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035023 MDLOAN 6950.

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TO PRIORITY UKREP ICAO MONTREAL

TELNO 10

OF 19120OZ DECEMBER 90

MONTREAL

Аа

IRAQQ / KUWAIT. под

14/1

AND TO PRIORITY PEKING, MOSCOW, ULAN BATOR, HONG KONG

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PEKING TELNO 1769 (BEING REPEATED TO UKREP ICAO MONTREAL): GULF CONTINGENCY PLANNING ALTERNATIVE AIR ROUTES

1.

TO ELABORATE ON TUR, BRITISH AIRWAYS HAVE REPORTED TO DTP ON AN ICAO MEETING, HELD IN BANGKOK 11 TO 14 DECEMBER, ON CONTINGENCY ROUTES IN THE EVENT OF THE OUTBREAK HOSTILITIES IN THE GULF. IATA (THE AIRLINES ASSOCIATION) TOOK THE LINE THAT SERIOUS DISRUPTION OF TRAFFIC HAD ALREADY OCCURRED AND THERE WAS URGENT NEED FOR USE OF EXISTING ROUTES OVER PEKING, ULAN BATOR, IRKUTUSK AND NOVOSIBIRSK TO BE MADE AVAILABLE WITH IMMEDIATE EFFECT OR FROM 10 JANUARY 1991 FOR A PERIOD OF 3 MONTHS, AFTER WHICH ITS AVAILABILITY WOULD DEPEND ON THE CONTINUED NEED FOR CONTINGENCY ROUTES. THIS PROPOSAL WAS ACCEPTED AND IT WAS LEFT TO INDIVIDUAL AIRLINES TO APPROACH THE AERONAUTICAL AUTHORITIES

CONCERNED.

2.

THE SOVIET UNION DELEGATES ADVISED THAT THE AIR TRAFFIC

CONTROL SYSTEMS IN THE AREA OF IRKUTUSK AND NOVOSIBIRSK WERE

ALREADY AT OR NEAR CAPACITY SO THAT AVAILABILITY OF THIS ROUTE

COULD BE LIMITED.

3. GRATEFUL FOR CONFIRMATION THAT BA'S REPORT OF MEETING IS

ACCURATE.

4. FOR PEKING AND MOSCOW: SUBJECT TO CONFIRMATION AS ABOVE, GRATEFUL IF YOU WOULD LEND SUPPORT TO BA LOCAL MANAGERS' EFFORTS TO OBTAIN OVERFLYING PERMISSION FROM THE RELEVANT AUTHORITIES AND SEEK SAME ON BEHALF OF ALL BRITISH CARRIERS, IE INCLUDING HONG KONG AIRLINES.

5.

FOR ULAN BATOR: AGAIN SUBJECT TO UKREP ICAO'S CONFIRMATION OF THE ABOVE, GRATEFUL IF YOU COULD MAKE CONTACT WITH THE CIVIL AVIATION AUTHORITY AND OBTAIN THEIR REACTION TO THE ABOVE PROPOSAL. A CONTACT NAME AND TELEX NUMBER WOULD ALSO BE HELPFUL SO BA AND OTHER BRITISH AIRLINES CAN FOLLOW UP WITH THE AUTHORITY DIRECT.

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