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| Exemption no. | Issuance details | Applicability | Purpose |
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| NCR-031-2018 | Issued: 2019-01-08 Expiry: No end dateRegion: HQ Routing: AART |
CARS provision(s): 521.58(1) Applicant provision(s): AIRBUS A321 Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-031-2018 The purpose of this exemption is to permit Airbus to obtain an amended type certificate to include new A321neo ACF aeroplane models (including any models designated as A321-2**NX), which have design features that do not fully comply with the applicable standards of airworthiness for “Emergency Exit Arrangement” in accordance with paragraph 525.809(a) of the AWM [Change 525-23]. In particular, this exemption is intended to provide relief from the requirement from paragraph 525.809(a) to provide a means of viewing the likely areas of evacuee ground contact prior to opening the over-wing emergency exits. This exemption does not provide relief from other aspects of 525.809(a). |
| NCR-027-2018 | Issued: 2019-01-07 Expiry: No end dateRegion: HQ Routing: AART |
CARS provision(s): 521.158(1) Applicant provision(s): CONAIR GROUP INC. Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-027-2018 The purpose of this exemption is to permit Conair Group Inc. (hereafter Conair) to obtain a supplemental type certificate (STC) for the Bombardier aeroplane model DHC-8-402, where the change to the type design to be approved contains design features that do not comply with the applicable standards of airworthiness for the protection from serious injury during emergency landing conditions for occupants of berths intended for a non-ambulant persons. In particular, this exemption is intended to provide relief from the provisions of paragraph 525.785(b) and section 525.562 of the AWM [Change 525-6] that consider that the same level of emergency landing protection from serious injury be provided to occupants of stretchers as is provided to occupants of seats, when the occupant makes normal use of restraints provided. Conair has requested an STC for the installation of six (6) LifePort Patient Loading Utility SystemTM (PLUS), intended for use with LifePort AerosledTM TS (Transport System) stretchers, where an occupant of the stretcher would not be protected in the same was as an occupant of a seat, whereby the applicable standards of the AWM are not met. |
| NCR-001-2019 | Issued: 2019-01-04 Expiry: 2019-12-31 Region: HQ Routing: AARA |
CARS provision(s): 602.41, 603.66, 901.64c and 901.83c Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-001-2019 The purpose of this exemption is to establish an initial cadre of flight reviewers necessary to implement the regulations amending the Canadian Aviation Regulations (CARs) - Part IX – Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (RPAS). The exemption will facilitate the certification of pilots for advanced operations and their respective flight reviewer ratings by exempting these persons from the requirements in CARs 901.64 (c) and 901.83 (c) such that they can act as flight reviewers under CARs 901.82. In creating a class of flight reviewers capable of conducting flight reviews, Canadians seeking to be certified to conduct advanced operations can do so in advance of the full coming into force date of the regulations on June 1st, 2019. This exemption will also enable individual RPAS pilots and flight reviewers to operate RPAS as part of the flight review process without having to obtain a Special Flight Operations Certificate (SFOC). Transport Canada (TC) is specifically exempting all RPAS operations conducted for the purposes of a flight review, notwithstanding existing exemptions to CARs 602.41 and 603.66 which currently apply. |
| ON-006-2018 | Issued: 2018-12-31 Expiry: 2020-12-31 Region: Ontario Routing: PA |
CARS provision(s): 601.24(2)(a) Applicant provision(s): WINDLECTRIC INC. Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
ON-006-2018 The purpose of this exemption is to allow Windlectric Inc. to temporarily operate 26 wind turbines without meeting the intermediate level lighting requirements prescribed by paragraph 1.2(2)(b) of Standard 621- Obstruction Marking and Lighting for a period of two years. |
| ATL-008-2018 | Issued: 2018-12-27 Expiry: 2020-06-30 Region: Atlantic Routing: MA |
CARS provision(s): 571.08(1)(b) Applicant provision(s): COUGAR HELICOPTERS INC. Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
ATL-008-2018 The purpose of this exemption is to allow a person to sign a maintenance release following the installation of used parts on Cougar Helicopters Inc. Canadian registered S-92A helicopters maintained and certified by European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) Part 145 Approved Maintenance Organizations (AMOs), who are Sikorsky S-92A Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) vendors, with a EASA Form 1 without the required Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) approval in accordance with the TCCA/EASA Maintenance Annex Guidance (MAG). |
| OTT-016-2018 | Issued: 2018-12-27 Expiry: 2019-12-31 Region: HQ Routing: AARO |
CARS provision(s): 700.02(1), 701.02(1) Applicant provision(s): LYNDEN AIR CARGO Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
OTT-016-2018 The purpose of this exemption is to permit Lynden Air Cargo, LLC, contrary to their Canadian foreign air operator certificate (CFAOC) F-9150 that restricts their area of operations to “Between Points in Canada and abroad”, to conduct until December 31, 2019 inclusively a domestic air transport service in Canada on behalf of Bradley Air Services Limited (doing business as First Air) in support of the mining and resource industry in Northern Canada. |
| OTT-020-2018 | Issued: 2018-12-21 Expiry: Cancelled – Amendments to the appropriate provisions have come into effect SOR/2019-296Region: HQ Routing: AARO |
CARS provision(s): 705.40(4) Applicant provision(s): WESTJET Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
OTT-020-2018 The purpose of this exemption is to allow WestJet, when operating under Subpart 705 of the CARs, to permit, during all phases of flight, the use of WestJet Connect Wi-Fi or Bluetooth service, more specifically Panasonic eXConnect, onboard its Boeing 787-9 series aeroplanes. The Panasonic eXConnect will enable passengers to stream content to portable electronic devices during the flight offering passengers with video and audio content that they can receive on their own device by means of transmitting and receiving signals via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth connectivity. |
| OTT-018-2018 | Issued: 2018-12-21 Expiry: Cancelled – Amendments to the appropriate provisions have come into effect SOR/2019-296Region: HQ Routing: AARO |
CARS provision(s): 705.40(4) Applicant provision(s): WESTJET Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
OTT-018-2018 The purpose of this exemption is to allow WestJet, when operating under Subpart 705 of the CARs, to permit, during all phases of flight, the use of WestJet Connect Wi-Fi or Bluetooth service, more specifically Panasonic eXConnect, onboard its Boeing 737-600, 700, 800 series and Boeing 767-300 series aeroplanes. The Panasonic eXConnect will enable passengers to stream content to portable electronic devices during the flight offering passengers with video and audio content that they can receive on their own device by means of transmitting and receiving signals via Wi-Fi or Bluetooth connectivity. |
| OTT-022-2018 | Issued: 2018-12-20 Expiry: 2023-11-23 Region: HQ Routing: AARO |
CARS provision(s): 705.124(2)(b)(iv)(B), 705.124(1)(b) Applicant provision(s): AIR TRANSAT Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
OTT-022-2018 The purpose of this exemption is to allow Air Transat to conduct flight attendant initial and annual training for Aircraft Exit Operation Drills as required by sections 7.3 of Initial Part Seven and 7.1 of Annual Part Seven of the FATS without operating the Airbus A321 Airbus Cabin Flex (ACF) overwing exit (OWE). Currently, Schedule A of the FATS – Aircraft Exit Compatibility Groups – does not recognize the Airbus A321 aircraft or an approved equivalent. This exemption allows Air Transat to treat as equivalent the operation of the Boeing 737NG (Next Generation) OWE and the Airbus A321 ACF OWE. |
| NCR-039-2018 | Issued: 2018-12-17 Expiry: 2020-12-12 Region: HQ Routing: AART |
CARS provision(s): 703.98(4), 704.115(4), 705.124(4) Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-039-2018 The purpose of this exemption is to delay the coming into force of subsections 703.98(4) and 704.115(4) to December 12, 2022, and the coming into force of subsection 705.124(4) to December 12, 2020. This delayed implementation aligns with the coming into force of the Regulations Amending the Canadian Aviation Regulations (Parts I, VI and VII — Flight Crew Member Hours of Work and Rest Periods), which were published in Part II of the Canada Gazette, on December 12, 2018. |
| PAC-007-2018 | Issued: 2018-12-17 Expiry: 2020-05-31 Region: Pacific Routing: TA |
CARS provision(s): 703.88(3) Applicant provision(s): ASCENT HELICOPTERS LTD Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
PAC-007-2018 The purpose of this exemption is to allow Ascent Helicopters Ltd. and its pilot-in-command to operate a MD902 aircraft registered to Ascent Helicopters Ltd. at night, while in VFR conditions and carrying persons on-board other than crew members, without holding a Group 4 Instrument Rating while operating with Night Vision Imaging Systems (NVIS). |
| NCR-029-2018 | Issued: 2018-12-14 Expiry: No end dateRegion: HQ Routing: AART |
CARS provision(s): 521.57(2)(a) and 521.30(1)(a) Applicant provision(s): Airbus Bombardier C Series Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-029-2018 supersedes NCR-039-2016 The purpose of this exemption is to permit CSALP to obtain an approval for a major change to the type design that results in a re-issuance of the type certificate data sheet (TCDS) for the CSALP model BD-500-1A11 (Marketing designation “A220-300”, formerly the CS300). The purpose of the major change is to replace the current TCDS limitation, resulting from the application of conditions contained in Exemption NCR-039-2016 that renders the type design ineligible for a new CAR 507.02 Certificate of Airworthiness or a new CAR 509 Export Airworthiness Certificate after December 31, 2018. The approved type design includes a Flight Management System (FMS) with embedded software whose demonstrated design assurance processes do not permit a complete showing of compliance to paragraphs 525.1301(a)(1), 525.1309(a), 525.1309(b), and 525.1309(d) of the AWM. In particular, this exemption is intended to provide an extension of the relief period until June 30, 2020 from the provisions of paragraphs 525.1301(a)(1), 525.1309(a), 525.1309(b), and 525.1309(d) of the AWM, to allow CSALP additional time to show full compliance for the FMS application. |
| NCR-028-2018 | Issued: 2018-12-14 Expiry: No end dateRegion: HQ Routing: AART |
CARS provision(s): 521.57(2)(a) and 521.30(1)(a) Applicant provision(s): Bombardier C Series Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-028-2018 supersedes NCR-008-2016 The purpose of this exemption is to permit CSALP to obtain an approval for a major change to the type design that results in a re-issuance of the type certificate data sheet (TCDS) for the CSALP model BD-500-1A10 (Marketing designation “A220-100”, formerly the CS100). The purpose of the major change is to replace the current TCDS limitation, resulting from the application of conditions contained in Exemption NCR-008-2016, that renders the type design ineligible for a new CAR 507.02 Certificate of Airworthiness or a new CAR 509 Export Airworthiness Certificate after December 31, 2018. The approved type design includes a Flight Management System (FMS) with embedded software whose demonstrated design assurance processes do not permit a complete showing of compliance to paragraphs 525.1301(a)(1), 525.1309(a), 525.1309(b), and 525.1309(d) of the AWM. In particular, this exemption is intended to provide an extension of the relief period until June 30, 2020 from the provisions of paragraphs 525.1301(a)(1), 525.1309(a), 525.1309(b), and 525.1309(d) of the AWM, to allow CSALP additional time to show full compliance for the FMS application. |
| OTT-013-2018 | Issued: 2018-12-13 Expiry: 2020-06-29 Region: HQ Routing: AARO |
CARS provision(s): 700.02(1) and 702.02(1) Applicant provision(s): PHOENIX AIR GROUP INC. Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
OTT-013-2018 The purpose of this exemption is to allow Phoenix Air Group Inc. (holder of a Canadian Foreign Air Operator Certificate (CFAOC) F-06004) and its flight crew members, while not being the holder of a Canadian air operator certificate, to conduct domestic air transport services for the purpose of medevac operations between points in Canada under the terms of the agreement signed between The United States Department of State and Her Majesty The Queen In Right of Canada, as represented by the Minister of Public Works and Government Services (Canada). |
| OTT-021-2018 | Issued: 2018-12-10 Expiry: 2020-06-30 Region: HQ Routing: AARO |
CARS provision(s): 507.02(B) Applicant provision(s): WESTJET Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
OTT-021-2018 The purpose of this exemption is to allow the continued operation of aircraft qualified under Exemption NCR-011-2017, dated August 25, 2017, which expires January 1, 2019, and as more particularly described in Appendix B, which do not meet the requirements of paragraph 507.02(b) of the CARs solely in that the aircraft are equipped with seats which do not comply with the passenger seat requirements of paragraphs 525.562(c)(5) and (c)(6) of the AWM. |
| OTT-021-2018 | Issued: 2018-12-10 Expiry: 2020-06-30 Region: HQ Routing: AARO |
CARS provision(s): 705.40(2)(b) Applicant provision(s): WEST JET Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
OTT-021-2018 The purpose of this exemption is to allow the continued operation of aircraft qualified under Exemption NCR-011-2017, dated August 25, 2017, which expires January 1, 2019, and as more particularly described in Appendix B, which do not meet the requirements of paragraph 507.02(b) of the CARs solely in that the aircraft are equipped with seats which do not comply with the passenger seat requirements of paragraphs 525.562(c)(5) and (c)(6) of the AWM. |
| OTT-017-2018 | Issued: 2018-12-04 Expiry: 2021-12-31 Region: HQ Routing: AARO |
CARS provision(s): 507.02(b) and 705.203(b) Applicant provision(s): AIR CANADA Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
OTT-017-2018 The purpose of this exemption is to: a) allow the continued operation of aircraft qualified under Exemption NCR-011-2017, dated August 25, 2017, expiring January 1, 2019, more particularly described in Appendix B (collectively, the “First Tranche Aircraft”) which do not meet the requirements of paragraph 507.02(b) of the CARs solely in that the aircraft are equipped with seats which do not comply with the passenger seat requirements of paragraphs 525.562(c)(5) and (c)(6) of the AWM; b) permit the issuance of a certificates of airworthiness pursuant to section 507.02 of the CARs to additional Boeing 737-8 aircraft, newly manufactured for first delivery to Air Canada before the third anniversary of this Exemption (collectively, the “Second Tranche Aircraft”), which do not conform to their certified type design solely in that the aircraft are equipped with seats which do not comply with the passenger seat requirements of paragraphs 525.562(c)(5) and (c)(6) of the AWM; and c) permit Air Canada to operate Boeing 737-8 aircraft manufactured after January 1, 2019 with one flight attendant for each unit of 50 passenger seats without meeting the requirements of paragraph 705.203(b) of the CARs solely in respect of, and to the extent of, the non-conforming seats noted above. |
| PAC-006-2018 | Issued: 2018-11-23 Expiry: 2019-05-31 Region: Pacific Routing: TA |
CARS provision(s): 223.03(3) and 223.03(3)c)(I) Applicant provision(s): Conair Group Inc. Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
PAC-006-2018 The purpose of this exemption is to allow Conair Group Inc., 1510 Tower Street, Abbotsford, BC, V2T 6H5 to lease a BAe RJ85A aircraft, Serial Number E2288, Registration N366AC, from Aero-Flite Inc. as specified in the lease agreement dated October 4, 2018 (attached as Appendix A), without first making the aircraft eligible for a Canadian certificate of airworthiness as required by subparagraphs 223.03(3)(a)(i) and 223.03(3)(c)(i) of Standard 223 because the serial number of the aircraft is not listed in the approved Canadian Type Certificate (A-152). |
| QC-007-2018 | Issued: 2018-11-08 Expiry: 2019-11-15 Region: Quebec Routing: NA |
CARS provision(s): 602.4 Applicant provision(s): CANADIAN HELICOPTERS LTD Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
QC-007-2018 The purpose of this exemption is to allow Canadian Helicopters Limited / Hélicoptères Canadiens Limitée and flight crew members, using NVIS for the purpose of advanced flight training within 100 NM of their Penticton location (British Columbia), to conduct a landing or take-off in a helicopter at night in Visual Flight Rules (VFR) at a location that does not constitute an established aerodrome and that is not lighted in accordance with the aerodrome lighting requirements specified in Part III of the CARs. |
| ATL-006-2018 | Issued: 2018-11-06 Expiry: 2020-07-30 Region: Atlantic Routing: MA |
CARS provision(s): 704.26(1)(b) and 704.26(3)(b) Applicant provision(s): EXPLOITS VALLEY AIR SERVICES Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
ATL-006-2018 The purpose of this exemption is to allow the air operator, Exploits Valley Air Services Ltd., to depart from St. John’s, NL using the Deer Lake, NL or the Stephenville, NL airports as take-off alternates, when the weather at Gander, NL airport is not suitable to be used as a take-off alternate, without having to meet the requirements of paragraphs 704.26(1)(b) and 704.26(3)(b) of the CARs and clause 724.26(1)(b)(i)(A) of the CASS, while operating the Beech 1900D model aircraft. |
| ATL-005-2018 | Issued: 2018-11-06 Expiry: 2023-12-01 Region: Atlantic Routing: MA |
CARS provision(s): 602.114, 602.115, 602.121, 602.124 Applicant provision(s): CANADIAN HELICOPTERS LTD Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
ATL-005-2018 The purpose of this exemption is to allow Canadian Helicopters Limited / Hélicoptères Canadiens Limitée doing business as Canadian Helicopters Offshore (hereafter “operator”) and its flight crew members of Sikorsky SK92 type helicopters, when conducting Maritime Search and Rescue (SAR) missions and associated training flights during daylight hours, to: a) operate the helicopter in Visual Flight Rules (VFR) flight in meteorological conditions less than those specified in sections 602.114 and 602.115; b) operate the helicopter in Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC) over water other than in accordance with Instrument Flight Rules (IFR); and c) descend below the minimum altitudes specified in section 602.124 while in IMC over water. |
| OTT-019-2018 | Issued: 2018-11-02 Expiry: 2019-05-15 Region: HQ Routing: AARO |
CARS provision(s): 507.02(b) Applicant provision(s): AIR TRANSAT Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
OTT-019-2018 The purpose of this exemption is to permit the issuance of a certificate of airworthiness pursuant to section 507.02 of the CARs for the specific aircraft listed below which do not conform to their certified type design in that they lack Airbus modification MOD 21215 Ozone Protection for the installation of an Ozone Filter in the Bleed Air Supply, as required by the Canadian Configuration definition in A321-211 certified Type Design A-166 issue 52, which refers to Airbus Document AI/EA-S 413.0400/97, issue 2. |
| NCR-026-2018 | Issued: 2018-10-26 Expiry: 2023-10-01 Region: HQ Routing: AART |
CARS provision(s): 401.35 Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-026-2018 The purpose of this exemption is to allow applicants of an Airline Transport Pilot Licence –Helicopter (ATPL-H) to complete the skill test using a helicopter certified for single pilot operations only when the applicant is employed by a Subpart 703 or Subpart 704 commercial air operator that operates the helicopter in both IFR and night operations with a complement of two pilots as opposed to one pilot as is set out in the helicopter’s type certificate. |
| NCR-020-2018 | Issued: 2018-09-27 Expiry: No end dateRegion: HQ Routing: AART |
CARS provision(s): 521.158(1) Applicant provision(s): BOMBARDIER Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-020-2018 The purpose of this exemption is to permit Bombardier to obtain an amended type certificate to include a new aeroplane model BD-700-2A12 (Global 7000), which contains design features that do not comply with the applicable standards of airworthiness for the automatic presentation of oxygen dispensing units to occupants before the cabin pressure exceeds 15,000 feet, where certification for operation above 30,000 feet is requested. In particular, this exemption is intended to provide relief from the provision of paragraph 525.1447(c)(1) of the AWM, which specify the cabin pressure altitude for automatic presentation of oxygen dispensing units, in order to prevent nuisance deployment of these dispensing units when operating at high-altitude airports. For the purposes of this exemption, high-altitude airport operation means aeroplane operation below 20,000 feet and into or out of airports with elevations above 13,800 feet. |
| NCR-043-2015 | Issued: 2018-09-27 Expiry: No end dateRegion: HQ Routing: AART |
CARS provision(s): 521.31(1)(d) Applicant provision(s): BOMBARDIER INC Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-043-2015 The purpose of this exemption is to permit Bombardier and any design approval applicant to obtain an amended type certificate or supplemental type certificate to include Bombardier aeroplane model BD-700-2A12 (marketing designation “Global 7000”), where the type design to be approved contains design features that do not comply with the applicable standards of airworthiness for installation of doors between any passenger seat that is occupiable for take-off and landing and any passenger emergency exit. In particular, this exemption is intended to provide relief from paragraph 525.813(e) of the AWM, to permit installation of up to three interior doors between passenger seats and emergency exits. Interior doors have been requested by the applicant to segregate the cabin for different levels of utility, comfort and privacy. |
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