https://www.otc-cta.gc.ca/eng/ruling/a-2018-111
Excerpts :
Hong Kong Airlines has applied to the Canadian Transportation Agency (Agency) for extra-bilateral authority to permit it to operate four additional weekly flights between Hong Kong and Canada, beginning on October 28, 2018.
In its application, Hong Kong Airlines states that under the terms of the Agreement, it is permitted to operate up to ten weekly flights, and that this capacity is not adequate. Hong Kong Airlines presently operates seven of its ten allotted flights by operating a daily service to Vancouver. It states that it requires four additional weekly flights in order to initiate a second daily service to Toronto.
The (Canadian Transportation) Agency is of the opinion that the potential consumer benefits of this request, i.e. increased competition, connectivity, and service, outweigh the concerns raised by Air Canada and WestJet. The Agency can only grant an extra-bilateral authority on a temporary basis. Therefore, the Agency considers one year to be appropriate. Accordingly, the Agency, pursuant to subsection 78(2) of the CTA, varies Condition No. 1 of Hong Kong Airlines' licence to the extent necessary to permit it to operate four additional weekly flights to Toronto, beginning on October 28, 2018 to October 27, 2019.
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