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| Exemption no. | Issuance details | Applicability | Purpose |
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| QC-032-2014 | Issued: 2014-04-29 Expiry: 2014-05-26 Region: Quebec Routing: NA |
CARS provision(s): SECTION 5 MONTREAL AIRPORT ZONING Applicant provision(s): MINISTERE DES TRANSPORTS DU QUEBEC Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
QC-032-2014 expired The purpose of this exemption is to permit a contractor designated by the Ministère des Transports du Québec to use construction equipment of a maximum height of 70 ft. above grade; at this height, the equipment will exceed the maximum authorized height within the approach and transitional surfaces of runway 06R/24L of the Montreal International Airport (Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau Int’l). The equipment will be located between 350 ft. and 925 ft. before the threshold of runway 24L and 1,150 ft. on either side of the extended runway centreline. |
| PNR-012-2014 | Issued: 2014-04-28 Expiry: 2015-04-28 Region: PNR Routing: RA |
CARS provision(s): 302.01(1) Applicant provision(s): PADC Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
PNR-012-2014 expired The purpose of this exemption is to exempt the aerodrome operated by PADC in Parkland County, Alberta, as well its operator, PADC, from the application of Subpart II of Part III of the CARs for a limited time in order that it may take the necessary steps for certification as determined by the Minister of Transport on April 28, 2014. |
| QC-029-2014 | Issued: 2014-04-25 Expiry: 2014-06-22 Region: Quebec Routing: NA |
CARS provision(s): 302.07(10(a)(i) Applicant provision(s): AEROPORTS DE MONTREAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
QC-029-2014 expired The purpose of this exemption is to permit a contractor designated by Aéroports de Montréal to use construction equipment of a maximum height of 70 ft. above grade; at this height, the equipment will exceed the maximum authorized height within the approach and transitional surfaces of runway 06R/24L of the Montreal International Airport (Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau Int’l). The equipment will be located between 350 ft. and 925 ft. before the threshold of runway 24L and 1,150 ft. on either side of the extended runway centreline. |
| QC-030-2014 | Issued: 2014-04-25 Expiry: 2014-06-22 Region: Quebec Routing: NA |
CARS provision(s): SECTION 5 MONTREAL AIRPORT ZONING Applicant provision(s): MONTREAL INTL AIRPORT Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
QC-030-2014 expired The purpose of this exemption is to permit a contractor designated by the Ministère des Transports du Québec to use construction equipment of a maximum height of 70 ft. above grade; at this height, the equipment will exceed the maximum authorized height within the approach and transitional surfaces of runway 06R/24L of the Montreal International Airport (Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau Int’l). The equipment will be located between 350 ft. and 925 ft. before the threshold of runway 24L and 1,150 ft. on either side of the extended runway centreline. |
| QC-028-2014 | Issued: 2014-04-24 Expiry: 2014-06-01 Region: Quebec Routing: NA |
CARS provision(s): 704.108(1)(d) Applicant provision(s): INVESTISSEMENTS NOLINOR INC Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
QC-028-2014 expired The purpose of this exemption is to permit the air operator LES INVESTISSEMENTS NOLINOR INC. to transfer the pilot proficiency checks of the flight crew members indicated in the following paragraph and permit them to act as flight crew members on board the aircraft registered C-FVNC even though line indoctrination was not given as required under paragraph 724.115(23)(d) of the CASS and as required by the operator’s required training program. |
| PAC-010-2014 | Issued: 2014-04-24 Expiry: 2014-04-30 Region: Pacific Routing: TA |
CARS provision(s): 702.22(1)(a) Applicant provision(s): GREAT SLAVE HELICOPTERS LTD Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
PAC-010-2014 expired The purpose of this authorization is to permit Great Slave Helicopters Ltd, to conduct a landing and take-off within the built-up area of the City of Prince George, B.C. |
| PAC-008-2014 | Issued: 2014-04-22 Expiry: 2014-05-16 Region: Pacific Routing: TA |
CARS provision(s): 702.22(2)(a) and 702.22(3)(a) Applicant provision(s): ASCENT HELICOPTERS LTD Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
PAC-008-2014 expired The purpose of this authorization is to permit Ascent Helicopters Limited, 1550 Springhill Road, Parksville, BC and its Flight Crew to operate an aircraft over a built-up area and carry out Class B external load operations at altitudes of less than 1000 feet above and less than 500 feet horizontal distance from the highest obstacle within the built-up area of the BC Hydro right of way from Heritage Road and Johns Road across the Cowichan River in the Cowichan Valley Regional District, Vancouver Island, BC for the purpose of stringing soc line for the new power line construction. |
| QC-027-2014 | Issued: 2014-04-22 Expiry: 2014-04-25 Region: Quebec Routing: NA |
CARS provision(s): SECTION 5 MONTREAL AIRPORT ZONING Applicant provision(s): 8432112 CANADA INC Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
QC-027-2014 expired The purpose of this exemption is to permit 8432112 Canada Inc. to erect a crane of a height of 120 ft. above ground. This crane exceeds by 61 ft. the maximum authorized height within the approach surface of runway 24R of the Montreal International Airport (Pierre-Elliott-Trudeau Int’l). This crane is operated in a lot located in a zone between 3,925 ft. and 4,425 ft. before the threshold of runway 24R between 940 ft. and 1,580 ft. to the right of the centreline. |
| NCR-010-2014 | Issued: 2014-04-15 Expiry: 2017-04-15 Region: HQ Routing: AARO |
CARS provision(s): 705.124(1)(b) Applicant provision(s): Jazz Aviation LP Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-010-2014 expired This exemption allows Jazz to conduct initial and annual training for Aircraft Exit Operation Drills as required by paragraphs 7.3.1(a) of Initial Part Seven and 7.1.1(a) of Annual Part Seven of the FATS without operating the Q400 2L/2R exit. Currently, the Schedule A of the FATS– Aircraft Exit Compatibility Groups – does not recognize an alternative to the Q400 2L/2R exits. This exemption allows Jazz to treat as equivalent the operation of the CRJ 100/200/705 1R exit and the Q400 2L/2R exit. |
| NCR-008-2014 | Issued: 2014-04-15 Expiry: 2017-04-15 Region: HQ Routing: AARO |
CARS provision(s): 705.124(1)(b) Applicant provision(s): Jazz Aviation LP Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-008-2014 expired The purpose of this exemption is to allow Jazz Aviation LP to conduct one window exit operation drill, by utilizing either a DHC-8 100/300 window exit or a CRJ 100/200/705 overwing exit (OWE) to qualify trainees on both aircraft types and meet the requirements of operating each window exit during Initial and Annual Flight Attendant Training as required by section 7.3.1(a) Initial Part Seven and section 7.1.1(a) Annual Part Seven of the Flight Attendant Training Standard. |
| NCR-026-2014 | Issued: 2014-04-14 Expiry: 2015-11-25 Region: HQ Routing: AARO |
CARS provision(s): 801.01(2)(a) and 801.08(b) Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-026-2014 expired This exemption permits NAV CANADA and all its air traffic controllers working for hire or reward to implement and use a Required Navigation Performance (RNP) 10 lateral separation standard (equivalent to 50 nautical miles (nm) total width between aeroplanes) in airspace situated in Northern Canada where a 60 nm lateral separation standard between aeroplanes normally would apply. Specifically, this exemption authorizes NAV CANADA air traffic controllers to issue a clearance that enables Instrument Flight Rules (IFR) aeroplanes to fly with 50 nm lateral spacing based on certain aircraft navigation performance capability that employs long-range Inertial Navigation System (INS) and the Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), where those aeroplanes are certified to operate based on an RNP 10 or RNP 4 capability. The RNP 10 (50 nm lateral spacing standard) is an International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) approved standard and is also in use by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) for operations between aeroplanes at the same altitude on the Pacific Ocean, in Alaska and Australian airspace. By using this criterion in Canada it will harmonize this separation standard between Canada and the United States in areas where our mutual boundary exists in Northern Canada with Alaska. Presently, a ministerial exemption exists for NAV CANADA to accept RNP 10 (50 nm) separated aeroplanes arriving off the Pacific Ocean airspace into Canadian domestic airspace in the Vancouver Flight Information Region (FIR). |
| QC-024-2014 | Issued: 2014-04-03 Expiry: 2015-09-30 Region: Quebec Routing: NA |
CARS provision(s): 602.40(1) Applicant provision(s): CANADIAN HELICOPTERS LTD FTU Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
QC-024-2014 expired This exemption is to allow Canadian Helicopters Limited FTU, operating as HNZ Top Flight (the Flight Training Unit) and its respective flight crew members to use NVIS when landing at and taking off from an aerodrome which is not lighted in accordance with the aerodromes lighting requirements specified in Part III of the CARs. |
| QC-025-2014 | Issued: 2014-04-02 Expiry: 2015-10-01 Region: Quebec Routing: NA |
CARS provision(s): 302.07(1)(a)(i) Applicant provision(s): MONTREAL-MIRABEL INT'L AIRPORT Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
QC-025-2014 expired The purpose of this exemption is to allow Aéroport de Montréal (ADM) to keep its Montreal-Mirabel international airport certificate for a Code 4 precision runway despite the presence of an aircraft-arresting cable system in the graded area of runway 06/24. The system is located along the runway at 1,500 feet from the thresholds. It includes two cable outlet boxes at each end, three metres from the edge of the runway, and four exhaust pipes at each end, 87 metres from the runway centreline. The cable outlet boxes are six inches high and the exhaust pipes are 2.43 metres high. The system is used to allow certain types of military aircraft to use the runway. |
| QC-023-2014 | Issued: 2014-04-01 Expiry: 2015-09-24 Region: Quebec Routing: NA |
CARS provision(s): 302.07(1)(a)(i) and (ii) Applicant provision(s): HAVRE ST-PIERRE Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
QC-023-2014 expired The purpose of this exemption is to allow the Havre St-Pierre airport to maintain its airport certificate for a Code 3 non-precision runway, despite the presence of a rock knoll (obstacle) within the transition area to the north of runway 09/27. The obstacle is approximately 140 metres long and 20 metres wide. The obstacle is located in the runway strip, almost half-way down the runway. The airport operator plans to repair the runway in 2014-2015, and remove the obstacle at that time. |
| NCR-003-2014 | Issued: 2014-03-31 Expiry: 2015-09-30 Region: HQ Routing: AART |
CARS provision(s): 604.31(1) Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-003-2014 expired The purpose of this exemption is to permit Private Operators to operate aeroplanes that meet the conditions specified below, with a ratio of one flight attendant per 50 passenger seats as opposed to a ratio of one flight attendant for each unit of 40 passengers as prescribed by subsection 604.31(1). |
| NCR-006-2014 | Issued: 2014-03-31 Expiry: 2015-09-30 Region: HQ Routing: AART |
CARS provision(s): 604.35(f) (g) (h) (i) Interim Order Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-006-2014 expired The purpose of this exemption is to permit all Canadian private operators, who operate aircraft with one or more flight attendants, to provide passengers on those aircraft with safety features cards that do not contain safety information in respect of the following items: (i) the location of first aid kits; (ii) the location of hand-held fire extinguishers that are accessible to passengers; (iii) the location of emergency locator transmitters; and (iv) the location of survival equipment and how to access that equipment. |
| QC-018-2014 | Issued: 2014-03-28 Expiry: 2014-09-01 Region: Quebec Routing: NA |
CARS provision(s): INTERIM ORDER #11 PRIVATE OPERATORS Applicant provision(s): BOMBARDIER INC (OPERATOR) Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
QC-018-2014 expired THE PURPOSE OF THIS EXEMPTION IS TO ALLOW BOMBARDIER INC (OPERATOR) TO CONDUCT LIMITED, NON-COMMERCIAL PASSENGER CARRYING OPERATIONS ON AIRCRAFT THAT HAVE EITHER AN EXPERIMENTAL FLIGHT PERMIT, A SPECIFIC PURPOSE FLIGHT PERMIT AUTHORIZING THE CARRIAGE OF PASSENGERS, OR A CERTIFICATE OF AIRWORTHINESS WITHOUT HOLDING A PRIVATE OPERATOR CERTIFICATE. |
| QC-022-2014 | Issued: 2014-03-28 Expiry: 2019-08-01 Region: Quebec Routing: NA |
CARS provision(s): SECTION 5 MONTREAL INT’L AIRPORT ZONING Applicant provision(s): CADASTRE OF QUEBEC Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
QC-022-2014 The purpose of this exemption is to allow the use of the building erected on the lot three million nine hundred forty-three thousand and seventy-one (Lot 3 943 071) of the Cadastre of Quebec, bearing civic number 2000 Saint-François Road, Borough of Dorval, City of Montreal, Province of Quebec, notwithstanding the Regulations. The highest point of said building is at 43:50 meters above ground level exceeding the outer surface of Montreal/Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport by 1.50 meters. The lot is located at approximately 1660 feet after the threshold of runway 06L and 5950 feet left of the runway centerline. |
| QC-019-2014 | Issued: 2014-03-28 Expiry: 2014-09-01 Region: Quebec Routing: NA |
CARS provision(s): Interim Order no.11 Private Operators Applicant provision(s): Quebec Government - Service Aérien Gouvernemental Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
QC-019-2014 expired This exemption allows Quebec government - Service Aérien Gouvernemental to operate aircraft without a private operator certificate as required in Interim Order No. 11 Respecting Private Operators, issued on May 31, 2013. |
| QC-021-2014 | Issued: 2014-03-27 Expiry: 2014-07-18 Region: Quebec Routing: NA |
CARS provision(s): 302.07(1)(a)(i) and (ii) Applicant provision(s): BOMBARDIER Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
QC-021-2014 expired The purpose of this exemption is to allow a sbucontractor designated by Bombardier to operate a mobile crane the maximum height of which will be 190 ft. above ground (432 ft. ASL). The crane exceeds by 50 ft. the maximum authorized height within the outer surface of the Montreal International Airport (Mirabel). The crane will be located between 5,723 and 6,625 ft. after the threshold of runway 24 and between 3,925 and 4,350 ft. to the right of the centreline of runway 24 at the Montreal International Airport (Mirabel). |
| PAC-007-2014 | Issued: 2014-03-27 Expiry: 2014-03-30 Region: Pacific Routing: TA |
CARS provision(s): 702.22 Applicant provision(s): TALON HELICOPTERS LTD Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
PAC-007-2014 expired The purpose of this authorization is to permit Talon Helicopters Ltd, Executive Aircraft, 4380 Agar Drive, Richmond, BC, to operate a helicopter over the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC at altitudes and distancesj less than those specified in paragraph CAR 602.14(2)(a). |
| QC-020-2014 | Issued: 2014-03-27 Expiry: 2014-04-09 Region: Quebec Routing: NA |
CARS provision(s): 602.14(2)(a)(i) Applicant provision(s): JOHNNY MAY'S CHARTERS (2009) LTD Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
QC-020-2014 expired The purpose of this exemption is to allow JOHNNY MAY'S CHATERS (2009) LTD and the following flight crew member when operating the DeHavilland Otter, model DHC-3, registered C-MAY. Mr. Johnny May - license number CA067985 Conditions: This exemption is granted subject to the following conditions: 1. The aircraft shall be operated at altitudes and distances that are not less than thos necessary for the purpose of the operation in which the aircraft is engaged; 2. In non case shall altitude be less than that from which, in the event of an emergency necessitating an immediate landing, it would be possible to land the aircraft without creating a hazard to persons or property on the surface, and, in any case, at an altitude that is not lower than 200 feet above the highest obstacle; 3. Before beginning the operation, the company shall determine one or more suitable landing areas, in the event of an emergency necessitating an immediate landing, reachable at the selected altitude with a bank nor exceeding 30º; 4. When operating over the open-air assembly of persons, the aircraft shall be flown in a straight and level flight path within a horizontal distance of not less than 300 feet at all times of the open-air assembly of persons; 5. Except in the case of an emergency, when operating over the open-air assembly of persons all turns and/or maneuvers are prohibited; 6. The ceiling and the visibility must be not less than 1000 feet AGL and 3 miles visibility without any precipitation; 7. No other person, except persons essential during flight, shall be carried on board; 8. The company shall advise and coordinate the operation with the flight service station authorities and other local authorities concerned; 9. This exemption shall be valid for two flights, which are to be held between March 27th, 2014 and April 9th, 2014 over the Salluit and Ivujivik on the flight path described on Johhny May's exemption request of March 10, 2014. |
| NCR-020-2014 | Issued: 2014-03-26 Expiry: 2019-03-31 Region: HQ Routing: AART |
CARS provision(s): 401.03(1)(a) Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-020-2014 The purpose of this exemption is to permit all Engineering Test Pilots working for hire or reward for Transport Canada to exercise the privileges of acting as pilot-in-command or co-pilot of any aircraft, in the aircraft category endorsed on the pilot’s licence, without having a rating for the aircraft that is being operated, while conducting airworthiness flight testing of the aircraft on behalf of Transport Canada. This exemption is required because ratings for aircraft being flight-tested are either unavailable or inappropriate. |
| PAC-006-2014 | Issued: 2014-03-19 Expiry: 2014-05-01 Region: Pacific Routing: TA |
CARS provision(s): 603.67 Applicant provision(s): HELIJET INTERNATIONAL INC Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
PAC-006-2014 expired The purpose of this authorization is to permit Helijet International Inc. 5911 Airport Road South, Richmond, BC and its flight crew members to operate a helicopter over the City of Vancover, BC for the purpose of take-offs, approaches or landings within the built-up areas of cities or towns in accordance with CAR 602.13(1) for the sole purpose of "The Pacific Salmon Foundation Fundraise". |
| PAC-004-2014 | Issued: 2014-03-17 Expiry: 2014-03-23 Region: Pacific Routing: TA |
CARS provision(s): 702.22(2)(a) and 702.22(3)(a) Applicant provision(s): ASCENT HELICOPTERS LTD Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
PAC-004-2014 expired The purpose of this authorization si to permit Ascent Helicopters Ltd, 1550 Springhill Road, Parksville, BC and its flight crew to operate an aircraft over a built-up area at altitudes of less than 1000 feet above and less than 500 feet horizontal distance from the highest obstacle within the built-up area of the City of Fernie, and for landing and taking off from the Fernie Secondary School for the purpose of helicopter staging (skydiver pick-ups). |
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