Application of Charley's Tour and Transp., Inc.

*464OPINION OF THE COURT BY

RICHARDSON, C.J.

On February 19, 1971, appellee-applicant Charley’s Tour and Transportation, Inc., a certified common carrier of passengers by motor vehicles, applied to appellee, the Public Utilities Commission, hereinafter the “Commission,” for an expansion of its operating authority under Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity No. 428-C to include, in addition to existing authority to operate motor vehicles with seating capacities of 1-7 and 8-12 passengers, authority to operate *465motor vehicles with a seating capacity of 12 or more passengers over irregular…