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BEFORE THE UNITED STATES

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Application of:

Docket OST 2003-15060

CANADIAN NORTH INC.

carrying on business as

CANADIAN NORTH

For renewal of an exemption

Under 49 U.S.C. Section 41301

APPLICATION FOR RENEWAL OF AN EXEMPTION

FILED BY CANADIAN NORTH INC.

Communications with respect to

this document should be sent to:

Laval St. Germain

Director, Flight Operations

Canadian North Inc.

200, 580 Palmer Road NE

Calgary, Alberta

T2E 7R3

Telephone: (403) 503-2319

Fax: (403) 250-2019

Dated: January 16,2014

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BEFORE THE UNITED STATES

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Application of:

Docket OST 2003-15060

CANADIAN NORTH INC.

Carrying on business as

CANADIAN NORTH

For an exemption for one year

Under 49 U.S.C. Section 41301

APPLICATION FOR AN EXEMPTION

FILED BY CANADIAN NORTH INC.

1) Applicant:

Canadian North Inc.

200,580 Palmer Road NE

Calgary, Alberta

Canada T2E 7R3

Pursuant to 49 USC Section 41301 and the Department's Procedural Regulations,

Canadian North Inc. c/o/b Canadian North hereby requests renewal of the exemption

from 49 USC 41301 granted in this document on February 24, 2012 authorizing the

carrier to conduct passenger and cargo charter operations between any points in

Canada and any points in the United States, and other charters in accordance with 14

CFR Part 212. This authority was granted for a period of two years and is due to

expire on February 24, 2014.

2) Operations:

Canadian North conducts a charter passenger and cargo service to points in the United

States utilizing seven Boeing 737-200 aircraft and eight Boeing 737-300 aircraft.

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Canadian North has current Part 129 Foreign Air Carrier Operations Specification No.

N00F050F. The FAA district office maintaining these records is:

Northwest Mountain Region

Flight Standards District Office

Seattle International Field Unit

1601 Lind Avenue, SW, Suite 260

Renton, Washington 98055-4056

3) Bilateral Air Transport Agreement:

The United States-Canada Air Transport Services Agreement encompasses this

operation.

4) Company Senior Management:

There have been no changes in the citizenship of Canadian North's senior executives,

directors and management personnel since our last filing with the department. All

Senior Company personnel are Canadian Citizens or Permanent Canadian Residents,

with no other business interests, Canadian or Foreign.

Since our last filing there have been several changes within the Company senior

management structure. Steve Hankirk is now the President. John Hankirk has

assumed the duties of Vice President, Operations & Charters. Trevor Wakefield has

been promoted to Senior Director, Operations, responsible for the Flight Operations,

Maintenance and Inflight departments. This position reports directly to the Vice

President, Operations & Charters. Lorraine Bonner, Vice President, Scheduled

Service & Cargo has assumed responsibility for the Cargo department.

5) Stockholders:

Canadian North is 100 percent owned by NorTerra Inc. and does not have any

stockholders. NorTerra Inc. does not have any interests in other aeronautics

companies. The ownership of Canadian North remains 100 percent Canadian

aboriginal owned and operated.

6) Accident Liability Insurance Coverage:

Canadian North utilizes the insurance brokerage services of Willis Corroon Aerospace

of Canada Ltd. and is insured with Lloyds and certain insurance companies. The

coverage meets all requirements of Title 14 CFR, Chapter II, subchapter A, part 205.

A certificate of insurance has been filed with the Federal Aviation Administration

Headquarters, Program Management Branch (FANAFS-260).

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7) Operating Authority:

Canadian North Inc. carrying on business as Canadian North operates under the

authority of Department of Transport Air Operator Certificate (AOC) 10008. This

AOC authorizes Canadian North to operate a domestic and non-scheduled

international service utilizing Boeing 737 and Dash 8 type aircraft. This AOC is

current and does not have an expiration date and remains in effect until suspended or

cancelled.

Canadian North is currently authorized a domestic service utilizing medium and large

aircraft under Canadian Transportation Agency (CTA) Licence No. 980142 and a nonscheduled international service utilizing large aircraft under CTA Licence No. 030036.

8) Operating History:

Canadian North has not had any safety violations, defaulted on any transportation

commitments or been the subject of any bankruptcy proceedings in the past five years.

9) Automatic Extension Provision:

Canadian North hereby invokes the automatic extension provisions of the

Administrative Procedure Act, 5 USC 558 sub c, as implemented by 14 CFR Part 377,

to keep our exemption authority in effect pending final action by the Department on

the renewal request.

Submitted by:

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Steve Hankirk

President

Attachment: Notice of Action Taken - Docket OST 2003-15060

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UNITED STATj;S OF AMERICA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

WASHINGTON, D,C,

Issued by the Department of Transport.tion on .February 24; 2012

NOTICE OF ACTION TAKEN -- DOCKET DOT-OST.2003.15060

This serves as notice to the public of the action described below, taken by the Department official indicated (no additional

confirming, order will be issued in this matter~.

Applicant: CANADIAN NORTH INC, clolbla CANADiAN NORTH (CalUldiim North)

Date Filed: January 27, 2012

Reliefrequested: Renew exemption from 49 U.S.C. ~ 41301 to permit the applicant to conduct passenger and cargo

charter operations between any point or points in Canada and any point or points in the United States, and other charters

in accordance with 14 CFRPart 212.

If renewal, date and citation oflast actloti: March 12,2010, in this docket

Applicant representative: Steve Hankirk (403) 503.2311

DOT Analyst: ShelitaA Johnson (202) 366.1226

Respon,ive pleadings: None filed

DISPOSITION

Action: Approved Action date: February 24, 2012

Effective dates of •• emption authority granted: February 24. 2012-February 24, 2014

Ba,is for approv.1 (bilateral agreemenVreciprocity): United States-Canada Air Transport Agreement

Except to the extent exempted/waived. this authority is subject to the lerms, conditions. and limitations indi,ated:

--.X.-Standard exemption conditions (attaChed)

Action taken by: Paul L. Grelch, Director'

Office of International Aviation

__ Foreign air carrier permit (Order

Under authority assigned by the Department in its regy:I.Rtions, 14 CFR Part 385, we found that (1) the applicant is

qnalified to perform the proposed operations; (2) our action was consistent with Department policy; (3) grant of the

authorlty was consistent"with the p~blic interest; and (4) grant of the authority would not constitute a major regulatory

action under the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975. To the extent not granted/deferred/dismissed, we denied

all requests in the referenced Docket. We may-amend, m~dify, or revoke the authority granted in this Notice at any time

without hearing at "our discretion. .

Persons entitled to petition the Department for review of the action set forth in this Notice under the Department's

regulations, 14 CFR ~ 385.309 may file their petitions within seven (7) days after the date of iss]Jance"ofthis Notice. This

action was effective when taken, and the filing of a petition for review will !lot alter such effectiveness.

An electrO/lie version a/this document is available an the World Wide Web al:

http://www.regulatlons.gov

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