Exemptions to the Canadian Aviation Regulations (CARs)

CARS provision(s): 705.26(2)(c)

Applicant provision(s): Air Canada rouge

Aircraft model: n/a

Registration no.: n/a

OTT-001-2026

The purpose of this exemption is to allow Air Canada Rouge to conduct 180-minute ETOPS operations without the requirement for 3 months of operations under the 120-minute regime and/or simulated ETOPS operations.

CARS provision(s): 703.98(1)(b)

Applicant provision(s): Rise Air

Aircraft model: n/a

Registration no.: n/a

PNR-002-2026

The purpose of this exemption is to allow Transwest Air Limited Partnership, by its General Partner Transwest Management Ltd. (DBA Rise Air), to conduct a Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) approved Level D program (zero flight-time training) for Pilatus PC-12, without meeting the requirements of subsection 723.98(25) of the CASS.

CARS provision(s): 703.22(2)

Applicant provision(s): Global

Aircraft model: n/a

Registration no.: n/a

NCR-001-2026 - Re-issuance of NCR-017-2017

The purpose of this exemption is to allow air operators to use Cessna Caravan aircraft, model 208 and 208B with retrofitted turboprop engines to transport passengers while operating under night Visual Flight Rules (VFR) or Instrument Flight Rules (IFR).

Current paragraph 723.22(l)(a) of the CASS permits only factory-built single-engine turbine powered aeroplanes to transport passengers while operating under night Visual Flight Rules (VFR) or Instrument Flight Rules (IFR). (This air transport service is abbreviated as Single-Engine Instrument Flight Rules (SEIFR) for the purposes of this exemption). The regulation has proven to be very restrictive and specific in its application. It disqualifies the same factory built singleengine turbo-prop aeroplane retrofitted with a better performing turbo-prop engine from being given SEIFR authority.

This exemption provides relief from this regulation by granting SEIFR authority to Canadian air operators to operate Cessna Caravan model 208 and 208B aeroplanes retrofitted with Honeywell TPE331-12JR turboprop engine in accordance with the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Supplemental Type Certificates (STC) SA02291AK or SA10841SC (see Appendix B and C respectively) and in full compliance with the conditions set out below.

This exemption is a re-issuance of NCR-017-2017.

CARS provision(s): 705.25(1)(b)

Applicant provision(s): Air Canada rouge

Aircraft model: n/a

Registration no.: n/a

OTT-010-2025 - Re-issuance of OTT-002-2021

The purpose of this exemption is to allow Air Canada Rouge to use its in-house Analyzed Contingency Fuel (ACF) program, a performance-based methodology, to calculate the amount of contingency fuel required on routes for Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) flights, where those flights are within international airspace.

This exemption is a re-issuance of OTT-002-2021.

CARS provision(s): 705.25(1)(b)

Applicant provision(s): Air Canada

Aircraft model: n/a

Registration no.: n/a

OTT-011-2025 - Re-issuance of OTT-001-2021

The purpose of this exemption is to allow Air Canada to use its in-house Analyzed Contingency Fuel (ACF) program, a performance-based methodology, to calculate the amount of contingency fuel required on routes for Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) flights, where those flights are within international airspace.

This exemption is a re-issuance of OTT-001-2021.

CARS provision(s): 606.03(1)

Applicant provision(s): STARS

Aircraft model: n/a

Registration no.: n/a

PNR-001-2026

The purpose of this exemption is to allow Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service (STARS) to use Simulator H145 #897, a non-Transport Canada certified flight simulation training device (FSTD) located at H Motion in Munich, Germany. More specifically, to the exemption allows Shock Trauma Air Rescue Service to conduct initial and recurrent training and proficiency checks (PPC) pursuant to Subpart 3 of Part VII of the CARs while opting for a specific Luftfahrt-Bundesamt (LBA) certified Flight Simulation Training Device (FSTD).

CARS provision(s): 301.06(10(d), 301.07

Applicant provision(s): Global

Aircraft model: n/a

Registration no.: n/a

NCR-001-2025

The purpose of this exemption is to allow Canadian operators of uncertified aerodromes under Subpart 1 of Part III of the CARs to make the aerodrome available to authorized Night Vision Imaging Systems (NVIS) air operators without adhering to the lighting requirements stated in CARs 301.06(1)(d) and 301.07.

CARS provision(s): 700.02(1), 701.02(1)

Applicant provision(s): Lynden Air Cargo, LLC

Aircraft model: n/a

Registration no.: n/a

OTT-002-2026 - Re-issuance of OTT-004-2025

The purpose of this exemption is to permit Lynden Air Cargo, LLC, contrary to its Canadian foreign air operator certificate (CFAOC) F-9150 which restricts its area of operations to “between points in Canada and abroad”, to conduct domestic air transport service in Canada on behalf of Bradley Air Services Limited (doing business as Canadian North) in support of non-accessible remote mines/resource industries and non-accessible remote communities.

This exemption is a re-issuance of exemption OTT-004-2025.

CARS provision(s): 605.85(1)

Applicant provision(s): Global

Aircraft model: n/a

Registration no.: n/a

NCR-004-2026 - Reissuance of NCR-001-2021

The purpose of this exemption is to allow Canadian air operators and their authorized personnel to carry out and record, without requiring a maintenance release, the Torque Event (TE) inspection task of the main rotor blades as elementary work described in MD Helicopters Inc. (MDHI) Basic Handbook of Maintenance Instructions CSP-HMI-2 section 62-10-00 referenced in the following documents:

1. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Airworthiness Directive (AD) 2005-21-02;
2. Airworthiness Limitations (AWL) Section 04-00-00 of MD Helicopters Inc. (MDHI) manual CSP-HMI-2; and
3. Helicopter Technology Company (HTC) Maintenance Manual HTCM-001 Chapter 4.

This exemption is a re-issuance of NCR-001-2021.

CARS provision(s): 704.07(2)(d)

Applicant provision(s): Skyservice Business Aviation Inc.

Aircraft model: n/a

Registration no.: n/a

QC-002-2026 - Cancels QC-001-2025

The purpose of this exemption is to allow Skyservice Business Aviation Inc. without having a Minimum equipment List (MEL) approved by the Minister, to

• Apply for an amendment to their Air Operator Certificate (AOC) #9638 for the purpose of incorporating new aircraft to their fleet, and;
• Be able to dispatch an aircraft, under Subpart 4 of Part VII of the CARs.

Exemption QC-001-2025 is cancelled and superseded by QC-002-2026.

CARS provision(s): 704.07(2)(d)

Applicant provision(s): Execaire

Aircraft model: n/a

Registration no.: n/a

QC-010-2025

The purpose of this exemption is to allow Execaire, without having a Minimum equipment List (MEL) approved by the Minister, to:

• apply for an amendment to its Air Operator Certificate (AOC) #1925 for the purpose of incorporating new aircraft to its fleet, and;
• dispatch aircraft, under Subpart 4 of Part VII of the CARs.

CARS provision(s): 302.07(1)(a)(ii)

Applicant provision(s): Ottawa Int'l Airport Authority

Aircraft model: n/a

Registration no.: n/a

ON-002-2026

The purpose of this exemption is to allow the Ottawa International Airport Authority, operator of the Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport, to temporarily operate Runway 07-25 with certain known non compliances to TP312 5th Edition Amendment 4, specifically terrain and roadway infringements, until permanent corrective works are completed. Certification to TP312 5th Edition is required to allow Runway 07 to operate a Special Authorization Category II (SA CAT II) approach.

CARS provision(s): 561.10(1)(d) 561.03(8) 561.08(1)

Applicant provision(s): MHI RJ Aviation ULC

Aircraft model: n/a

Registration no.: n/a

QC-007-2025- re-issuance of QC-007-2020

This exemption enables MHI RJ Aviation ULC. to maintain, in accordance with section 561.03 of the CARs, a Manufacturer Certificate when the company does not meet all the elements required to sign a statement of conformity as required by CARs paragraph 561.10(1)(d), all the elements of a production control system required by CARs subsection 561.08(1) nor a final assembly facility, as required by CARs subsections 561.03(8) and by Standards for Approved Manufacturers subsections 561.08(a), 561.08(b) in part, and 561.08(e).

This exemption, subject to the conditions set herein, also allows MHI RJ Aviation ULC, or persons acting under the control of MHI RJ Aviation ULC, to sign a statement of conformity in respect of an aeronautical product where the aeronautical product has not been manufactured as required by CARs paragraph 561.10 (1)(d).

This exemption extends the regulatory relief previously granted under QC-007-2020.

CARS provision(s): 605.84(1)(b)

Applicant provision(s): Custom Helicopters Ltd

Aircraft model: n/a

Registration no.: n/a

PNR-007-2025

The purpose of this exemption is to permit Custom Helicopters Ltd. to conduct a take-off or permit a take-off to be conducted in an aircraft that is in the legal custody and control of the Custom Helicopters Ltd., to conduct medical evacuation (MEDEVAC) flights and forest fire management flights in a multi-engine helicopter, without meeting the requirements set out in airworthiness directive CF-2024-15 - Navigation – Rotorcraft – Limitations of Operations with Non-Tolerant Radio Altimeter when Operating in Canada due to 5G C-Band Wireless Broadband Interference.

CARS provision(s): 702.82(2)(c& (d), 703.105(2)(c) & (d), 704.121(2)(c) & (d), 705.135(2)(c) & (d) 722.82(1)(c), 723.105 aeroplanes (1)(c), 723.105 helicopters (1)(d), 724.121(c) aeroplanes, 724.121(c) helicopters, 725.135(c)

Applicant provision(s): Global

Aircraft model: n/a

Registration no.: n/a

NCR-037-2025

The purpose of this exemption is to allow a Commercial Air Service Operator who converts to and maintains an electronic Company Operations Manual (COM) to not have “a list of the pages that are in effect”, functionally referred to as a List of Effective Pages (LEP).

CARS provision(s): 705.91

Applicant provision(s): Global

Aircraft model: n/a

Registration no.: n/a

NCR-041-2025 - Reissuance of NCR-025-2023

This purpose of this exemption is to allow Canadian air operators operating under Subpart 5 of Part VII of the CARs to operate without having all the medication in the Emergency medical kit (EMK) that is required by section 725.91 the CASS.

Additionally, this exemption is to prevent further stress on the supply chain; conserve existing supplies; and provide the applicable air operators with alternative interim mechanisms.

This exemption is a re-issuance of exemption NCR-025-2023, which is valid until December 15, 2025.

CARS provision(s): 507.02(b) & 507.06(3)(a)

Applicant provision(s): 1682195 Alberta Ltd

Aircraft model: Dassault 900EX

Registration no.: C-FXJG

PNR-008-2025

The purpose of this exemption is to allow 1682195 Alberta Ltd. to apply for the issuance of a Certificate of Airworthiness (C of A) for a Dassault Falcon model 900EX aircraft, manufacturer’s serial number (MSN) 101, registration C-FXJG, that does not conform to its certified type design in that it lacks Dassault modification (MOD) M3389 “Protection from Engine #2 Rotor Burst”, as required by Canadian Type Certificate Data Sheet (TCDS) A-136, issue 14.

The C of A issued under this exemption will remain valid upon completion of MOD M3389.

CARS provision(s): 603.01 & 603.06(b)

Applicant provision(s): Global

Aircraft model: n/a

Registration no.: n/a

NCR-012-2025

The purpose of this exemption is to allow persons to conduct a special aviation event, and suitably qualified pilots-in-command to perform flyovers, at funerals, holiday ceremonies, celebrations, weddings, and sporting events without having a Special Flight Operations Certificate-Special Aviation Event (SFOC).

Unlike aerial demonstrations at air shows, the purpose of a flyover is not to demonstrate a pilot’s flying skills or aircraft capabilities, but rather to pay an aerial tribute to an activity occurring on the ground.

CARS provision(s): 606.03(1)

Applicant provision(s): Ascent Helicopters Ltd

Aircraft model: n/a

Registration no.: n/a

PAC-004-2025

The purpose of this exemption is to enable Ascent Helicopters to use a non-Transport Canada certified flight simulation training device (FSTD). More specifically, the purpose of this exemption is to allow Ascent Helicopters Ltd. to conduct operations pursuant to Subpart 3 of Part VII of the CARs to opt for a specific EASA certified FSTD for initial and recurrent training and proficiency checks (PPC).

CARS provision(s): 401.05(2)(b)(i)(B)

Applicant provision(s): Global

Aircraft model: n/a

Registration no.: n/a

NCR-040-2025 - Re-issuance of NCR-105-2020

The purpose of this exemption is to allow holders of a flight crew permit, licence or rating, other than holders of a flight engineer licence, operating pursuant to Subpart 4 of Part VI of the CARs or pursuant to Subparts 3, 4 and 5 of Part VII of the CARs, to operate an aircraft wholly or partially at night, where a passenger other than a flight test examiner designated by the Minister is carried on board the flight, without having to complete five night take-offs and five night landings within the six months preceding the flight as required by clause 401.05 (2)(b)(i)(B) of the CARs.

This is a reissuance of exemption NCR-105-2020, which is valid until October 31, 2025.

CARS provision(s): 203.03(1)

Applicant provision(s): Air Spray (1967) Ltd

Aircraft model: n/a

Registration no.: BAE 146 Series 200A

PNR-006-2025 - Re-issuance of PNR-003-2025

The purpose of this exemption is to allow Air Spray (1967) Ltd., to operate a British Aerospace Bae (BAE) 146 Series 200A aircraft, serial number E2156, United States registration number N907AS (registered owner Bank of Utah Trustee of Salt Lake City, Utah) to support fire suppression efforts, without having received a leasing operation authorisation from the Minister issued pursuant to subsection 203.03(2) of the CARs, while the issuance of a Canadian Certificate of Airworthiness is underway.

This exemption extends the regulatory relief provided in exemption PNR-003-2025.

CARS provision(s): 604.116(2)(g), 604.116(3)(b), 703.85.2(2)(g), 703.85.2(3)(b), 704.86 (2)(g), 704.86 (3)(b), 705.95(2)(g) and 705.95(3)(b)

Applicant provision(s): Global

Aircraft model: n/a

Registration no.: n/a

NCR-011-2025

The purpose of this exemption is to allow Canadian private operators, operating under Subpart 4 of Part VI and Canadian air operators, operating under Subparts 3, 4 or 5 of Part VII of the CARs to operate an aircraft with a life raft survival kit that does not contain motion sickness pills.

CARS provision(s): 606.03(5) & (6)

Applicant provision(s): Global

Aircraft model: n/a

Registration no.: n/a

NCR-039-2025

The purpose of this exemption is to increase the validity period of synthetic flight training equipment certificates issued pursuant to subsection 606.03(2) of the CARs as follows:

• A certificate issued pursuant to subsection 606.03 (2) remains in force where the synthetic flight training equipment in respect of which the certificate has been issued is re-evaluated:
  • in the case of a flight simulator, at least every 12 months; or
  • in the case of a flight training device, at least every 24 months.
• In the case of a flight simulator, the certificate shall remain in force until the first day of the thirteenth (13) month,
• In the case of a flight training device, the certificate shall remain in force until the first day of the twenty-fifth (25) month.

Transport Canada will undertake additional oversight activities as necessary, within the re-evaluation intervals specified above, in accordance with its oversight responsibilities.

CARS provision(s): 521.152(2), 571.06(1)(a), 571.10(1)

Applicant provision(s): Global

Aircraft model: n/a

Registration no.: n/a

NCR-028-2023

The purpose of this exemption is to enable a regulatory sandbox in which Transport Canada will develop and test a regulatory innovation to better support the ‘approved data’ needs of Canadian aircraft modification service providers, aircraft owners and aircraft operators. The regulatory sandbox will create an environment in which Transport Canada can safely experiment with a proposed new method for aircraft certification delegates to approve engineering technical data in support of certain eligible major modifications without the need for a supplemental type certificate (STC). The regulatory sandbox will help to generate evidence or information about how this innovative process could interact with and impact people, existing markets, and regulation in the real world.

CARS provision(s): 705.41(3)(b)

Applicant provision(s): Air Canada Rouge

Aircraft model: n/a

Registration no.: n/a

OTT-005-2025 - Reissuance of OTT-010-2020

The purpose of this exemption is to allow Air Canada Rouge to allow non-operating crew members employed by Air Canada to occupy available flight attendant seats.

This exemption extends the regulatory relief previously granted under exemption OTT-010-2020.