These comments are provided by the Air Transport Association of Canada (“ATAC”) in response to the Canadian Transportation Agency’s consultation notice seeking comments on the Agency’s proposal to impose a $790 cost recovery fee on air carriers for all passenger complaints resolved by the Agency under sections 85.05 to 85.12 of the Canada Transportation Act.
ATAC’s 175 members have been proudly representing Canada’s commercial aviation industry for 90 years. Our members offer air services in every region of Canada, not only contributing substantially to this country’s connectivity, but offering a desperately needed lifeline to many northern and remote regions often delivering essential air services to Canadians.
Summary
In principle ATAC opposes the very notion of a fee structure based on cost recovery of a service so essential to the Canadian population. No other mode of transportation bears such an onerous fee structure in the adjudication of user claims.
ATAC is concerned about both the sum of the proposed fee ($790 per complaint) and the Agency’s intention to impose the fee upon air carriers irrespective of the merits of the complaint.
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