BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY**~.,** WASHINGTON, D.C.
Application of SUNWING AIRLINES INC. Docket OST-2004-19454
for an exemption pursuantto 49 U.S.C. § 40109(c) (Canada-U.S. Scheduled and Charter Service)

APPLICATION OF SUNWING AIRLINES INC. FOR RENEWAL OF AN EXEMPTION
Communications withrespectto this document should be sent to: MarkWilliams President and CEO SUNWING AIRLINES INC. 27 Fasken Drive Toronto, ONM9W 1K6 (416) 620-4955 (tel.) (416) 620-4433 (fax) mwilliams@flysunwing.com

September 16, 2011 Nathaniel P. Breed, Jr. David M. Endersbee ZUCKERT SCOUTT & RASENBERGER, LLP 888 17th Street, NW Suite 700 Washington, D.C. 20006-3309 (202) 973-7919 (tel.) (202) 342-0683 (fax) npbreed((i),zsrlaw.com dmendersbee(Zi)zsrlaw.com Attorneys for SUNWING AIRLINES INC.

NOTICE: Answers to this Application are due to be filed by October3, 2011. Answers must be filed in the DOT's Docket Section and served on all persons named on the attached Service List.

### Application of BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WASHINGTON, D.C.

SUNWING AIRLINES INC. Docket OST-2004-19454 for an exemptionpursuantto 49 U.S.C. §

### 40109(c) (Canada-U.S. Scheduled and Charter Service)
September 16, 2011 APPLICATION OF SUNWING AIRLINES INC. FORRENEWAL OF AN EXEMPTION Sunwing Airlines Inc. ("Sunwing") hereby submits this Application, pursuantto 49 U.S.C. §40109 and Subpart C oftheProcedural Regulations oftheDepartment of Transportation (the "Department") for renewal ofits temporary exemption from 49 U.S.C §

### 41302 by which Sunwing is currently authorized to performtransborder scheduled and charter flights carryingpersons,property and mail between any point orpoints in Canada and any pointorpoints in the United Statespursuantto the February 1995 Bilateral Air Transport Services Agreementbetween Canada and the United States, as amended (the "1995 Agreement"), as most recently granted by Notice ofAction Taken issued on September 28, 2009, effectivethrough September 28, 2011. Sunwing requests thatthe foregoing exemption authority berenewed for aperiod oftwo years.

### In accordance with Section 302.303 and Section 211.20 ofthe Department's Regulations, Sunwing submits the following infonnation in support ofthisrenewal application:

1. ExistingAuthority and Operations. 

### Sunwing is a Canadian air carrierbased in Toronto, Ontario, and is presently engaged in operating scheduled and charter air transportation within Canada, and in operating charter air transportation between points in Canada and points in the United States, and between Canada and points in Third Countries. Sunwing currently operates

an aircraft fleet of 14 leased Boeing 737-800 aircraft, each configured to carry 189
passengers. All ofSunwing's aircraft are registered in Canada.
In addition to its currentU.S. DOT exemption authority, Sunwing holds a Part 129 Foreign Air Carrier Certificate and Operations Specifications issuedto it by the U.S. Federal AviationAdministration ("FAA"). In addition, Sunwingholds a Canadian Transportation Agency International Non-Scheduled Service License No. 050129, and a Transport Canada Air OperatorCertificate. The foregoing exemption authority and operating certificates authorize Sunwingto provide non-scheduled airtransportation between all points in Canada and all points in the United States.
2. Ownership, Citizenship and Fitness.


### Therehas been no material change in Sunwing's ownership, board ofdirectors or executive management, and no material change in Sunwing'skey operations managementpersonnel, all ofwhom are citizens ofCanada or are landed immigrants inCanada. Duringthat same time period, there has been no material adverse change in Sunwing's financial condition, scope and type ofoperations, compliance disposition history or safetyrecord.
3. Applicable Bilateral Agreement and 5th Freedom Reciprocity.
As the Department determined in its September28, 2009 Notice ofAction Taken in this proceeding, the exemption authority at issue is consistent with the February 1995 Bilateral AirTransport Services Agreement between Canada and the United States, as amended. On July 6, 2011, the Canadian TransportationAgency flied, in DOT Docket OST-2006-24269, a statement ofthe policy ofthe Canadian Governmentregarding the granting of5th freedom chartertraffic rights to U.S. aircarriers on the basis ofreciprocity

on the part ofthe United States in granting such 5th freedom charter traffic rights to Canadian air carriers.
4. Fitness and the Public Interest.
Sunwing submits that the renewal ofits existing exemption authority at issue is consistent with the public interest and Departmentprecedent. Sunwinghas been found by the Departmentto be fit, willing and able to properly performthe foreign air transportation applied for herein andto conform tothe provisions ofthe Federal Aviation Statutes and the rules, regulations and requirements ofthe Departmentthereunder. For the reasons stated above, the foreign airtransportation which Sunwingproposes to perform is presumptively consistent with thepublic interest.5. Duration ofRenewal. Sunwing requests that the exemption authority at issue be renewed for aperiod of
two years. Grant ofa two-yearrenewal is consistentwith thepolicy and practice ofthe Department in renewing exemption authority grantedto foreign air carriers in similar

cases.
6. Request for Automatic Extension.
Sunwing hereby invokes and relies upon the provisions ofSection 558(c)
ofthe Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. Section 558(c), as implementedby Part 377 ofthe Department's Special Regulations (14 C.P.R. Part 377) to continue in effect Sunwing's currenttemporary exemption authority to provide scheduled and charter foreign air transportation ofpersons, property and mail between Canada and the United
States until the Department makes a final determination ofthis renewal application. In accordance with Section 377.10(c)(3) ofthe DOT's Special Regulations, this renewal application is being filed priorto the expiration date ofthe temporary authority at issue.WHEREFORE, SunwingAirlines Inc. respectfully requests the Departmentto grant it arenewed exemption from 49 U.S.C. §41301 to authorize Sunwing to provide scheduled and charter foreign airtransportation ofpersons, property and mail between points in Canada and points in the United States, as more fully described above.

Washington, D.C. September 16, 2011 Respectfully submitted,

# f!~!!~c~ David M. Endersbee ZUCKERT SCOUTT & RASENBERGER LLP Attorneys for SUNWINGAIRLINES INC.CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
Ihereby certifY that on this 16th day ofSeptember, 2011, a copy ofthe foregoing Application ofSunwing Airlines Inc. for Renewal ofExemption was served by e-mail on the following:
Stephen J. Morrissey Managing Director, International and Regulatory Affairs United Air Lines 1025 Connecticut Avenue, N.W. Suite 1210 Washington, DC 20036 Steve.morrissey@united.com
R. Bruce Keiner, Jr. Lorraine B. Halloway Counsel for Continental Airlines Crowell & Moring 1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004 rbkeiner@crowell.com Lhalloway@crowell.com
Dan Weiss Continental Airlines, Inc. Government Affairs-8th Floor 1600 Smith Street Dept. HQSGV Houston, TX 77002 dan.weiss@coair.com Anita Mosner JenniferNowak Counsel for United Parcel Service Holland & Knight 2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Suite 100 Washington, D.C. 20006 Anita.mosner@hklaw.com Jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com Alexander VanDer Bellen JeffMorgan Sametta C. Barnett Delta Air Lines 1212 New York Avenue, NW Suite 200 Washington, D.C. 20005 Sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com sametta.c.barnett@delta.com Jeff.morgan@delta.com Carl B. Nelson, Jr. Associate General Counsel American Airlines, Inc. 1101 Seventeenth Street, N.W. Suite 600 Washington, D.C. 20036 carl.nelson@aa.com

John L. Richardson Counsel for Amerijet International John L. Richardson, P.L.L.C. 555 13th Street, N.W. Suite 420 West Washington, D.C. 20004 jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com

John Palo Vice President, Planning Military and Government Evergreen International Airlines, Inc. 3850 Three Mile Lane McMinnville, OR 97128 john.palo@evergreenairlines.com charters@evergreenairlines.com

Malcolm L. Benge Counsel for World Airways and North American Airlines Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger, L.L.P. 888 Seventeenth Street, N.W. Suite 700 Washington, DC 20006 mlbenge@zsrlaw.com
Angeline Garbuzinski Legal and Regulatory Affairs Federal Express Corporation 3620 Hacks Cross Road BuildingB, 3'd Floor Memphis, TN 38125 anbird@fedex.comPierre Murphy Counsel for Brendan Airways, L.L.C. d/b/a USA 3000 1200 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. Suite 590 Washington, D.C. 20036-6802 pmurphy@lopmurphy.com

Thomas E. Fosko Vice President Air Transport International LLC 2800 Cantrell Road Little Rock, AR 72202 tom.fosko@airtransport.cc

Howard Kass Managing Director& Associate General Counsel US Airways 1401 H Street, N.W. Suite 1075 Washington, D.C. 20006 howard_kass@usairways.com

Aaron Goerlich Counsel for Allegiant Air and Ryan International Airlines Garofalo Goerlich Hainbach PC 1200 New Hampshire Avenue NW Suite 800 Washington, D.C. 20036-6802 agoerlich@ggh-airlaw.com

Robert E. Cohn Counsel for FrontierAirlines Hogan Lovells 555 13th Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20004 robert.cohn@hoganlovells.com

Robert P. Silverberg Jeffrey Johnson Counsel for ABX Air Silverberg, Goldman & Bikoff, L.L.P. 1101 30th Street, N.W. Suite 120 Washington, D.C. 20007 rsilverberg@sgbdc.com ljohnson@sgbdc.com

2 Michael F. Goldman Counsel for Capital Cargo International Airlines Silverberg, Goldman & Bikoff, L.L.P. 1101 30th Street, N.W. Suite 120 Washington, D.C. 20007 mgoldman@sgbdc.com

Marshall S. Sinick Counsel for Alaska Airlines and Florida West International Airways Squire, Sanders & Dempsey 1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Suite 500 Washington, D.C. 20004 msinick@ssd.com
Stephen H. Lachter Counsel for AstarAir Cargo Lachter & Clements LLP 1150 Connecticut Avenue, N.W., Ste. 900 Washington, DC 20036 slachter@lachter-clements.com

Russell E. Pommer Associate General Counsel and DirectorofRegulatory Affairs Atlas Air, Inc. 1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Suite 875 Washington, D.C 20006 rpommer@atlasair.com

Mark W. Atwood Counsel for Kalitta Air and Xtra Airways Cozen O'Connor ArmyNavy Building 1627 I Street, NW Suite 1100 Washington, D.C. 20006 matwood@cozen.com ldunn@xtraairways.comJonathan B. Hill Counsel for Hawaiian Airlines and JetBlue Dow Lohnes 1200 New Hampshire Avenue, N.W. Suite 800 Washington, DC 20036-6802 jhill@dowlohnes John S. Fredericksen Vice President and General Counsel MN Airlines, LLC dba Sun Country Airlines 1300 Mendota Heights Road Mendota Heights, MN 55120 john.fredericksen@suncountry.com

Joanne W. Young Counsel for Spirit Airlines Kirstein & Young PLLC 1001 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W. Suite 600 South Washington, DC 20004 jyoung@yklaw.com

William C. Evans John R. Mietus, Jr. Counsel for Centurion Air Cargo and Trade Winds Airlines 670I Democracy Blvd. Suite 300 Bethesda, MD 20817 bill@mietuslaw.com john@mietuslaw.com Stephen A. Alterman Counsel for HorizonAir Meyers & Alterman 1220 Nineteenth Street, N.W. Washington, D.C. 20036 salterman@cargoair.org
Eric Christensen Vice President, Planning Skywest Airlines 444 S. River Road St. George, UT 84770 echristensen@skywest.com

3 Kevin Montgomery Peter Beckett Polar Air Cargo, Inc. 1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. Suite 875 Washington, D.C 20006 kevin.montgomery@ polaraircargo.com peter.beckett@polaraircargo.com

Thomas A. Gillies ChiefOperating Officer Southern Air Inc. 117 Glover Ave. Norwalk, CT 06850 tgillies@southernair.com
Don H. Hainbach Jason E. Maddux Counsel for WestJet Garofalo Goerlich Hainbach PC 1200 New Hampshire Avenue NW Suite 800 Washington, D.C. 20036-6802 dhainbach@ggh-airlaw.com jmaddux@ggh-airlaw.com Robert J. Finamore Analyst Room W-86-433 Department ofTransportation 1200 New Jersey Avenue, S.E. Washington, DC 20590 Robert.finamore@dot.gov John M. Allen Director Flight Standards Service Federal Aviation Administration 800 Independence Avenue, S.W. Room 821 Washington, D.C. 20591 john.allen@faa.gov