Decision No. 788-A-1995

November 27, 1995

File No. M4205/N81-3-1

Docket No. 951851

Northwestern Air Lease Ltd. (hereinafter the Licensee) has applied to the National Transportation Agency (hereinafter the Agency) for the suspension set out in the title. The application was received on November 8, 1995.

Under Licence No. 880141, the Licensee is authorized to operate a Class 3 Specific Point domestic service using fixed wing aircraft in Groups A, B, C and D, serving the points Hay River, Fort Smith, Fort Simpson, Yellowknife, Wrigley, Fort Resolution and Snowdrift, Northwest Territories; Uranium City, Stony Rapids, Fond du Lac and Camsel Portage, Saskatchewan; Fort Chipewyan, High Level, Edmonton, Fort McMurray, Peace River and Grande Prairie, Alberta.

By Decision No. 691-A-1994 dated October 27, 1994, Licence No. 880141 in respect of the authority to use fixed wing aircraft in Group D was 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 No. 880141 in respect of the authority to use fixed wing aircraft in Group D.

Licence No. 880141 in respect of the authority to use fixed wing aircraft in Group D is hereby suspended pursuant to subsection 75(2) of the NTA, 1987.

To reinstate the suspended service, the Licensee is hereby required to file an application by no later than November 22, 1996. 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 licence which is suspended.

Alternatively, if no application is filed, the Licensee is required to show cause, by no later than November 22, 1996, why its licence 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 service using fixed wing aircraft in Group D authorized under Licence No. 880141, 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. 880141 and shall remain affixed thereto as long as the said Decision is in force.