Decision No. 27-A-1994

January 17, 1994

File No. M4205/F19-2-1

Docket No. 910210

Bradley Air Services Limited carrying on business as First Air (hereinafter the applicant) has applied to the National Transportation Agency for authority to operate the service set out in the title. The application was received on March 11, 1991 and was complete and ready for processing on March 13, 1991.

Under Licence No. 890008, the applicant was authorized to operate a Class 2 Regular Specific Point domestic service using fixed wing aircraft in Groups B, C, D, E, F and G, serving the points Iqaluit, Hall Beach, Cape Dorset, Coral Harbour, Clyde River, Pangnirtung, Broughton Island, Pond Inlet, Nanisivik, Igloolik, Pelly Bay, Spence Bay, Gjoa Haven, Cambridge Bay, Yellowknife, Rankin Inlet, Baker Lake, Eskimo Point, Resolute Bay, Coppermine and Holman Island, Northwest Territories; Goose Bay and Stephenville, Newfoundland; Montréal and Val d'Or, Quebec; Ottawa, Ontario; and Churchill and Winnipeg, Manitoba.

By Decision No. 343-A-1990 dated June 22, 1990, the applicant was granted authority to also serve the points La Grande (LG-2) and Kuujjuaq, Quebec using fixed wing aircraft in Groups C, E and G under Licence No. 890008.

Notice of the application was published on April 2, 1991 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.

By letter dated May 16, 1991, the Agency advised the applicant that no opposing interventions had been received and that it should therefore file Section II of its application.

The applicant has now filed Section II of its application. The Agency has reviewed the material filed and is satisfied that the applicant meets the requirements set out in paragraph 72(2)(a) of the National Transportation Act, 1987, R.S.C., 1985, c. 28 (3rd Supp.).

Licence No. 890008 is hereby amended by adding the following condition:

When serving the point St. John's, Newfoundland, the Licensee is authorized to use fixed wing aircraft in Groups C, E and G.

Accordingly, a new document of licence, bearing Licence No. 890008, will be issued to Bradley Air Services Limited carrying on business as First Air.