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| Exemption no. | Issuance details | Applicability | Purpose |
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| ATL-004-2016 | Issued: 2016-08-23 Expiry: 2018-07-30 Region: Atlantic Routing: MA |
CARS provision(s): 704.26 (1)(b) and 704.26(3)(b) Applicant provision(s): Exploits Valley Air Services Ltd Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
ATL-004-2016 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. |
| NCR-054-2016 | Issued: 2016-08-19 Expiry: No end dateRegion: HQ Routing: AART |
CARS provision(s): 507.11 Applicant provision(s): AIR CADET LEAGUE OF CANADA Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-054-2016 The purpose of this exemption is to allow the continued operation of aircraft of the affected fleet with parts installed which did not at installation conform to the requirements of section 571.13, in that they were not documented as meeting their type design. Consequently the aircraft are not in conformity with the Approved type design and the Certificates of Airworthiness are not in force. NOTE: copy of original English signed exemption is available upon request. |
| NCR-059-2016 | Issued: 2016-08-11 Expiry: 2018-06-09 Region: HQ Routing: AAR |
CARS provision(s): 700.02(1) and 701.02(1) Applicant provision(s): PHOENIX AIR GROUP Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-059-2016 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. NOTE: copy of English original exemption signed is available upon request. |
| ATL-006-2016 | Issued: 2016-07-29 Expiry: 2018-07-30 Region: Atlantic Routing: MA |
CARS provision(s): 704.26(1)(b) and 704.26(3)(b) Applicant provision(s): AIR LABRADOR LTD Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
ATL-006-2016 Paragraph 704.26(1)(b) of the CARs prohibits the conduct a take-off in an aircraft in Instrument Meteorological Conditions (IMC) where weather conditions are at or above the take-off minima, but below the landing minima, for the runway to be used, unless the person is authorized to do so in an air operator certificate and the person complies with the CASS. Paragraph 704.26(3)(b) of the CARs permits a person to conduct a take-off in an aircraft in IMC where weather conditions are below the take-off minima specified in the instrument approach procedure, if the person is authorized to do so in an air operator certificate and the person complies with the CASS. The purpose of this Exemption is to allow the air operator, Air Labrador Limited, to depart from St. John’s, NL using the Deer Lake, NL or the Stephenville, NL airports as takeoff alternates, when the weather at Gander, NL airport is not suitable for it 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, in accordance with the application, below. NOTE: copy of original signed exemption is available upon request. |
| NCR-055-2016 | Issued: 2016-07-28 Expiry: 2021-07-31 Region: HQ Routing: AART |
CARS provision(s): 801.01(2)(a) and 801.08(b) Applicant provision(s): NAV CANADA Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-055-2016 The purpose of this exemption is to allow NAV CANADA as holder of an ATS operations certificate, and all its air traffic controllers to issue clearances and instructions under specific conditions, in accordance with ICAO Procedures for Air Navigation Services - Air Traffic Management (PANS-ATM), (Document 4444) in addition to those contained in Standard 821 Canadian Domestic Air Traffic Control Separation Standards. NOTE: copy of original English signed exemption is available upon request. |
| NCR-057-2016 | Issued: 2016-07-28 Expiry: 2017-04-01 Region: HQ Routing: AARO |
CARS provision(s): 507.06(3)(a) Applicant provision(s): WEST JET Aircraft model: B767-338 Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-057-2016 expired The purpose of this exemption is to allow WestJet to operate the following four (4) aircraft: 1. Boeing 767-338, Registration C-FOGJ, MSN# 25274, without existing Transport Canada’s approval of the specific modifications currently embodied in the aeroplane. NOTE: copy of English signed version is available |
| NCR-044-2016 | Issued: 2016-07-22 Expiry: No end dateRegion: HQ Routing: AART |
CARS provision(s): 704.07(2)(b)(ii) Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-044-2016 NOTE: cancelling 1997 global exemption The exemption from subparagraph 704.07(2)(b)(ii) of the Canadian Aviation Regulations issued to Canadian air operators operating commuter services under Subpart 4 of Part VII of the CARs on December 23, 1997 at Ottawa by the Acting Director General Civil Aviation on behalf of the Minister of Transport is hereby cancelled because it is the opinion of the Minister that it is no longer in the public interest or is likely to adversely affect aviation safety. DATED at Ottawa, Ontario the 22nd day of July 2016, on behalf of the Minister of Transport. “Original signed by” Denis Guindon Director General, Aviation Safety Oversight and Transformation Civil Aviation |
| NCR-048-2016 | Issued: 2016-07-22 Expiry: No end dateRegion: HQ Routing: AART |
CARS provision(s): 605.06(A) Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-048-2016 CANCELLING global exemption NCR-033-2011 The exemption from paragraph 605.06(a) of the Canadian Aviation Regulations issued to Canadian air operators and their flight crew members conducting operations under Subpart 705 of the Canadian Aviation Regulations on February 15, 2011 at Ottawa by the Director General Civil Aviation on behalf of the Minister of Transport is hereby cancelled because it is the opinion of the Minister that it is no longer in the public interest or is likely to adversely affect aviation safety. DATED at Ottawa, Ontario the 22nd day of July 2016, on behalf of the Minister of Transport. “Original signed by” Denis Guindon Director General, Aviation Safety Oversight and Transformation Civil Aviation |
| PNR-004-2016 | Issued: 2016-07-21 Expiry: 2019-08-01 Region: PNR Routing: RA |
CARS provision(s): 302.07(1)(a)(i) Applicant provision(s): Erik Nielsen International Airport Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
PNR-004-2016 The purpose of this exemption is to allow the operator of the airport to continue to operate, pursuant to Airport Certificate #5151-152, the Erik Nielsen International Airport with equipment or installation, which is not required for air navigation purposes, located on the runway strip contrary to section 8.6.1.1(a) of the Aerodrome Standards & Recommended Practices (TP 312, 4th edition). NOTE: copy of original signed exemption is available upon request. |
| NCR-039-2016 | Issued: 2016-07-07 Expiry: No end dateRegion: HQ Routing: AART |
CARS provision(s): 521.30(1)(a) Applicant provision(s): BOMBARDIER Aircraft model: CS300 Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-039-2016 superseded by NCR-029-2018 The purpose of this exemption is to permit Bombardier to obtain a type certificate for the Bombardier CSeries aeroplane model BD-500-1A11 (CS300), where the type design to be approved 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. |
| QC-009-2016 | Issued: 2016-07-07 Expiry: 2021-07-01 Region: HQ Routing: NA |
CARS provision(s): 705.204(1) Applicant provision(s): LES INVESTISSEMENTS NOLINOR INC Aircraft model: Boeing 737-300 Registration no.: n/a |
QC-009-2016 The purpose of this exemption is to allow LES INVESTISSEMENTS NOLINOR INC. to add a B73B model aircraft (Boeing 737-300), serial number 25401 and registration C-GNLQ, to its fleet for the purpose of transporting passengers without carrying out a demonstration of its emergency evacuation procedures for that model of aeroplane before operating the aeroplane to carry passengers. |
| NCR-029-2016 | Issued: 2016-06-28 Expiry: 2018-03-31 Region: HQ Routing: AART |
CARS provision(s): 702.21 Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-029-2016 The purpose of this exemption is to allow an air operator, providing contract air services to Alberta Environment and Parks for the purpose of search and rescue operations, as well as associated training, to operate a helicopter to carry a Class D external load where the personnel carrying device does not have an airworthiness approval for the carriage of human external loads. This exemption is intended to allow continuation of search and rescue services for a period necessary to formally obtain airworthiness approval of the appropriate harnesses. |
| NCR-045-2016 | Issued: 2016-06-23 Expiry: 2016-07-31 Region: HQ Routing: AARO |
CARS provision(s): 700.02(1) and 701.02(1) Applicant provision(s): Lynden Air Cargo Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-045-2016 expired The purpose of this exemption is to allow Lynden Air Cargo, LLC, and its flight crew members, while not being the holder of a Canadian air operator certificate, to conduct between June 25, 2016 and July 31, 2016 a domestic air transport service in Canada on behalf of Bradley Air Services Limited, doing business as First Air, pursuant to a wet lease agreement whereby Lynden Air Cargo, LLC will provide specialized cargo air services using Hercules-type aeroplanes from a base in Yellowknife (CYZF), Northwest Territories (NWT) to service First Air’s remote mining and exploration customers as follows: - Delta Carter JV - Lupin Mine, NWT (CYWO); - TMAC Resources - Hope Bay, NWT (CDL7). |
| NCR-010-2016 | Issued: 2016-05-31 Expiry: Cancellation of another exemptionRegion: HQ Routing: AARO |
CARS provision(s): 604.03(A), 700.16, 705.20 and 705.45 Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-010-2016 CANCELS EXEMPTION 033-2007 The exemption from subsection 604.03(a), sections 700.16, 705.20 and 705.45, and subsections 705.27(3), (4) & (5) of the Canadian Aviation Regulations issued to Canadian air operators operating under Subpart 705 of the CARs and their their flight crew members on March 30, 2007 at Ottawa, Ontario by the Director General Civil Aviation on behalf of the Minister of Transport is hereby cancelled because it is the opinion of the Minister that it is no longer in the public interest or is likely to adversely affect aviation safety. DATED at Ottawa, Ontario the 31st day of May, 2016, on behalf of the Minister of Transport. “Original signed by” Aaron McCrorie Director General, Aviation Safety Regulatory Framework Civil Aviation |
| NCR-035-2016 | Issued: 2016-05-30 Expiry: 2017-01-31 Region: HQ Routing: AART |
CARS provision(s): PART V1 Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-035-2016 The purpose of this exemption is to provide a transition period until January 31, 2017 to persons identified above that were not subject to additional requirements such as those in the current Subpart 4 of Part VI of the CARs to allow them to continue to operate under the requirements that applied to them prior to May 30, 2014 as they establish procedures and structures to meet the requirements of the new Subpart 4 of Part VI of the CARs. |
| NCR-011-2016 | Issued: 2016-05-30 Expiry: 2017-01-31 Region: HQ Routing: AART |
CARS provision(s): PART VI Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-011-2016 expired The purpose of this exemption is to permit Private Operators that held a valid TPOC prior to May 30, 2014 to operate their aircraft, for which a TPOC was issued, for the purpose of transporting passengers or goods under the conditions set out in this exemption for a transitional period until January 31, 2017. |
| NCR-017-2016 | Issued: 2016-05-26 Expiry: 2021-04-21 Region: HQ Routing: AARO |
CARS provision(s): 705.26(2)(c) Applicant provision(s): AIR CANADA Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-017-2016 The purpose of this exemption is to allow Air Canada and its flight crew members to operate its (Boeing) B777 and (Boeing) B787 aircraft on a route containing a point that is farther from an adequate aerodrome than the distance that can be flown in at least 180 minutes at the one-engine-inoperative cruise speed but no more than 207 minutes. |
| NCR-007-2016 | Issued: 2016-05-19 Expiry: 2021-05-06 Region: HQ Routing: AART |
CARS provision(s): 602.11(2) Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-007-2016 The purpose of this exemption is to allow persons to conduct a take-off or attempt to conduct a take-off in an aircraft that has rear-mounted engines with contamination such as snow, ice or frost on the upper fuselage of the aircraft, only in accordance with the aircraft manufacturer’s instructions for take-off when those conditions exist. |
| NCR-083-2015 | Issued: 2016-05-19 Expiry: 2021-02-28 Region: HQ Routing: AART |
CARS provision(s): 703.82, 704.84 705.90 Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-083-2015 The purpose of this exemption is to allow Canadian air operators operating under subparts 703, 704, or 705 of the CARs, to carry first aid kits on board the aircraft that contain the supplies and equipment set out in Part 9 of the Aviation Occupational Health and Safety Regulations (SOR/2011-87) rather than Part X of the Aviation Occupational Safety and Health Regulations (SOR/87-182) (Repealed by SOR/2011-87). |
| NCR-030-2016 | Issued: 2016-05-19 Expiry: 2021-05-06 Region: HQ Routing: AART |
CARS provision(s): 701.25(2) Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-030-2016 The purpose of this exemption is to allow persons to conduct a take-off or attempt to conduct a take-off in Canada in an aircraft that has rear-mounted engines with contamination such as snow, ice or frost on the upper fuselage of the aircraft, only in accordance with the aircraft manufacturer’s instructions for take-off when those conditions exist. |
| NCR-034-2016 | Issued: 2016-05-18 Expiry: No end dateRegion: HQ Routing: AART |
CARS provision(s): 700.02(2) and 700.03(1) Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-034-2016 NOTE: Due to urgent request received from Fort McMurray Forrest Fires, exemption was only issued in English. The purpose of this exemption is to allow US Air Operators or US Public Aircraft Operators to support the current state of emergency in western Canada (Fort McMurray AB and surrounding area) by engaging in aerial work (firefighting operations) without holding the appropriate authorizations from Transport Canada. |
| NCR-021-2016 | Issued: 2016-05-12 Expiry: 2021-05-30 Region: HQ Routing: AART |
CARS provision(s): 700.02(2)(a) Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-021-2016 This exemption allows a person which does not hold an AOC issued under subpart 702 of the CARs but has the qualifications mentioned herein, to conduct aerial work involving the carriage for hire or reward of persons other than flight crew members while operating an aircraft or an aircraft with a Special Certificate of Airworthiness-Limited and meeting the description of warbird or historical aircraft. |
| NCR-087-2015 | Issued: 2016-05-02 Expiry: No end dateRegion: HQ Routing: AART |
CARS provision(s): 705.27(3), 705.27(5) Applicant provision(s): AIR TRANSAT Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-087-2015 CANCELS NCR-074-2014 CANCELLATION OF EXEMPTION FROM SUBSECTIONS 705.27(3) AND 705.27(5) OF THE CANADIAN AVIATION REGULATIONS The exemption from subsections 705.27(3) and 705.27(5) of the Canadian Aviation Regulations issued to Air Transat A.T. Inc. and its flight crew members on November 17, 2014 at Ottawa, Ontario by the Director General Civil Aviation on behalf of the Minister of Transport is hereby cancelled because it is the opinion of the Minister that it is no longer in the public interest or is likely to adversely affect aviation safety. DATED at Ottawa, Ontario the 2nd day of May, 2016, on behalf of the Minister of Transport. “Original signed by” Aaron McCrorie Director General, Aviation Safety Regulatory Framework Civil Aviation |
| NCR-076-2014 | Issued: 2016-04-25 Expiry: 2021-02-28 Region: HQ Routing: AARO |
CARS provision(s): 705.25(1)(b) Applicant provision(s): AIR CANADA Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-076-2014 The purpose of this exemption is to allow Air Canada to use a performance-based methodology instead of the current prescriptive requirements set out in paragraph 705.25(1)(b), to calculate the amount of contingency fuel required on routes for IFR flights, where those flights are within international airspace. Air Canada wishes to benefit from such a relief from the regulations, which is addressed in recent revisions of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) International Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs), Annex 6 – Operation of Aircraft, Part I – International Commercial Air Transport – Aeroplanes. |
| NCR-077-2014 | Issued: 2016-04-25 Expiry: 2021-02-28 Region: HQ Routing: AARO |
CARS provision(s): 705.25(1)(b) Applicant provision(s): AIR CANADA ROUGE Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-077-2014 This exemption authorizes AIR CANADA ROUGE to use a performance-based methodology instead of the current prescriptive requirements of paragraph 705.25(1)(b), to calculate the amount of contingency fuel required on routes for IFR flights, where those flights are within international airspace. Air Canada rouge wishes to benefit from such a relief from the regulations, which is addressed in recent revisions of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) International Standards and Recommended Practices (SARPs), Annex 6 – Operation of Aircraft, Part I – International Commercial Air Transport – Aeroplanes. NOTE: copy of original signed exemption is available upon request. |
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