AGC-14-047-E January 7, 2014

Exemption No. 10466A Regulatory Docket No. FAA-2012-0089

Mr. John Fredericksen

President and Chief Executive Officer MN Airlines, LLC d/b/a Sun Country Airlines 1300 Mendota Heights Road Mendota Heights, MN 55120

Dear Mr. Fredericksen:

This letter is to inform you that we have granted your petition to extend Exemption No. 10466. It explains the basis for our decision, describes its effect, and lists the conditions

and limitations.

The Basis for Our Decision

By letter dated November 15, 2013, you petitioned the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) on behalf of MN Airlines, LLC d/b/a Sun Country Airlines (Sun Country) for an extension of Exemption No. 10466. That exemption from § 93.123(a) of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) allows Sun Country ’s two air carrier slots at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) to operate between DCA and Lansing’s Capital Region International Airport (LAN).

In your petition, you indicate that there has been no change in the conditions and reasons relative to public interest and safety that were the basis for granting the original exemption.

The FAA has determined that good cause exists for not publishing a summary of the petition in the Federal Register because the requested extension of the exemption would not set a precedent, and any delay in acting on this petition would be detrimental to Sun Country.2

Our Decision

The FAA has determined that the justification for the issuance of Exemption No. 10466 remains and is in the public interest. Consistent with other DCA slot exemptions, the FAA is extending this exemption for five years to reduce the administrative burden on Sun Country and the FAA. The FAA amends paragraph (4) to list the Slot IDs continued under this exemption. Therefore, under the authority provided by 49 U.S.C. §§ 106(f), 40113, and 44701, which the FAA Administrator has delegated to me, MN Airlines, LLC d/b/a Sun Country Airlines is granted an extension to its exemption from § 93.123(a) of Title 14, Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) that allows two air carrier operations at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) betw een DCA and Lansing’s Capital Region International Airport (LAN), subject to the following conditions and limitations.

Conditions and Limitations

1. A maximum of two total daily air carrier operations may be conducted under this exemption.

2. Operations authorized by this grant of exemption may be conducted only in the following local hours: 1000 and 1100. The time periods of each operation may be adjusted if necessary for air traffic control purposes.

3. This exemption authorizes operations only by Sun Country and by no other carrier.

4. Sun Country must use these slot exemptions to continue its DCA-LAN scheduled service permitted under DOT Order 2010-12-16. The FAA Slot Administration Office confirmed the slot exemptions as Slot IDs 4108 and 4112 with daily frequency. Sun Country must contact the Slot Administra tion Office to confirm any changes to the scheduled operations or their frequencies under this exemption.

5. This exemption will be rescinded if Sun Country discontinues scheduled operations at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport.

6. The operations authorized under this exemption are not part of the pool of permanent slots at the airport. However, these operations, while in effect, are subject to the provisions of 14 C.F.R. part 93, subparts K and S, except that the authority may not be bought, sold, leased or otherwise transferred, except through an air carrier merger or acquisition. Sun Country may engage in temporary one-for-one trades of the authority to meet operational needs subject to the reporting requirements of subparts K and S.3

The Effect of Our Decision

Our decision extends the termination date of Exemption No. 10466 to March 31, 2019, unless sooner superseded or rescinded.

Sincerely,

/s/ Mark Bury Assistant Chief Counsel, Internationa l Law, Legislation, and Regulations