TNAG-1177-FCO40-1479-Air-services-between-Hong-Kong-and-South-East-Asia-1982 — Page 37

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MY TELNO ALLOT 97 OF 4 NOVEMBER: UK/MALAYSIA AIR SERVICES

GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD ADVISE WHETHER DATUK ISHAK HAS CONFIRMED HIS AGREEMENT TO THE FIFTH FREEDOM QUOTA FOR MAS AS SET OUT IN STEVENS LETTER OF 17 NOVEMBER.

2. CPA ADVISE THAT MAS ARE FAST EXHAUSTING THEIR QUOTA ON

HKG/TPE V V TRAFFIC AND, IN THE PERIOD 1 APRIL - 23 DECEMBER 1982, CARRIED

22697 PASSENGERS TPE/HKG

25025 PASSENGERS HKG/TPE

THIS MEANS THAT THEIR TRAFFIC FOR THE FIRST NINE

MONTHS IS RUNNING AHEAD OF THE NOTIONAL MONTHLY AVERAGE

ENTITLEMENT, EVEN BEFORE THE LUNAR NEW YEAR PEAK. AT THIS

RATE THEY WILL REACH THEIR LIMIT BY THE END OF FEBRUARY

AND BE REQUIRED TO OPERATE ON A BLINDED BASIS IN MARCH 1983.

PERHAPS THIS STATE OF AFFAIRS SHOULD BE BROUGHT TO THE

ATTENTION OF THE MALAYSIANS, BOTH GOVERNMENT AND AIRLINE.

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