Decision No. 37-A-1994

January 25, 1994

File No. M4895/A65-1-1

Docket No. 940039

Air Atlantic Ltd. (hereinafter the Licensee) has applied to the National Transportation Agency for the suspension set out in the title. The application was received on January 12, 1994.

Under Licence No. 880674, the Licensee is authorized to operate a scheduled international service on the route Halifax-Bangor/Portland- Montréal, being Route A.3 in Schedule II of the Air Transport Agreement between the Government of Canada and the Government of the United States of America dated January 17, 1966, as amended by the Exchange of Notes dated May 8, 1974.

By Decision No. 78-A-1993 dated February 10, 1993, Licence No. 880674 was suspended pursuant to subsection 92(2) of the National Transportation Act, 1987, R.S.C., 1985, c. 28 (3rd Supp.) (hereinafter the NTA, 1987).

The Agency has reviewed the application and considers it appropriate to further suspend Licence No. 880674.

Licence No. 880674 is hereby suspended pursuant to subsection 92(2) of the NTA, 1987.

To reinstate the suspended service, the Licensee is hereby required to file an application by no later than January 25, 1995. When the Agency is satisfied, based upon material on file or from information specifically requested from the Licensee, that the Licensee has the qualifications necessary for the issuance of the licence, namely that it is, pursuant to section 89 of the NTA, 1987, eligible to hold the licence, is Canadian and holds a Canadian aviation document (operating certificate) and has filed a valid certificate of insurance, the Agency shall reinstate the suspended licence.

Alternatively, if no application is filed, the Licensee is required to show cause, by no later than January 25, 1995, why its licence should not be cancelled pursuant to subsection 92(1) of the NTA, 1987, as failure to meet any of the above requirements and to have filed a valid certificate of insurance would give reasonable grounds to the Agency to believe that, in respect of the service for which the licence is issued, the Licensee ceases to have the qualifications necessary for the issuance of the licence and/or has contravened section 98 of the NTA, 1987.

This Decision shall form part of Licence No. 880674 and shall remain affixed thereto as long as the said Decision is in force.