Decision No. 668-A-1994

October 18, 1994

File Nos. M4205/T67-3-1
M4205/T67-4-8
M4895/T67-4-1
M4205/T67-2-1

Docket Nos. 941652
941653
941654
941655

Trans Côte Inc. (hereinafter the Licensee) has applied to the National Transportation Agency for the suspension set out in the title. The application was received on October 7, 1994.

Under Licence No. 880014, the Licensee is authorized to operate a Class 3 Specific Point domestic service using fixed wing aircraft in Groups A, B and C, serving the points Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon, St-Augustin, La Tabatière, Tête-à-la-Baleine, Chevery, La Romaine, Kégaska, Natashquan, Havre-Saint-Pierre, Sept-Îles, Port Menier and Baie-Johan-Beetz, Quebec; Goose Bay, St. Anthony and Deer Lake, Newfoundland.

Under Licence No. 882813, the Licensee is authorized to operate a Class 4 Charter domestic service using fixed wing aircraft in Groups A, B and C, from a base at Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon, Quebec.

Under Licence No. 882814, the Licensee is authorized to operate a Class 9-4 Charter non-scheduled international service using fixed wing aircraft in Groups A and B.

Under Licence No. 910282, the Licensee is authorized to operate a Class 2 Regular Specific Point domestic service using fixed wing aircraft in Groups A, B and C, serving the points Lourdes-de-Blanc-Sablon, St-Augustin, La Tabatière, Tête-à-la-Baleine, Chevery, La Romaine, Natashquan, Havre-St-Pierre, Sept-Îles, Port Menier and Kégashka, Quebec.

By Decision No. 433-A-1993 dated July 6, 1993, Licence Nos. 880014, 882813, 882814 and 910282 in respect of the authority to use fixed wing aircraft in Group A were suspended pursuant to subsections 75(2) and 97(2), as applicable, 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 suspend Licence Nos. 880014, 882813, 882814 and 910282 in respect of the authority to use fixed wing aircraft in Group A.

Licence Nos. 880014, 882813, 882814 and 910282 in respect of the authority to use fixed wing aircraft in Group A are hereby suspended pursuant to subsections 75(2) and 97(2), as applicable, of the NTA, 1987.

To reinstate the suspended services, the Licensee is hereby required to file an application by no later than October 18, 1995. 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 October 18, 1995, why its licences in respect of the authority to use fixed wing aircraft in Group A should not be cancelled pursuant to subsections 75(1) and 97(1), as applicable, 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 A authorized under Licence Nos. 880014, 882813, 882814 and 910282, 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. 880014, 882813, 882814 and 910282 and shall remain affixed thereto as long as the said Decision is in force.