Decision No. 662-A-2002

December 12, 2002

APPLICATION by Zoom Airlines Incorporated pursuant to subsection 73(1) of the Canada Transportation Act, S.C., 1996, c. 10, for a licence to operate a non-scheduled international service, large aircraft, to transport traffic on a charter basis between Canada and any other country.

File No. M4210/Z11-2

Docket No. 020907

Zoom Airlines Incorporated (hereinafter the applicant) has applied to the Canadian Transportation Agency (hereinafter the Agency) for a licence to operate the service set out in the title. The application was received on July 22, 2002 and was complete and ready for processing on December 11, 2002.

By Order No. 2002-A-369 dated September 10, 2002, the Agency granted the applicant an exemption from section 59 of the Canada Transportation Act (hereinafter the CTA), thereby permitting the applicant to sell, cause to be sold, or publicly offer for sale in Canada a non-scheduled international service, large aircraft, without holding a licence in respect of that service subject to certain conditions.

Pursuant to subsection 29(1) of the CTA, the Agency is required to make its decision no later than 120 days after the application is received unless the parties agree to an extension. In this case, the applicant has agreed to an extension of the deadline until March 19, 2003.

The Agency has reviewed the application and is satisfied that the applicant meets the requirements of paragraph 73(1)(a) of the CTA.

Accordingly, a licence to operate the following service will be issued to Zoom Airlines Incorporated.

non-scheduled international service, large aircraft

Pursuant to subsection 74(1) of the CTA, the Agency deems it appropriate to include the condition set out below in the licence to be issued pursuant to this Decision.

The licence to be issued pursuant to this Decision shall be subject, in addition to the conditions prescribed by the Air Transportation Regulations, SOR/88-58, as amended (hereinafter the ATR), to the requirements to hold a Canadian aviation document issued by the Minister of Transport, and to have prescribed liability insurance coverage as set out in section 7 of the ATR and to the following condition to which the licence is made subject pursuant to subsection 74(1) of the CTA:

The Licensee is authorized to transport traffic on a charter basis between Canada and any other country.