TNAG-1177-FCO40-1479-Air-services-between-Hong-Kong-and-South-East-Asia-1982 — Page 101

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CONFIDENTIAL

FM HONG KONG 200346Z MAR 82

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TELEGRAM NUMBER ALLOT 20 OF 20 MARCH

DOT ALLOT 26: UK/MALAYSIA AIR SERVICE

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Mr Clift WP:

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DESPITE THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN TUR, CPA HAVE INFORMED OUR DCA THAT MAS'S AFTN MESSAGE DMO 31T721 150645 DOES NOT QUITE ACCURATELY RECORD THE AGREEMENT, AND THAT ONLY THE FOLLOWING EXTRA

CAPACITY WAS AGREED FOR MAS,

2. (1) MAS UTILISING A330 AT FULL CAPACITY, FOR ALL FLIGHTS SHOWN

BELOW, I.E. NOT DC10 FOR 23 APRIL AND A380 FOR THE REST. (A) MH61 ON 10 AND 12 APRIL BKI/HKG

B) MH62 ON 23 AND 25 APRIL HKG/BKI

(11) WHILE A DC19 ON 23 APRIL WAS NEVER AGREED AND IS OBVIOUSLY

OUTSIDE THE TERMS OF THE CMU OF OCTOBER 1979, CPA, WITH THE FORTHCOMING TALKS IN MIND ARE RELUCTANT TO OBJECT SUBJECT TO

YOUR DECISION.

3. (1) ACCORDING TO CPA, THE QUID PRO QUO IS AS FOLLOWS:

(11) CPA UTILISING L1011 AT FULL CAPACITY.

(A) CX990 ON 7 APRIL BKI/HKG (BWN OMITTED ON THIS SERVICE) (B) CX990 ON 9.APRIL HKG/MNL/BKI/HKG (MNL/BKI BLINDED AND A

MAXIMUM OF 154 PAX HKG/BKI)

(C) CX991 ON 21 AND 23 APRIL HKG/BK1.

4. WHILE WE HAVE NO OBJECTION TO THE CPA REQUEST, THE OPERATION AT

3(11)(B) ABOVE IS SOMEWHAT IRREGULAR IN THAT MNL IS NOT AN INTERMEDIATE POINT ON THE BKI ROUTE NOR IS IT A POINT BEYOND ON THE MNL ROUTE. GRATEFUL YOUR ADVICE.

5. COULD YOU PLEASE PASS COPY TO LATHAM, CAD.