Decision No. 29-A-1994

January 17, 1994

File No. M4205/F19-2-1

Docket No. 920380

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 April 8, 1992 and was complete and ready for processing on April 10, 1992.

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, Val d'Or, La Grande 2 (LG-2) and Kuujjuaq, Quebec; Ottawa, Ontario; and Churchill and Winnipeg, Manitoba. When serving the points Coppermine and Holman Island, Northwest Territories, the Licensee is authorized to use fixed wing aircraft in Groups C, E, F and G only.

Notice of the application was published on May 12, 1992 in the newspapers of the area concerned and was posted in the post offices of Povungnituk and Radisson/La Grande 2 (LG-2). Copies of the notice were also 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 July 21, 1992, 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 subsection 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 Povungnituk, Quebec, the Licensee is authorized to use fixed wing aircraft in Groups E and G only.

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