Decision No. 50-A-1988

May 6, 1988

File No. 2-W313-1A

Docket No. 10752

This application was filed with the Air Transport Committee of the Canadian Transport Commission. However, the National Transportation Agency is now responsible for the disposition of all matters filed with the Commission.

Waweig Lake Outfitters Ltd. (hereinafter the applicant) has applied for the amendment set out in the title. The application was received on November 26, 1987.

Under Licence No. A.T.C. 3141/80(C), the applicant is authorized to operate a Class 4 Charter domestic service using fixed wing aircraft in Group A, from a base at Waweig Lake, Ontario.

Notice of the application was published on December 11, 1987 in the newspaper of the area 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. Pleadings closed on January 11, 1988.

The Agency has reviewed the application and the material in support thereof and notes that the application was unopposed.

After consideration of the evidence before it, the Agency is of the opinion that there is a requirement for the proposed service which is not being met, that there is no evidence that the service will have adverse effects on existing licensees, that the applicant has the ability and resources to institute and continue to provide the proposed service, meeting the public need therefor, and that the demand projected by the applicant supports the expectation that its service will be viable. Accordingly, the Agency is satisfied that the application for the proposed licence amendment should be granted. The application is hereby approved.

A licence to operate a Class 4 Charter domestic service from a base at Waweig Lake, Ontario, will be issued to Waweig Lake Oufitters Ltd. upon compliance with the requirements of the Agency as applicable.

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 condition respecting route protection contained in the attachment, which is hereby made a part of this Decision, and to the following condition:

The Licensee is authorized to use fixed wing aircraft in Groups A and B.