GREYHOUND TAKES CASE TO COURT
By Adnews Staff
Calgary-based Greyhound Lines of Canada has won its day in court. The company has been given permission to appeal a decision by the National Transportation Agency requiring Greyhound to obtain a licence before it can launch a discount airline service. The case will be heard June 24 in the Federal Court of Appeal. Greyhound's parent company, Dial Corp. of Phoenix, Arizona, is currently restructuring and will sell off the bus company to Canadian shareholders. However, at the moment Dial owns 68% of Greyhound and an airline must be majority-owned by Canadians to get a licence in Canada. Greyhound contends that it is not an airline but rather a charter service. It has hired Kelowna Flightcraft Charter to fly the planes, and Kelowna already has a license. Greyhound had planned to launch the service on May 22 and it began running TV and print advertising in March. Greyhound's agency is Palmer Jarvis Advertising of Vancouver.