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| Exemption no. | Issuance details | Applicability | Purpose |
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| PAC-035-2012 | Issued: 2012-06-12 Expiry: 2012-06-15 Region: Pacific Routing: TA |
CARS provision(s): 703.36(a) Applicant provision(s): Talon Helicopters Ltd. Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
PAC-035-2012 expired The purpose of this authorization is to permit Talon Helicopters Ltd., 4380 Agar Drive, Richmond, B.C., to conduct a landing and take-off within the built-up area of District of North Vancouver, B.C. |
| PNR-015-2012 | Issued: 2012-06-12 Expiry: 2013-11-01 Region: PNR Routing: RA |
CARS provision(s): 605.03(1)(b) and 602.07(b) Applicant provision(s): T-C Aerial Ltd. Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
PNR-015-2012 expired The purpose of this exemption is to allow agricultural aeroplanes to engage in special purpose operations for the aerial dispersion of jettisionable cargo. |
| PNR-016-2012 | Issued: 2012-06-12 Expiry: 2013-11-01 Region: PNR Routing: RA |
CARS provision(s): 605.03(1)(b) and 602.07(b) Applicant provision(s): Miccar Aerial Ltd. Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
PNR-016-2012 expired The purpose of this exemption is to allow agricultural aeroplanes to engage in special purpose operations for the aerial dispersion of jettisionable cargo. |
| PAC-028-2012 | Issued: 2012-06-12 Expiry: 2012-06-15 Region: Pacific Routing: TA |
CARS provision(s): 703.36(a) Applicant provision(s): Talon Helicopters Ltd. Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
PAC-028-2012 expired The purpose of this authorization is to permit Talon Helicopters Ltd., 4380 Agar Drive, Richmond, B.C., to conduct a landing and take-off within the built-up area of District of North Vancouver, B.C. |
| PAC-061-2012 | Issued: 2012-06-11 Expiry: 2012-09-30 Region: Pacific Routing: TA |
CARS provision(s): 604.04(d) and (g) and 604.05(a) and (b) Applicant provision(s): Jeffco Aviation Ltd. Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
PAC-061-2012 expired The purpose of this exemption is to permit Jeffco Aviation Ltd. to apply for a temporary private operator certificate (TPOC) pursuant to the Private Operators Interim Order without having to submit a private operator certificate (POC) issued by the Canadian Business Aviation Association (CBAA) prior to March 31, 2011. |
| PAC-036-2012 | Issued: 2012-06-05 Expiry: 2012-06-07 Region: Pacific Routing: TA |
CARS provision(s): 702.22(2)(a) Applicant provision(s): Blackcomb Helicopters Limited Partnership Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
PAC-036-2012 expired The purpose of this authorization is to permit Blackcomb Helicopters Limited Partnership by its General Partner Blackcomb Helicopters Ltd., Box 1241, Whistler, B.C., to operate a helicopter over the City of Vancouver, B.C., at altitudes and distances less than those specified in paragraph 602.14(2)(a). |
| PNR-013-2012 | Issued: 2012-06-04 Expiry: 2014-01-31 Region: PNR Routing: RA |
CARS provision(s): 703.27(a) and 703.34 Applicant provision(s): Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
PNR-013-2012 expired The purpose of this exemption is to allow Shock Trauma Air Rescue Society to provide night VFR Emergency Medical Service (EMS) along with the pre-approved or pre-planned GPS routes using Night Vision Goggles (NVGs) with a Minimum Obstacle Clearance Altitude (MOCA) of 1000 ft above the highest obstacle along the route segment flown. |
| PNR-035-2012 | Issued: 2012-06-04 Expiry: 2017-04-30 Region: PNR Routing: RA |
CARS provision(s): 700.02(1) Applicant provision(s): AirSprint Inc. Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
PNR-035-2012 expired The purpose of this exemption is to permit AirSprint Inc., to operate Canadian registered aircraft in a fractional ownership program, with a Temporary Private Operator Certificate issued pursuant to the Interim Order No. 9 respecting Private Operators, dated 7 July 2011 or any subsequent Interim Order that the Minister may make for that purpose. Further, this exemption is to permit AirSprint Inc., to operate Canadian registered aircraft in a fractional ownership program in accordance with the Private Operator regulations (CAR 604) once they come into force and supersede the Interim Order respecting Private Operators. |
| 132-2011 | Issued: 2012-06-04 Expiry: 2017-04-30 Region: PNR Routing: AART |
CARS provision(s): 700.02(1) Applicant provision(s): AirSprint Inc. Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
The purpose of this exemption is to permit AirSprint Inc., to operate Canadian registered aircraft in a fractional ownership program, with a Temporary Private Operator Certificate issued pursuant to the Interim Order No. 9 respecting Private Operators, dated 7 July 2011 or any subsequent Interim Order that the Minister may make for that purpose. Further, this exemption is to permit AirSprint Inc., to operate Canadian registered aircraft in a fractional ownership program in accordance with the Private Operator regulations (CAR 604) once they come into force and supersede the Interim Order respecting Private Operators. |
| NCR-019-2012 | Issued: 2012-05-25 Expiry: 2012-10-30 Region: HQ Routing: AARO |
CARS provision(s): 705.124(2)(b)(ii) and (iii) Applicant provision(s): Sunwing Airlines Inc Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-019-2012 expired This exemption will permit Sunwing to: 1. administer their approved Flight Attendant Initial Training Program to Travel Service Polska (hereinafter “Travel Service”) flight attendants, without having to include those training items listed in the attached Appendix A in order to provide an operationally relevant modified program to already qualified flight attendants; and 2. deliver this modified training to Travel Service flight attendants who will be participating in the Extended Charter Agreement between Sunwing and Travel Service, for the period of May 26, 2012 to October 30, 2012. |
| NCR-014-2012 | Issued: 2012-05-25 Expiry: 2013-10-30 Region: HQ Routing: AART |
CARS provision(s): 602.4 Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-014-2012 expired This exemption permits persons to land and takeoff in aircraft, for the purposes of NVIS aircraft certification flight tests or NVIS research flights conducted by the National Research Council, Flight Research Laboratory (NCR-FRL), in areas that do not meet the night lighting requirements for an aerodrome. |
| QC-055-2012 | Issued: 2012-05-23 Expiry: 2012-11-23 Region: Quebec Routing: NA |
CARS provision(s): 302.07(1)a)(i) et (ii) Applicant provision(s): Aéroport de Québec Inc. - Jean Lesage Intl. Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
QC-055-2012 expired The purpose of this exemption is to allow Aéroport de Québec Inc. to reduce the length of the inner edge of the approach and departure path (runway strip) from 150 m to 120 m on runway 06-24. The reduction will enable a contractor designated by Aéroport de Québec Inc. to use mobile machinery and equipment having a maximum height of 13 ft Above Ground Level southeast of runway 06-24, between runway 12-30 and taxiway Alpha. The equipment would not exceed the maximum height authorized on the transitional surface of runway 06-24 at Québec-Jean Lesage International Airport. |
| NCR-020-2012 | Issued: 2012-05-18 Expiry: 2013-12-05 Region: HQ Routing: AARO |
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-020-2012 expired This exemption permits NAV CANADA and all its air traffic controllers to apply a 50 nm longitudinal separation minimum between aircraft, meeting the RNP 10 and/or the RNP 4 requirements while operating between the Oakland Oceanic Control Area (OCA) and the Vancouver Flight Information Region/Control Area (FIR/CTA). Oakland Centre applies ICAO horizontal separation minima in the Oakland OCA based on the RNP concept, as specified in the PANS-ATM. Currently, these separation minima do not exist for application in Canadian Domestic Airspace. |
| ATL-005-2012 | Issued: 2012-05-16 Expiry: 2013-11-16 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-005-2012 expired The purpose of this exemption is to allow the air operator, Exploits Valley Air Services Ltd., to depart from St. John’s Newfoundland using the Deer Lake, Newfoundland or the Stephenville, Newfoundland airports as takeoff alternates, when the weather at Gander, Newfoundland 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. |
| NCR-012-2012 | Issued: 2012-05-10 Expiry: 2013-09-30 Region: HQ Routing: AART |
CARS provision(s): 700.15(1)(b), (c) and (d) and 700.19(1)(a) Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-012-2012 expired The purpose of this exemption is to: • provide more flexibility to the air operators and flight crew members conducting on-demand non-scheduled air transport services under Subpart 704 or 705 of the CARs when no other pilot is available. This exemption will permit an increase of hours above the flight time limitations of paragraphs 700.15(1)(b), (c) and (d) of the CARs, as set out in the conditions of this exemption. These limits can only be extended for on-demand non-scheduled flight time that occur after the pilot has reached the limit prescribed in the CARs; • also, this exemption permits these air operators to use, in addition to the two scheduling schemes described under paragraph 700.19(1)(a) of the CARs, a scheduling scheme of one period of at least 48 consecutive hours of time free from duty, within each 12 consecutive days. • this exemption will enable air operators and flight crew members, conducting on-demand non-scheduled air transport services under Subpart 704 or 705 of the CARs, to better meet the variable and unpredictable demands associated with this type of operation. |
| NCR-004-2012 | Issued: 2012-05-10 Expiry: 2013-10-31 Region: HQ Routing: AART |
CARS provision(s): 602.128(2)(b) Applicant provision(s): GLOBAL Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-004-2012 expired The purpose of this exemption is to permit pilots-in-command of IFR aircraft operated by holders of an air operator certificate or a private operator certificate issued by the Minister to descend below the minimum descent altitude (MDA), when conducting a NPA, even if the required visual reference necessary to continue the approach to land has not been established. This exemption is required in order to accommodate the altitude loss below MDA that will likely occur during a missed approach, following a stabilized constant descent angle (SCDA) NPA. |
| PAC-037-2012 | Issued: 2012-05-10 Expiry: 2012-06-30 Region: Pacific Routing: TA |
CARS provision(s): 702.22(2)(a) Applicant provision(s): Blackcomb Helicopters Limited Partnership Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
PAC-037-2012 expired The purpose of this authorization is to permit Blackcomb Helicopters Limited Partnership by its General Partner Blackcomb Helicopters Ltd., Box 1241, Whistler, B.C., to operate a helicopter over the built up areas of the Southern Vancouver Island within the Province of British Columbia, at altitudes and distances less than those specified in paragraph 602.14(2)(a). |
| NCR-021-2012 | Issued: 2012-05-10 Expiry: 2012-06-10 Region: HQ Routing: AART |
CARS provision(s): 705.27(3) and 705.27(5) Applicant provision(s): Air Transat A.T. Inc. Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-021-2012 expired The purpose of this exemption is to permit Air Transat A.T. Inc. and its flight crew members to allow a Transport Canada Civil Aviation Inspector not covered under the provision of subsection 705.27(1) of the CARs to occupy a flight deck jump seat when Air Transat A.T. Inc. is providing that inspector with the cockpit familiarization training required under paragraph 725.124(21)(h) of the Commercial Air Services Standards (CASS) as part of the Flight Dispatcher Training that this inspector is undergoing at Air Transat. |
| ATL-004-2012 | Issued: 2012-05-08 Expiry: 2013-11-07 Region: Atlantic Routing: MA |
CARS provision(s): 704.26 (1)(b) and 704.26(3)(b) Applicant provision(s): Provincial Airlines Limited Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
ATL-004-2012 expired The purpose of this exemption is to allow the air operator, Provincial Airlines 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. |
| PAC-038-2012 | Issued: 2012-05-08 Expiry: 2012-05-10 Region: Pacific Routing: TA |
CARS provision(s): 703.36(a) Applicant provision(s): Talon Helicopters Ltd. Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
PAC-038-2012 expired The purpose of this authorization is to permit Talon Helicopters Ltd., 4380 Agar Drive, Vancouver, B.C., to conduct a landing and a take-off within the built-up area of the Municipality of Shawnigan Lake, B.C. the for the purpose of transporting people to the Shawnigan Lake School. |
| PNR-010-2012 | Issued: 2012-05-07 Expiry: 2012-09-30 Region: PNR Routing: RA |
CARS provision(s): 604.04(d) and (g), 604.05(a) and (b) Applicant provision(s): Thompson Aviation Inc. Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
PNR-010-2012 expired The purpose of this exemption is to permit Thompson Aviation Inc. to apply for a temporary private operator certificate (TPOC) pursuant to the Private Operators Interim Order without having to submit a private operator certificate (POC) issued by the Canadian Business Aviation Association (CBAA) prior to March 31, 2011. |
| NCR-009-2012 | Issued: 2012-05-05 Expiry: 2013-11-30 Region: HQ Routing: AARO |
CARS provision(s): 802.02 (1)(a) Applicant provision(s): NAVCANADA Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
NCR-009-2012 expired The purpose of this exemption is to exempt NAV CANADA from having to perform maintenance on its Doppler VOR systems as required by subsection 802.02(1)(a) of the CARs, to demonstrate compliance with the standards of ICAO Annex 10, Volume I, paragraphs 3.3.5.6(b) and 3.3.5.7. NAV CANADA is exempted only from the maintenance requirements of subsection 802.02(1)(a) of the CARs pertaining to ICAO Annex 10, Volume I, paragraphs 3.3.5.6(b) and 3.3.5.7. |
| PNR-009-2012 | Issued: 2012-05-04 Expiry: 2013-10-04 Region: PNR Routing: RA |
CARS provision(s): 605.03(1)(b) and 602.07(b) Applicant provision(s): N.A. Holdings Ltd. (Eagle Agro Service) Aircraft model: n/a Registration no.: n/a |
PNR-009-2012 expired The purpose of this exemption is to allow agricultural aeroplanes to engage in special purpose operations for the aerial dispersin of jettisionable cargo. |
| PNR-038-2012 | Issued: 2012-05-04 Expiry: 2013-10-04 Region: PNR Routing: RA |
CARS provision(s): 605.03(1)(b) and 602.07(b) Applicant provision(s): N.A. Holdings Ltd. Aircraft model: Air Tractor AT502B Registration no.: C-GMBZ |
PNR-038-2012 expired The purpose of this exemption is to allow agricultural aeroplanes to engage in special purpose operations for the aerial dispersion of jettisionable cargo. |
| PNR-037-2012 | Issued: 2012-05-04 Expiry: 2013-10-04 Region: PNR Routing: RA |
CARS provision(s): 605.03(1)(b) and 602.07(b) Applicant provision(s): Fly on Ag Service Inc. Aircraft model: Air Tractor AT402B Registration no.: C-GOJI |
PNR-037-2012 expired The purpose of this exemption is to allow agricultural aeroplanes to engage in special purpose operations for the aerial dispersion of jettisionable cargo. |
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