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such directions as will enable all three applicants

to compete for the route on equal terms, without

seeking to pre-judge the question of which airline

is the more suitable in the interests of all concerned.

19.

We suggest therefore that directives to

the following effect should be given:

(a) All three applications should be heard

together.

(b) For the purposes of the applications the

Authority should

(i) treat CPA for all purposes as a major

"British airline" as defined by section

and procced

3(1) of the Act on the basis that the

grant of a licence to CPA would be no

less consistent with the objective of

securing the sound development of the

civil air transport industry of the United

Kingdom and no less consistent with the

objectives set out in sub-sections 3(1)

(b) and (c) than the grant of such a

licence to BCAL or Laker;

(ii) refrain from giving effect to the

advantages specifically conferred on

BCAL by Cmmd.4899 and Part II of Cmmd.6400;

(iii) without prejudice to the generality of

the foregoing, refrain from applying the

considerations contained in paragraphs 6

& 7 (and consequentially 8) of Part II of