Air Transportation Regulations

37.1 (1) An air carrier that proposes to operate an ABC/ITC with aircraft having an MCTOW greater than 35,000 pounds (15,900 kg) shall apply in writing to the Agency for a program permit in respect of the ABC/ITC.

(2) The application for the program permit shall be made by the air carrier as soon as the charter contract is signed or amended by the air carrier and the charterer or tour operator, and not less than 15 days and not more than one year before the date of the proposed ABC/ITC or, in the case of a proposed series of ABCs/ITCs, the date of the first flight.

(3) The application for the program permit shall contain

• (a) a copy of the executed charter contracts relating to ABC and ITC transportation; and

• (b) all the information to be submitted together with those contracts pursuant to Divisions V and VI.