Decision No. 40-A-1993

January 22, 1993

January 22, 1993

APPLICATION by Air Satellite Inc. for a further suspension of Licence Nos. 882734, 882735 and 882739 in respect of the authority to use fixed wing aircraft in Group D.

File Nos. M4205/A140-2-1
M4205/A140-3-1
M4205/A140-4-3

Docket Nos. 930014
930015
930016


Air Satellite Inc. (hereinafter the Licensee) has applied to the National Transportation Agency for the suspension set out in the title. The application was received on January 8, 1993.

Under Licence No. 882734, the Licensee is authorized to operate a Class 2 Regular Specific Point domestic service using fixed wing aircraft in Groups B, C and D, serving the points Baie-Comeau, Port-Cartier, Matane, Mont-Joli, Rimouski, Sept-Îles, Québec and Montréal, Quebec.

Under Licence No. 882735, the Licensee is authorized to operate a Class 3 Specific Point domestic service using fixed wing aircraft in Groups B, C and D, serving the points Port-Cartier, Rimouski and Matane, Quebec.

Under Licence No. 882739, the Licensee is authorized to operate a Class 4 Charter domestic service using fixed wing aircraft in Groups A, B, C and D (limited to DC-3 aircraft in Group D), from a base at Baie-Comeau, Quebec.

By Decision No. 633-A-1991 dated December 27, 1991, Licence Nos. 882734, 882735 and 882739 in respect of the authority to use fixed wing aircraft in Group D were suspended pursuant to subsection 75(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 Nos. 882734, 882735 and 882739 in respect of the authority to use fixed wing aircraft in Group D.

Licence Nos. 882734, 882735 and 882739 in respect of the authority to use fixed wing aircraft in Group D are hereby suspended pursuant to subsection 75(2) of the NTA, 1987.

To reinstate the suspended services, the Licensee is hereby required to file an application by no later than January 17, 1994. When the Agency is satisfied, based upon material on file or from information specifically requested from the Licensee, that the Licensee is Canadian, holds a Canadian aviation document (operating certificate) and has filed a valid certificate of insurance, the Agency shall reinstate that portion of the licences which is suspended.

Alternatively, if no application is filed, the Licensee is required to show cause by no later than January 17, 1994 why its licences in respect of the authority to use fixed wing aircraft in Group D should not be cancelled pursuant to subsection 75(1) of the NTA, 1987, as failure to meet any of the above requirements would give reasonable grounds to the Agency to believe that, in respect of the services using fixed wing aircraft in Group D authorized under Licence Nos. 882734, 882735 and 882739, the Licensee ceases to have the qualifications necessary for the issuance of the licences and/or has contravened section 98 of the NTA, 1987.

This Decision shall form part of Licence Nos. 882734, 882735 and 882739 and shall remain affixed thereto as long as the said Decision is in force.

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