BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY ~., 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Application of 

SUNWING AIRLINES INC. Docket OST -2004-19454 

for an exemption pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109(c) 

(Canada-U.S. Scheduled and Charter Service) 

APPLICATION OF 

SUNWING AIRLINES INC. 

FOR RENEWAL OF AN EXEMPTION 

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to: 

Mark Williams 

President and CEO 

SUNWING AIRLINES INC. 

27 Fasken Drive 

Toronto, ON M9W 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 October 3, 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 exemption pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109(c) 

(Canada-U.S. Scheduled and Charter Service) 

September 16, 2011 

APPLICATION OF 

SUNWING AIRLINES INC. 

FOR RENEWAL OF AN EXEMPTION 

Sunwing Airlines Inc. ("Sunwing") hereby submits this Application, pursuant to 

49 U.S.C. § 40109 and Subpart C ofthe Procedural Regulations ofthe Department of 

Transportation (the "Department") for renewal of its temporary exemption from 49 U.S.C 

§ 41302 by which Sunwing is currently authorized to perform transborder scheduled and 

charter flights carrying persons, property and mail between any point or points in Canada 

and any point or points in the United States pursuant to the February 1995 Bilateral Air 

Transport Services Agreement between Canada and the United States, as amended (the 

"1995 Agreement"), as most recently granted by Notice of Action Taken issued on 

September 28, 2009, effective through September 28, 2011. 

Sunwing requests that the foregoing exemption authority be renewed for a period 

of two years. 
In accordance with Section 302.303 and Section 211.20 of the Department's 

Regulations, Sunwing submits the following infonnation in support ofthis renewal 

application: 

1. Existing Authority and Operations. 

Sunwing is a Canadian air carrier based 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 73 7-800 aircraft, each configured to carry 189 

passengers. All of Sun wing's aircraft are registered in Canada. 

In addition to its current U.S. DOT exemption authority, Sunwing holds a Part 129 

Foreign Air Carrier Certificate and Operations Specifications issued to it by the U.S. 

Federal Aviation Administration ("FAA"). In addition, Sun wing holds a Canadian 

Transportation Agency International Non-Scheduled Service License No. 050129, and a 

Transport Canada Air Operator Certificate. The foregoing exemption authority and 

operating certificates authorize Sunwing to provide non-scheduled air transportation 

between all points in Canada and all points in the United States. 

2. Ownership, Citizenship and Fitness. 

There has been no material change in Sunwing's ownership, board of directors or 

executive management, and no material change in Sunwing's key operations 

management personnel, all of whom are citizens of Canada or are landed immigrants in 
Canada. During that same time period, there has been no material adverse change in 

Sunwing's financial condition, scope and type of operations, compliance disposition 

history or safety record. 

3. Applicable Bilateral Agreement and 5th Freedom Reciprocity. 

As the Department determined in its September 28, 2009 Notice of Action Taken 

in this proceeding, the exemption authority at issue is consistent with the February 1995 

Bilateral Air Transport Services Agreement between Canada and the United States, as 

amended. On July 6, 2011, the Canadian Transportation Agency flied, in DOT Docket 

OST-2006-24269, a statement of the policy of the Canadian Government regarding the 

granting of 5th freedom charter traffic rights to U.S. air carriers on the basis of reciprocity 

on the part of the United States in granting such 5th freedom charter traffic rights to 

Canadian air carriers. 

4. Fitness and the Public Interest. 

Sun wing submits that the renewal of its existing exemption authority at issue is 

consistent with the public interest and Department precedent. Sunwing has been found 

by the Department to be fit, willing and able to properly perform the foreign air 

transportation applied for herein and to conform to the provisions of the Federal Aviation 

Statutes and the rules, regulations and requirements of the Department thereunder. For 

the reasons stated above, the foreign air transportation which Sunwing proposes to 

perform is presumptively consistent with the public interest. 
5. Duration of Renewal. 

Sunwing requests that the exemption authority at issue be renewed for a period of 

two years. Grant of a two-year renewal is consistent with the policy and practice of the 

Department in renewing exemption authority granted to foreign air carriers in similar 

cases. 

6. Request for Automatic Extension. 

Sun wing hereby invokes and relies upon the provisions of Section 55 8( c) 

of the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. Section 558(c), as implemented by Part 

377 of the Department's Special Regulations (14 C.P.R. Part 377) to continue in effect 

Sunwing's current temporary exemption authority to provide scheduled and charter 

foreign air transportation of persons, property and mail between Canada and the United 

States until the Department makes a final determination of this renewal application. In 

accordance with Section 377.10(c)(3) of the DOT's Special Regulations, this renewal 

application is being filed prior to the expiration date of the temporary authority at issue. 
WHEREFORE, Sunwing Airlines Inc. respectfully requests the Department to 

grant it a renewed exemption from 49 U.S.C. § 41301 to authorize Sunwing to provide 

scheduled and charter foreign air transportation of persons, 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 

SUNWING AIRLINES INC. 
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certifY that on this 16th day of September, 2011, a copy ofthe foregoing Application ofSunwing 

Airlines Inc. for Renewal of Exemption 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 

Jennifer Nowak 

Counsel for United Parcel Service 

Holland & Knight 

2099 Pennsylvania A venue, NW 

Suite 100 

Washington, D.C. 20006 

Anita.mosner@hklaw.com 

Jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com 

Alexander VanDer Bellen 

Jeff Morgan 

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 

Building B, 3'd Floor 

Memphis, TN 38125 

anbird@fedex.com 
Pierre 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 Frontier Airlines 

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 

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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 Astar Air 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 

Director of Regulatory 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 

Army Navy Building 

1627 I Street, NW 

Suite 1100 

Washington, D.C. 20006 

matwood@cozen.com 

ldunn@xtraairways.com 
Jonathan 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 

670 I Democracy Blvd. 

Suite 300 

Bethesda, MD 20817 

bill@mietuslaw.com 

john@mietuslaw.com 

Stephen A. Alterman 

Counsel for Horizon Air 

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 84 770 

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@po laraircargo. com 

Thomas A. Gillies 

Chief Operating 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 of Transportation 

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