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| Exemption no. | Issuance details | Applicability | Purpose |
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| QC-002-2018 | Issued: 2018-03-29 Expiry: Cancelled – Amendments to the appropriate provisions have come into effect SOR/2019-296Region: Quebec Routing: NA |
CARS provision(s): 705.40(4) Applicant provision(s): SKY REGIONAL AIRLINES Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
QC-002-2018 The purpose of this exemption is to allow Sky Regional Airlines Inc., when operating under Supbart 705 of the CARs, to permit, during the cruise phase and once the aeroplane is operating at or above 10,000 feet above sea level (ASL), the use of Wi-Fi onboard connectivity onboard its E170 aeroplanes that are equipped with a broadband services system produced by AirCell LLC (GoGo). The Sky Regional Airlines Inc. GoGo WiFi will enable the use of transmitting PEDs to access the internet, check emails and use instant messaging by means of transmitting and receiving signals over the Wi Fi connectivity. |
| OTT-003-2018 | Issued: 2018-03-28 Expiry: 2018-06-30 Region: HQ Routing: AARO |
CARS provision(s): 705.201(5) Applicant provision(s): JAZZ AVIATION LP Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
OTT-003-2018 - EXPIRED The purpose of this exemption is to allow Jazz Aviation LP to operate the CRJ900 (CL-600-2D24) aeroplane model with a minimum flight attendant complement of 1 (one) when operating with 40 passengers or less, notwithstanding that the air operator has conducted a successful demonstration of its emergency evacuation procedures for the same model using two flight attendants. The purpose of the exemption is not to prevent the air operator from operating with a minimum flight attendant complement of 2. |
| OTT-004-2018 | Issued: 2018-03-22 Expiry: 2023-02-27 Region: HQ Routing: AARO |
CARS provision(s): 705.206 Applicant provision(s): WestJet Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
OTT-004-2018 The purpose of this exemption is to allow WestJet to operate a Boeing 737-8 aeroplane model to carry passengers in extended over-water operations without having to carry out a successful demonstration of its ditching emergency evacuation procedures for that model of aeroplane when a successful demonstration has already been conducted using WestJet’s Boeing 737 cabin emergency evacuation trainer. |
| OTT-002-2018 | Issued: 2018-03-08 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): SUNWING Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
OTT-002-2018 The purpose of this exemption is to allow Sunwing, when operating under Subpart 705 of the CARs, to permit, during the cruise phase of flight, the use of Wi-Fi onboard connectivity on board its Boeing 737-800 aeroplanes which are provided with Telefonix PDT Encompass all in one, aportable, battery-powered Wi-Fi network used to provide inflight entertainment. |
| NCR-010-2018 | Issued: 2018-02-28 Expiry: 2023-02-28 Region: HQ Routing: AART |
CARS provision(s): 704.33(1)€ Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-010-2018 The purpose of this exemption is to authorize Canadian air operators to operate Douglas DC3 TP67 aeroplanes while carrying passengers in an on demand charter operation. |
| NCR-011-2018 | Issued: 2018-02-28 Expiry: 2023-02-28 Region: HQ Routing: AART |
CARS provision(s): 704.01c) Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-011-2018 The purpose of this authorization is to allow Canadian air operators to operate Bombardier BD 700-1A10 or BD-700-1A11 aeroplanes under Subpart 4 of Part VII of the CARs notwithstanding that the maximum zero fuel weight of the aeroplanes exceeds the 22 680 kg (50,000 pounds) set out in paragraph 704.01(b) of the CARs. |
| NCR-013-2018 | Issued: 2018-02-28 Expiry: 2023-02-28 Region: HQ Routing: AART |
CARS provision(s): 704.01c) Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-013-2018 The purpose of this authorization is to allow Canadian air operators to operate Gulfstream GV, GV-SP or GVI aeroplanes under Subpart 4 of Part VII of the CARs notwithstanding that the maximum zero fuel weight of the aeroplanes exceeds the 22 680 kg (50,000 pounds) set out in paragraph 704.01(b) of the CARs. |
| NCR-014-2018 | Issued: 2018-02-28 Expiry: 2023-02-28 Region: HQ Routing: AART |
CARS provision(s): 704.33(1)e) Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-014-2018 The purpose of this exemption is to authorize Canadian air operators to operate Gulfstream GV, GV-SP or GVI aeroplanes while carrying passengers in an on demand charter operation. |
| NCR-015-2018 | Issued: 2018-02-28 Expiry: 2023-02-28 Region: HQ Routing: AART |
CARS provision(s): 704.33(1)e) Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-015-2018 The purpose of this exemption is to authorize Canadian air operators to operate Dassault Falcon 900EX aeroplanes while carrying passengers in an on demand charter operation. |
| NCR-009-2018 | Issued: 2018-02-28 Expiry: 2023-02-28 Region: HQ Routing: AART |
CARS provision(s): 704.01c) Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-009-2018 The purpose of this authorization is to allow Canadian air operators to operate Douglas DC3 TP67 aeroplanes under Subpart 4 of Part VII of the CARs notwithstanding that the MCTOW of the aeroplanes exceeds the 8 618 kg (19,000 pounds) set out in paragraph 704.01(a) of the CARs. |
| NCR-012-2018 | Issued: 2018-02-28 Expiry: 2023-02-28 Region: HQ Routing: AART |
CARS provision(s): 704.33(1)€ Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-012-2018 The purpose of this exemption is to authorize Canadian air operators to operate Bombardier BD 700-1A10 or BD-700-1A11 aeroplanes while carrying passengers in an on demand charter operation. |
| NCR-016-2018 | Issued: 2018-02-28 Expiry: 2023-02-28 Region: HQ Routing: AART |
CARS provision(s): 704.33(1)e) Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-016-2018 The purpose of this exemption is to authorize Canadian air operators to operate Bombardier CL 600 2B19 aeroplanes while carrying passengers in an on demand charter operation. |
| OTT-001-2018 | Issued: 2018-02-27 Expiry: 2021-04-01 Region: HQ Routing: AARO |
CARS provision(s): 802.02(1)(a) Applicant provision(s): Nav Canada Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
OTT-001-2018 The purpose of this exemption is to allow NAV CANADA to not have to perform maintenance on its Doppler VOR systems as it pertains to the specific requirements set out in paragraph 3.3.5.6(b) and section 3.3.5.7 of Volume I of Annex 10 to the Convention referred to in paragraph 802.02(1)(a) of the CARs. |
| OTT-005-2018 | Issued: 2018-02-27 Expiry: 2023-01-15 Region: HQ Routing: AARO |
CARS provision(s): 705.40(3) Applicant provision(s): AIR CANADA ROUGE Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
OTT-005-2018 The purpose of this exemption is to allow Air Canada rouge to let one flight attendant disembark the aeroplane during fuelling with passengers onboard, for the purpose of using the bridge phone for communication with ground, maintenance and fuelling personnel without being replaced by another flight attendant. |
| NCR-002-2018 | Issued: 2018-02-27 Expiry: 2023-02-28 Region: HQ Routing: AARA |
CARS provision(s): 801.02(2)(a) Applicant provision(s): Nav Canada Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-002-2018 The purpose of this exemption is to allow all air traffic controllers working for NAV CANADA, who have been trained and qualified by NAV CANADA as competent users of MLAT technology, to apply some of the radar separation standards in Chapter 2 and 3 of the Standard 821 - Canadian Domestic Air Traffic Control Separation Standards when using an MLAT technology in lieu of radar. |
| NCR-001-2018 | Issued: 2018-02-27 Expiry: 2023-02-28 Region: HQ Routing: AARA |
CARS provision(s): 801.08(b) Applicant provision(s): Nav Canada Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-001-2018 The purpose of this exemption is to allow NAV CANADA to apply some of the radar separation standards specified in Appendix A using surveillance systems employing Multilateration (MLAT) technology in lieu of radar. |
| OTT-022-2017 | Issued: 2018-02-23 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): AIR CANADA Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
OTT-022-2017 The purpose of this exemption is to allow Air Canada, when operating under Subpart 705 of the CARs, to permit, during all phases of flight, the use of Wi-Fi onboard connectivity, more specifically Air Canada GoGo, onboard its Boeing 787-8 and Boeing 787-9 aeroplanes that are equipped with a broadband services system. The Air Canada GoGo will enable the use of transmitting PEDs to access the internet, check emails and use instant messaging by means of transmitting and receiving signals over the Wi-Fi connectivity. |
| PAC-001-2018 | Issued: 2018-02-16 Expiry: 2019-12-31 Region: Pacific Routing: TA |
CARS provision(s): 702.65 c) Applicant provision(s): CONAIR AVIATION GROUP INC. Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
PAC-001-2018 The purpose of this exemption is to allow flight crew members of Conair Aviation Group Inc. to act as flight crew members in an AVRO RJ85 aircraft type without having completed for that aircraft type training, a competency check or pilot proficiency check the validity of which has not expired, and to allow flight crew members of the AVRO RJ85 aircraft to complete training, competency checks or pilot proficiency checks on the AVRO RJ1H aircraft type. |
| QC-016-2015 | Issued: 2018-02-07 Expiry: 2021-03-01 Region: Quebec Routing: NA |
CARS provision(s): 602.32(1)(a) Applicant provision(s): PRATT & WHITNEY Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
QC-016-2015 The purpose of this exemption is to allow Pratt & Whitney Canada Corp. and its flight crew members who are approved flight test pilots to operate, in the context of a certification flight test on Flying Tests Beds, Boeing 747 Special Performance aeroplanes below 10,000 feet ASL at an indicated airspeed of more than 250 knots, contrary to paragraph 602.32(1)(a) of the CARs. Operations will be conducted within Montreal Test Area and on specific Test Routes, as defined in the Nav Canada “Agreement Between Montreal ACC and Pratt & Whitney Canada” effective March 7, 2013 or later version. |
| ON-001-2018 | Issued: 2018-02-07 Expiry: 2019-02-01 Region: Ontario Routing: PA |
CARS provision(s): 507.02(b) Applicant provision(s): CofA Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
ON-001-2018 The purpose of this exemption is to allow officials acting for or on behalf of the Minister to issue a Certificate of Airworthiness pursuant to paragraph 507.02(b) of the CARs in respect of an aircraft which does not conform to the certified type design in that several modifications required by the type design - parking brake aural warning system, a modified Master Caution Light, a ditching valve control relocation and an additional deice system pressure switch - have not been installed. |
| ON-013-2017 | Issued: 2018-02-07 Expiry: 2022-09-30 Region: Ontario Routing: PA |
CARS provision(s): 406.75 Applicant provision(s): SENECA COLLEGE Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
ON-013-2017 The purpose of this exemption is to allow Seneca College of Applied Arts and Technology to extend the duration of an Airline Transport Pilot (ATP(A)) integrated course up to 48 months after the date of enrolment of a student and to provide to the graduating student a course completion certificate for the ATP(A)) integrated course no later than on the first day of the 49th month after the student’s date of enrolment. |
| NCR-022-2017 | Issued: 2018-01-29 Expiry: 2023-01-31 Region: HQ Routing: AART |
CARS provision(s): 703.39(1), 704.34(1) Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-022-2017 The purpose of this exemption is to allow a Canadian air operator and its pilots-in-command, operating under Subpart 3 or 4 of Part VII of the CARs, to authorize trained company operational personnel to deliver the oral standard safety briefing to passengers prior to boarding the aircraft, when conducting short successive flight operations without shutting down the aircraft engine between flights. |
| OTT-023-2017 | Issued: 2018-01-15 Expiry: 2023-01-15 Region: HQ Routing: AARO |
CARS provision(s): 705.40(3) Applicant provision(s): AIR CANADA Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
OTT-023-2017 The purpose of this exemption is to allow Air Canada to let one flight attendant disembark the aeroplane during fuelling with passengers onboard, for the purpose of using the bridge phone for communication with ground, maintenance and fuelling personnel without being replaced by another flight attendant. |
| QC-010-2017 | Issued: 2018-01-11 Expiry: 2019-01-15 Region: Quebec Routing: NA |
CARS provision(s): 704.07(2)(d) Applicant provision(s): SKYSERVICE Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
QC-010-2017 The purpose of this exemption is to allow Skyservice (Air Operator Certificate number 9638) to operate their aircraft under Subpart 4 of Part VII of the CARs without having a Minimum Equipment List (MEL) approved by the Minister. |
| NCR-026-2017 | Issued: 2018-01-10 Expiry: 2018-06-10 Region: HQ Routing: AART |
CARS provision(s): 571.08(1)(b) Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-026-2017 The purpose of this exemption is to authorize persons who perform maintenance on GE turbofan engine models CF34-8C, CP34-8E and CF34-10E, installed or intended to be installed on Canadian aircraft, to install specified part number fan blades that have undergone maintenance and which are accompanied by a maintenance release contained in an Authorized Release Certificate issued by IHI, despite the fact IHI does not hold an approved maintenance organization (AMO) certificate issued by the Minister pursuant to section 573.02 of the CARs. |
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