blues deville Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 I have seen two foreign registered 737's (France/Belgium) operated by CanJet at YYZ over the past winter. Can anyone explain how they are permitted to operate foreign registered aircraft in Canada? Importing foreign aircraft for the short Canadian winter season is a complicated and costly process, but it was a requirement at both Canada 3000 and Skyservice. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blues deville Posted April 12, 2012 Author Share Posted April 12, 2012 Thanks. It appears a waiver is available from TC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J.O. Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 It's my understanding that the regulations allow an operator to have up to 25% of their fleet under foreign registry. I'm not sure but I believe there are time limits on that, i.e. it may not be applicable for "full time" aircraft, only short term leases. However, one such operator has more that 25% of its 737 fleet on foreign register and I'd like to know how that happens. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEFCON Posted April 12, 2012 Share Posted April 12, 2012 "However, one such operator has more that 25% of its 737 fleet on foreign register and I'd like to know how that happens"Me too! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boestar Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Aircraft under "Wet Lease" are exempt but I am unsure of the allowed duration. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kip Powick Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Aircraft under "Wet Lease" are exempt but I am unsure of the allowed duration.This is very interesting reading....http://www.avcanada.ca/forums2/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=80534 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boestar Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 OK. I look at that and some of the comments "We dont need foreign pilots...etc."So here I am running a small to medium sized carrier and I have an opportunity to serve a market but need a larger aircraft and crew. Completely different type and all. My window of opportunity is short. What are my options?The only one that works is a short term WET LEASE to get the operation going and train new pilots and move passengers. Adopting a new fleet type is no small feat and sometimes the only way to work it is to use a wet lease until the new machines come online.Then there is an incumben operator that suddenly has an increase in demand du to the failure of a competitor. Fast and easy Wet Lease gets the lift inplace until alternate arrangements can be made.Since there is NO ONE in Canada in a position to Wet LEase aircraft to an operator, the only option is foreign.From Experience you "Can" get a new fleet type and crews up and running in 6 months but it requires a dedicated team of people putting in very long hours to do it and pull it off. Not everyone could manage it and NO ONE could do it in less time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DEFCON Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Chorus is effectively a 'wet lease' style provider? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boestar Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 You could say that. Jazz operates a fleet of aircraft and sell 100% of their seats to Air Canada. Air Canada Purchases Capacity from Jazz nothing more. Thomas Cook Was a similar venture with some differences.But what I was getting at in my post was that for ANY carrier to take a 100% new fleet type and incorporate it into their Flight ops and maintenance system is a huge undertaking. There are several approvals that are needed from TC as well as aircraft familiarization to Canada which can take months alone. If you need to get going fast all you need is a OC and a wet lease contract. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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