Licence next for seaplane service
AN APPLICATION for an air transport licence to operate a seaplane service in Guernsey has been received by the Transport Licensing Authority.
Clear Harbour Airways is hoping to start operating next year, and has already held meetings with the local aircraft registry, 2-Reg, and other official bodies, including director of civil aviation Gus Paterson.
Mr Paterson said that he believed Clear Harbour intends to operate flights on behalf of Harbour Air Seaplanes in the first instance, and his department had no objection to them doing so in the islands.
‘The service will be marketed and managed locally,’ he said ‘They will sub-contract the carriage of passengers to Harbour Air.’
From a regulatory point of view, while the aircraft is in the air it will be treated like a plane, but as soon as it touches water it will be handled like a ship, said Mr Paterson.
Transport Licensing Authority president Deputy Barry Paint said that it had received the application last Thursday so would not be discussing it until the new year.
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