General policy of the Licensing Authority

In exercising their discretion to grant, or to refuse, a licence and their discretion to attach conditions to any licence, the Licensing Authority shall have regard to the co-ordination and development of air services generally with the object of ensuring the most effective service to the public while avoiding uneconomical overlapping, and generally to the interests of the public, including those of persons requiring or likely to require facilities for air transport, as well as those persons providing such facilities. In particular, the Licensing Authority shall have regard to the following matters– (a) the existence of other air services in the area through which the proposed services are to be operated; (b) the demand for air transport in that area; (c) the degree of efficiency and regularity of the air services, if any, already provided in that area, whether by the applicant or by other operators; (d) the period for which such services have been operated by the applicant or by other operators; (e) the extent to which it is probable that the applicant will be able to provide a satisfactory service in respect of safety, continuity, regularity of operation, frequency, punctuality, reasonableness of charges and general efficiency; (f) the financial resources of the applicant; (g) the type of aircraft proposed to be used; 282 (h) the remuneration and general conditions of employment of aircraft and other personnel employed by the applicant, and the Licensing Authority shall take into consideration any objections or representations duly made in accordance with the provisions of these Regulations.