The
or passengers may bring their own. fare (about $1620 one way) is marginally lower than CPA's lowest fare of $1661, which is for mid-week travel only and must be purchased at least 14 days in advance, but which includes full services, i.e. food, drinks and headphones. The "Skytrain" fare would be higher than BCal's "standby" fare of 1,080 and BA's recently announced "bargain hunter" fare of 998, but only a limited number of seats (confirmed shortly before the flight) will be available at these fares of BCal and BA;
a 21-day advance purchase excursion fare. Changes in or cancellation of reservations would be charged for;
a normal economy class fare, for which tickets may be bought and seats reserved at any time in advance of the flight. Reservations could be changed or cancelled without additional charge.
Only tickets under (c) would be inter-changeable with other airlines.
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17.
The immediate issue is the attitude the Hong Kong Government should take towards Laker's application (and towards any applications CPA and BCal might put forward to have the limitations on the number of their flights from Hong Kong to London, removed). In his speech to the Hong Kong Association in London on 17th June, Mr. Nott quoted an observation made in the ATLA's November written decision, that the Laker application (to the ATLA) "fits in with the general economic approach which has made Hong Kong what it is today" Mr. Nott went on to say that if there were further ATLA hearings in Hong Kong and (as he assumed) the Hong Kong Government gave evidence at them, he would in that case "ask them to consider whether the solution he has adopted does not reflect exactly the philosophy on which Hong Kong's economic success has been based, and whether some way cannot be found, consistently with their own legal procedures, to transform that philosophy into fact, in the present case".
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The Secretary of State has come in for considerable criticism in Britain for his decision. This criticism was particularly heavy in the House of Commons. It can well be argued that his decision was the only one he could make to bring CPA onto the London
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