 10 RATHER THAN THE BOEING 747. THE CAA HAS COMPLETELY IGNORED THE PATTERN OF TRAFFIC, WITH PEAKS ON BOTH SIDES OF THE WEEK END AND DIPS IN MID WEEK. ONE RATHER SUSPECTS THE DECISION WAS POLITICAL.
+OUR WHOLLY DEPENDENT STATUS FAILED TO PROTECT US IN THE EEC TEXTILE NEGOTIATIONS HERE IT WILL WORK TO OUR POSITIVE DISADVATAGE, UNLESS THE MINISTER RECTIFIES THE ERROR. IT IS WITHIN HIS POWER TO DO SO.
+CATHAY WAS ENCOURAGED TO BUY UK EQUIPMENT. THEY SPECIFIED THAT THEIR 747S SHOULD BE POWERED BY ROLLS ROYCE ENGINES: SO FAR, I AM INFORMED, THEY HAVE INVESTED 70 MILLION POUNDS STERLING IN ROLLS ROYCE ENGINES TO THAT END, AND PLAN TO INVEST 10 MILLION POUNDS STERLING A YEAR ON OTHER UK EQUIPMENT. THIS WAS IN FURTHERANCE OF RECIPROCITY.
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