Decision No. 209-A-1988

August 5, 1988

File No. 2-A785-17A

Docket No. 88211

Air BC Limited carrying on business under the firm name and style of AirBC (hereinafter the applicant) has applied to the National Transportation Agency for the amendment set out in the title. The application was received on April 14, 1988.

Under Licence No. A.T.C. 78/51(CF), the applicant is authorized to operate a Class 9-4 Charter non-scheduled international service using fixed wing aircraft in Group C and propeller-driven aircraft in Groups D and E, from a base at Vancouver, British Columbia.

Notice of the application was published on May 9, 10, 11 and 13, 1988 in the newspapers of the areas concerned and copies of the notice were sent to selected air carriers and to others believed to be interested. No interventions opposing the granting of the application were filed with the Agency.

Following its consideration of the application, the Agency finds it in the public interest to issue a licence to operate a Class 9-4 Charter non-scheduled international service to Air BC Limited carrying on business under the firm name and style of AirBC and, in accordance with the applicant's indicated intentions, to authorize the Licensee to use fixed wing aircraft in Groups C, D, E (limited to propeller-driven aircraft in Groups D and E) and F.

A licence to operate a Class 9-4 Charter non-scheduled international service will be issued to Air BC Limited carrying on business under the firm name and style of AirBC upon the applicant establishing to the satisfaction of the Agency that it meets the requirements set out in subsection 94(1) of the National Transportation Act, 1987, S.C. 1987, c. 34.

The licence to be issued pursuant to this Decision shall, in addition to the conditions prescribed by the Air Transportation Regulations, SOR 88-58, be subject to the following condition:

The Licensee is authorized to use fixed wing aircraft in Groups C, D, E (limited to propeller-driven aircraft in Groups D and E) and F.