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. 
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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) between 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 Administration 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. 
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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, International Law, Legislation, and Regulations