EXHIBIT 10.1
CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT
REQUESTED PURSUANT TO RULE 24b-2

Certain portions of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to a request for
confidential treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934.
The omittted materials have been filed separately with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.
CONFIDENTIAL

AMENDMENT No. 11 TO PURCHASE AGREEMENT DCT-014/2004

This Amendment No. 11 to Purchase Agreement DCT-014/2004, dated as of August 30,
2005 (“Amendment No. 11”) relates to the Purchase Agreement DCT-014/2004 (the
“Purchase Agreement”) executed between Embraer - Empresa Brasileira de
Aeronáutica S.A. (“Embraer”) and Republic Airline Inc. (“Buyer”) dated March 19,
2004 as amended from time to time (collectively referred to herein as
“Agreement”). This Amendment No. 11 is between Embraer and Buyer, collectively
referred to herein as the “Parties”.

This Amendment No. 11 sets forth additional agreements between the parties in
regard to various model ERJ 170-100SU aircraft which will be operated by Buyer
or a Sibling (as defined in Section 14.2 of the Purchase Agreement) and which
were either delivered or to be delivered pursuant to Purchase Agreement
DCT-021/03 (the “US Airways Purchase Agreement”), between Embraer and US Airways
Group, Inc. ("US Airways Group").

Except as otherwise provided for herein all terms of the Purchase Agreement
shall remain in full force and effect. All capitalized terms used in this
Amendment No. 11, which are not defined herein shall have the meaning given in
the Purchase Agreement. In the event of any conflict between this Amendment No.
11 and the Purchase Agreement the terms, conditions and provisions of this
Amendment No. 11 shall control.

WHEREAS, according to Buyer, pursuant to the terms and conditions of the
Aircraft Transaction Agreement between Republic Airways Holdings Inc.
(“Holdings”) and US Airways, Inc. (“US Airways”), Holdings has agreed to cause
Buyer or a Sibling to (i) to accept delivery from Embraer of three (3) new ERJ
170-100 SU aircraft (the “New US Airways Aircraft”) pursuant to lease agreements
with an owner trustee on behalf of an affiliate of General Electric Capital
Corporation ("GECC"), immediately following the owner trustee's purchase of such
aircraft pursuant to an assignment of the US Airways Purchase Agreement; (ii)
acquire ten (10) used ERJ 170-100 SU aircraft (the “Owned Aircraft”) from US
Airways, [*]; and (iii) assume the leases from US Airways under which fifteen
(15) additional used ERJ 170-100 SU aircraft (“GECC Aircraft”) are currently
leased by an owner trustee for an affiliate of GECC to US Airways.
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WHEREAS, Buyer and Embraer have agreed that the New US Airways Aircraft, the
Owned Aircraft and the GECC Aircraft shall be incorporated in the Purchase
Agreement pursuant to the terms and conditions specified in this Amendment No.
11.

NOW, THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration which is hereby acknowledged
Embraer and Buyer hereby agree as follows:

1.  
Aircraft Serial Numbers and Registration Marks

1.1  
The New US Airways Aircraft are specifically identified as follows:

 
 
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1.2  
The Owned Aircraft and their delivery dates from Embraer to US Airways are
specifically identified as follows:

 

 
 
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1.3  
The GECC Aircraft and their delivery dates from Embraer to US Airways are
specifically identified as follows:

 
 
Serial Number
 
 
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Delivery Date from Embraer
 
 
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1.4  
Buyer shall make commercially reasonable efforts to [*] and of [*] and whether
Buyer [*].

2.  
Product Support

2.1  
After delivery of the New US Airways Aircraft to Buyer, Buyer shall have the
right to [*] in accordance with [*]

 
[*][*].

2.2  
Embraer shall provide the following [*] in accordance with [*]

 
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2.3  
For each New US Airways Aircraft, Owned Aircraft and GECC Aircraft, the
following product support provisions shall apply at the time such aircraft
becomes subject to the Republic Warranty (as provided in Section 3 below):

 
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3.  
Warranty and Patent Indemnity

3.1  
Upon delivery, each New US Airways Aircraft shall be warranted pursuant to [*] 

 

3.2  
At the time each [*], the relevant Owned Aircraft shall be [*].

 

3.3  
At the time the lease for a GECC Aircraft is assigned to Buyer or a Sibling,
such aircraft shall be warranted pursuant to [*].

 

3.4  
For each New US Airways Aircraft, Owned Aircraft and GECC Aircraft [*] shall
apply.

 

3.5  
Each New US Airways Aircraft, Owned Aircraft and GECC Aircraft shall be subject
to Article 15 of the Purchase Agreement -- "Restrictions and Patent Indemnity"—
at the time such aircraft becomes [*].

 

3.6  
For the avoidance of doubt, at the time each New US Airways Aircraft, Owned
Aircraft and GECC Aircraft becomes [*] Buyer shall [*].

 

4.  
Other Guarantees

4.1  
Attachment E to the Purchase Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced by the new
Attachment E to this Amendment No. 11. The New US Airways Aircraft, the Owned
Aircraft and the GECC Aircraft shall be [*].

4.2  
Attachment F to the Purchase Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced by the new
Attachment F to this Amendment No. 11. The New US Airways Aircraft, the Owned
Aircraft and the GECC Aircraft shall be [*].

4.3  
The Service Life Guarantee under Attachment G to the Purchase Agreement
("Attachment G") shall [*].

 

5.  
Spare Parts Credit

5.1  
Buyer [*] as provided in this Article 5.

 

5.2  
The [*] shall be [*]only after [*].

 

5.3  
The [*] shall be [*]. 

 

5.4  
When the [*] Buyer may [*].

 

5.5  
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6.  
Exercise of Rights By Siblings

The exercise of rights by a Sibling shall be subject to the provisions of
Section 14.1 of the Purchase Agreement; provided that [*].

7.  
Miscellaneous

All other provisions of the Agreement which have not been specifically amended
or modified by this Amendment No. 11 shall remain valid in full force and effect
without any change. This Amendment No. 11 may be executed in counterparts
(including by facsimile), which together shall constitute one amendment.
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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, EMBRAER and BUYER, by their duly authorized officers, have
entered into and executed this Amendment No. 11 to Purchase Agreement to be
effective as of the date first written above.

EMBRAER - Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica S.A.
Republic Airline Inc.
 
By /s/ Antonio Luiz Pizarro Manso
Name: Antonio Luiz Pizarro Manso
Title: Executive Vice President  Corporate & CFO
 
By /s/ Bryan Bedford
Name: Bryan Bedford
Title: President & CEO
 
By /s/ Jose Luis D. Molina
Name: Jose Luis D. Molina
Title: Director of Contracts
Airline Market
 
Date: 
Place: 
 
Date: August 30, 2005
Place: Sao Jose dos Campos, SP, Brazil
 

        Witness: /s/ Carlos Martins Dutra     Witness: /s/ Lars-Erik Arnell

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ATTACHMENT “E” - DIRECT MAINTENANCE COST GUARANTEE

 

I.  
Embraer, subject to the terms, conditions and limitations contained in this
Attachment, shall guarantee the incurred direct maintenance cost (the
“Maintenance Cost Guarantee”) for the fleet of Aircraft subject of the Purchase
Agreement as follows:

 

a.  
The Maintenance Guarantee for the Aircraft shall be for the period that begins
at [*] (“Guarantee Term”). [*]

 

b.  
For the [*] period commencing with the first Aircraft Actual Delivery Date, the
Achieved cumulative Maintenance Cost - AMC for replacement, repair, overhauls
and inspections of Buyer's Aircraft, shall not exceed a Maintenance Cost
Guarantee (“MCG,”) rate of:

 
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c.  
For the [*] period commencing with the first Aircraft Actual Delivery Date, the
Achieved cumulative Maintenance Cost - AMC for replacement, repair, overhauls
and inspections of Buyer's Aircraft, shall not exceed a Maintenance Cost
Guarantee ("MCG,") rate of:

 
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d.  
The [*] shall be [*] in accordance with [*].

 

e.  
Measurement will be computed annually on the anniversary date of [*]. The
results will be reconciled year by year until [*].

 

f.  
In the event at the end of each annual measurement period, the AMC is higher
than the MCG, Embraer shall provide [*] to Buyer as provided for below:

 
[*]
 
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g.  
Buyer shall use [*] efforts to calculate and submit to Embraer the AMC
quarterly, in electronic format, [*] after the end of each quarter during the
Guarantee Term. In the event that Buyer fails to submit such data to Embraer as
described in the preceding sentence, Embraer shall send a written notice to
Buyer requesting such data, and the guarantee contained in this Attachment shall
terminate in the event Buyer fails to submit the AMC to Embraer within [*] of
such written notice.

 
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ATTACHMENT “E” - DIRECT MAINTENANCE COST GUARANTEE

 
The Parties shall use [*] efforts to reach an agreement over the data annually
within [*] after the submission of AMC in regard to any fourth quarter. In the
event that the AMC contains [*] that is out of the reasonable control of [*],
the Parties shall also discuss the reasons for such [*] and whether it should be
included in the calculation of the AMC. Any credit amount will be credited to
Buyer [*] after the agreement regarding the annual period. Such credit may be
used by Buyer only toward [*].
 

h.  
This Maintenance Guarantee is based upon the following assumptions, and any
change to the assumptions shall result in an appropriate recalculation of the
MCG rate specified in items “b” and “c” above, at Embraer criteria.

 
Fleet Size: A minimum fleet size of [*].
 
Assumptions 01
 

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Economic condition: [*] 

 

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Utilization: The guarantee covers a minimum of [*] flight hours per cycle, [*]
APU hour per flight hour plus or minus [*] APU hour per flight hour and [*] APU
cycle per flight cycle plus or minus [*] APU cycle per flight cycle. Buyer's
fleet-wide average annual Aircraft utilization shall be [*] flight hours, plus
or minus [*].

 

§  
Labor rate: [*] per man-hour [*]

 

§  
Maintenance Review Board Report: MRB 170.

 
 
Assumptions 02
 

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Economic condition: July 2003.

 

§  
Utilization: The guarantee covers a minimum of 1.2 flight hours per cycle, 0.7
APU hour per flight hour plus or minus 5% APU hour per flight hour and 1.0 APU
cycle per flight cycle plus or minus 5% APU cycle per flight cycle. Buyer's
fleet-wide average annual Aircraft utilization shall be 3,500 flight hours, plus
or minus 5%.

 

§  
Labor rate: US$ 35.00 per man-hour (to be escalated in accordance with
Attachment D to the Purchase Agreement).

 

§  
Maintenance Review Board Report: MRB 170.

 

i.  
The following are the elements covered under this Maintenance Guarantee: 

 

1.  
Material cost for non-repairable parts purchased from or through Embraer and /
or Embraer approved vendors.

 

2.  
Overhaul/repair costs incurred at Embraer approved repair facilities.

 

3.  
Expendable which can be accounted for on an unit basis, i.e. filters, gaskets,
excluding wire, rivets, nuts, bolts, washers, pins, brackets, tie wraps.

 
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4.  
Parts and materials consumed through scheduled maintenance according to the
Maintenance Review Board Report (MRB).

 

j.  
The following elements are not covered under this guarantee:

 

1.  
Costs associated with taxes, levies, imposts, customs fees.

 

2.  
Shipping, receiving, ferry, packing, storage, warehousing and insurance
expenses.

 

3.  
General administrative and overhead expenses.

 

4.  
Restoration expenses incurred due to damage to or failure of Aircraft,
components or parts caused by accident, incident, FOD or Acts of God,
negligence, abuse, misuse and/or maintenance errors.

 

5.  
When the Aircraft or any of its parts has/have been altered or modified by
Buyer, without prior approval from Embraer or from the manufacturer of the parts
through a service bulletin, provided such approvals have not been unreasonably
withheld.

 

6.  
Consumables including but not limited to fluids, water, oils, sealants, washing
compounds, cleansers, solvents, and lubricants.

 

7.  
Labor costs (excluding the [*] related to [*] and [*] service bulletins
implementation, provided that [*] have been [*] in writing [*] in order [*].

 

8.  
Normal line operations activities (i.e. Aircraft servicing) including but not
limited to walkaround (i.e. visual inspection), fueling, parking, washing,
lavatory servicing and gallery servicing.

 

9.  
Service bulletins and or airworthiness directives.

 

10.  
Parts or components returned from vendors with “no-fault” found, i.e.,
re-certification charges without any repair and associated labor. Any part
removed and replaced from an Aircraft which does not solve the Aircraft problem
(poor troubleshooting) and associated labor.

 

11.  
Leasing or loan fees related to the aircraft or any of its parts which are being
used in place of an unserviceable unit.

 

12.  
Any part supplied on a “no-charge basis” or for which a warranty credit or
replacement part has been supplied.

 

13.  
Aircraft downtime costs.

 

14.  
Any parts that are changed during scheduled or unscheduled maintenance, due to
failure, which are still under the warranty period and, are not submitted to
Embraer or the suppliers for warranty credit.

 

15.  
Cabin equipment and furnishing materials, such as but not limited to carpets,
seat covers, galley equipment and passenger commodities.

 

16.  
Spare parts prices that exceed the prices obtainable from Embraer, provided, in
the event that [*] a reasonable time frame, [*]may [*] and [*] will reasonably
agree on [*].

 
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ATTACHMENT “E” - DIRECT MAINTENANCE COST GUARANTEE
 
 

17.  In cases of deterioration, wear, breakage, damage or any other defect
resulting from the use of inadequate packing methods when returning items to
Embraer or its representatives. 

 

  18.  
Maintenance problems caused by Buyer’s negligence or misuse of parts or Buyer’s
failure to take all maintenance actions on the Aircraft as recommended in all
applicable maintenance manuals.

 

19.  
Maintenance problems involving Aircraft or parts that has / have been involved
in an accident, or when parts either defective or not complying to
manufacturer’s design or specification have been used.

 

20.  
Maintenance problems involving parts that have had their identification marks,
designation, seal or serial number altered or removed.

 

21.  
Extraordinary costs incurred as a result of any labor disruption or dispute
involving a significant work action that affects in whole or part the Aircraft’s
normal operation or maintenance.

 

22.  
Engines, related parts and related LRU costs.

 

23.  
Nacelle and Thrust Reverser.

 

24.  
BFE (Buyer Furnished Equipment) and / or BIE (Buyer Installed Equipment) costs.

 

25.  
Maintenance reserves.

 

26.  
GSE (Ground Support Equipment) costs.

 

27.  
For the purpose of calculating the Achieved Maintenance Cost Guarantee, the
materials and labor costs related to the New US Airways Aircraft, Owned Aircraft
and GECC Aircraft shall be accounted for at the time these aircraft start their
revenue service by Buyer under this Purchase Agreement. All previous materials
cost and labor costs shall be disregarded. The total number of previous flight
hours and cycles of such additional aircraft (New US Airways Aircraft, Owned
Aircraft and GECC Aircraft) New US Airways Aircraft, Owned Aircraft and GECC
Aircraft shall be considered.

 

II.  
The foregoing maintenance guarantee is provided subject to Buyer’s adherence to
the following general conditions:

 

a.  
Airplane Operation: Aircraft shall be operated in airline service in accordance
with the applicable Air Authority regulations and as recommended by Embraer
through the official and updated Operations and Airplane Flight Manual.

 

b.  
Inspection Program: The Aircraft shall be maintained in accordance with the
current Maintenance Review Board Report - (MRB), and the checks shall in no
event occur at a [*] Buyer’s Maintenance Program must have provisions for
escalating the checks interval as soon as the applicable Air Authority allows.
Buyer’s program should also include the use of task cards to assist the
maintenance personnel in performing inspection task.

 
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c.  
Aircraft Manuals: Buyer shall keep a complete set of Embraer recommended manuals
up-to-date and available to airline personnel for assisting them with the
maintenance and operation of the Aircraft. A set of recommended manuals or a
electronic link to the data should be available at all maintenance bases (line
or heavy) and shall be maintained with the latest revisions at all times.

 

d.  
Warranty: Buyer shall have at minimum, one person which will be dedicated to the
Aircraft warranty program. This person(s) will be trained by Embraer warranty
department on the correct procedures for filing Buyer warranty claims in
accordance with mutually agreed format. This person(s) shall also be responsible
for the filing of warranty claims directly to suppliers for credit, repair or
replacement.

 

e.  
Parts Repair: All shop repairs shall be performed in Embraer’s or Embraer’s
suppliers’ authorized repair shops.

 

f.  
Staff levels: Buyer shall have available reasonable staff to properly maintain
the Aircraft during scheduled and unscheduled maintenance. This shall include,
but not be limited to, mechanics, electricians, avionics specialists,
inspectors, cleaners, ground personnel and flight crews licensed or certified by
the applicable Air Authority as required by the applicable Air Authority
regulations.

 

g.  
Training: Buyer is required to put in place a training program approved by the
local airworthiness authority, which, at a minimum, shall include the following
items:

 

1.  
initial and recurrent training for pilots in the Aircraft;

 

2.  
initial and recurrent training for flight attendants in the Aircraft; and

 

3.  
initial and recurrent training for the maintenance staff (airframe, powerplant,
electric avionics specialists) in the Aircraft.

 
A reasonable number of maintenance specialist will require supplier’s training.
 
Buyer is required to train to the above standards a reasonable number of new
hired employee who will work in or on the Aircraft.
 

h.  
Spare Parts Limitation: Spare parts price shall not exceed the prices obtainable
from Embraer. In the event that Embraer cannot supply a part to Buyer in a
reasonable time frame, Embraer may authorize the purchase of such part by Buyer
from a third party at a price in excess of Embraer’s price, Embraer and Buyer
will mutually agree on the portion of such price to be included in this
guarantee provided Buyer maintained the minimum stock level recommended by
Embraer.

 

i.  
Buyer will be required to provide Embraer an every three month service bulletin
status report, containing service bulletin number, Aircraft serial number,
Aircraft total time and total cycles.

 

j.  
Ground Support Equipment: Embraer shall provide Buyer a list of tooling and
ground support equipment required to maintain the Aircraft, this list shall be
subject to Buyer’s reasonable approval. Buyer will be required to maintain these
levels of required tooling and ground support equipment in good working order at
all times.

 

k.  
Reliability Reporting: Buyer is to provide monthly to Embraer an Aircraft
reliability report. This report shall include Aircraft total time and cycles,
component removals, shop finding reports and tear down reports (for each failure
completed) by authorized agencies and SDR’s (Service Difficult Report) with
date, Aircraft registration, problem description, maintenance action, and part
number and serial number of the components removed and installed. Buyer shall
use the ATA 100 chapter breakdown format for all reports.

 

l.  
Accounting System:

 

1.  
Buyer shall have an accounting system, subject to Embraer’s reasonable approval,
which demonstrates the ability to discriminate between chargeable and
non-chargeable costs and expenses. Buyer’s accounting system shall be presented
to Embraer, upon Embraer’s written request, [*] before [*]

 

2.  
Upon Embraer’s written request, Buyer shall also provide on a [*] basis an
activity and expenditure report satisfactory to Embraer, in electronic format
and in accordance with Embraer’s Service News Letter for data exchange.

 

3.  
Upon Embraer’s written request, Embraer and Buyer may convene frequently
meetings to address issues concerning the AMC and to identify methods to
decrease Buyer’s maintenance costs. At a minimum, Embraer and Buyer shall have
two meetings per year to confirm and compute all costs claimed by Buyer. Buyer
shall permit Embraer access to all Buyer data which can be used to verify any
reports produced pursuant to this Attachment.

 

m.  
Duplicated Guarantee: If Buyer negotiates directly with any of Embraer’s
suppliers/vendors a particular maintenance cost guarantee or equivalent program
(including fleet hour agreements), or an alternative support program with
Embraer, the Parties shall negotiate in good faith and agree on the portion of
cost related to this equipment/system that shall be excluded from the MCG rate,
specified in Article I.b and I.c, and shall result in an appropriate
recalculation of the MCG.

 

III.  
Buyer shall not unreasonably reject Embraer’s recommendations, changes or
solutions to elements of maintenance that would result in cost savings, as
reasonably determined by the Parties.

 
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IV.  
EXCEPT AS OTHERWISE PROVIDED IN THIS AGREEMENT THE GUARANTEES, OBLIGATIONS AND
LIABILITIES OF EMBRAER, AND REMEDIES OF BUYER SET FORTH IN THIS AIRCRAFT
MAINTENANCE COST GUARANTEE ARE EXCLUSIVE AND IN SUBSTITUTION FOR, AND BUYER
HEREBY WAIVES, RELEASES AND RENOUNCES, ALL OTHER RIGHTS, CLAIMS, DAMAGES AND
REMEDIES OF BUYER AGAINST EMBRAER OR ANY ASSIGNEE OF EMBRAER, EXPRESS OR
IMPLIED, ARISING BY LAW OR OTHERWISE, WITH RESPECT TO ANY GUARANTEED LEVEL OF
AIRCRAFT MAINTENANCE COSTS.

 
 

V.  
The guarantee hereby expressed is established between Embraer and Buyer and it
cannot be transferred or assigned to others, unless stated in this Agreement or
by previous written consent of Embraer.

 
 
 

 

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ATTACHMENT "F" - SCHEDULE RELIABILITY GUARANTEE

 
I. Definitions.
 
a. Available for Dispatch: An Aircraft which is on the ground and cleared for
dispatch by signature of Buyer's responsible maintenance personnel at least [*]
before the scheduled departure time of the initial flight in any given day shall
be deemed to be "available for dispatch".
 
b. Maintenance Interruption.
 
1. A maintenance interruption occurs when the malfunction of an item, or
necessary checking and/or corrective actions, cause a revenue flight not to take
place or a flight delay exceeding [*].
 
2. For the purposes of this guarantee, only the initial Maintenance Interruption
shall be accounted as interruption. Maintenance Interruption of any or all
flights on subsequent days arising from the initial Maintenance Interruption
shall not constitute an additional Maintenance Interruption.
 
3. Before a flight may be considered as a Maintenance Interruption for the
purpose of this Schedule Reliability Guarantee the Aircraft must be inspected
for mechanical failure or malfunction.
 
4. A repetitive problem, which caused an actual maintenance interruption and was
not previously corrected, shall not be counted as a Maintenance Interruption.
 
5. To be accounted as a Maintenance Interruption, any malfunction reported,
either verbal or written, must result in maintenance corrective action.
“No-trouble-found” or “could not duplicate” or “reset” events shall not be
accounted as Maintenance Interruption.
 
6. A maintenance interruption that occurs due to failures of systems or parts
from suppliers or vendors that have a separate maintenance interruption
guarantee agreement with Buyer, and which is not assigned to Embraer, shall not
be considered as a Maintenance Interruption.
 
c. Achieved Dispatch Reliability Percentage (“ADRP”).
 
ADRP is the actual dispatch reliability percentage obtained by Buyer's fleet of
Aircraft in regular revenue service, which are the subject of this Agreement.
 
ADRP shall be computed monthly commencing with [*] by Buyer, as follows:
 
[*] 
 
II. Embraer, subject to the conditions and limitations expressed herein, will
guarantee the Aircraft’s schedule reliability percentage as follows:
 

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a. The average ADRP for the first [*] period after [*] delivered under the
Purchase Agreement, shall be [*]; for the [*] the ADPR shall be [*]; for the [*]
the ADPR shall be [*]; for the [*] the ADPR shall be [*], for the [*] (the
“Final Period”) the ADPR shall be [*].
 
b. In the event that the ADRP in any of the [*] periods referred to above is
lower than GDR for the relevant period, Embraer shall diligently, after
notification by Buyer:
 
1. Make recommendations concerning Buyer's programs, publications and
maintenance and operational policies to improve ADRP.
 
2. Take all measures, as deemed necessary and appropriate by Embraer when vendor
action does not provide the required improvement in the ADRP.
 
3. [*] Embraer shall issue a proposal to Buyer showing the price of the relevant
Service Bulletin and the effectiveness of such modification for Buyer.
 
c. In the event the average ADRP at the end of any of the [*] periods described
in paragraph “II.a.” is [*] for such period, Embraer shall credit Buyer for
Maintenance Interruptions calculated according to the following formula:

 
[*] [*] 
 
 
In the event the average ADRP at the end of any of the [*] periods described in
paragraph “II.a.” above is [*] for such period, the [*] calculated according to
the formula above shall be [*].
 
Measurements will be calculated and submitted by Buyer [*] after the end of each
[*] referred to in Article II a. herein. The Parties shall do their efforts to
reach an agreement over the data [*] of the submission thereof. Any achieved
credit amount will be credited to Buyer or to Embraer [*] after each agreement
date for each of the [*] periods. Buyer may use such credit only toward [*].
Embraer may use such credit only for [*].
 
The sum of all credits under this Dispatch Reliability Guarantee shall not
exceed [*] for Buyer’s entire Aircraft fleet for the [*] periods.
 
d. This dispatch reliability guarantee is based upon the following assumptions
provided by Buyer, and any change to the assumptions shall be cause for
reevaluation or adjustments of this guarantee upon the reasonable agreement of
the Parties.
 
Fleet Size: Minimum [*].
 
 
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Utilization: The guarantee covers a minimum of [*] flight hours per cycle, [*]
APU hour per flight hour plus or minus [*] APU hour per flight hour and [*] APU
cycle per flight cycle plus or minus [*] APU cycle per flight cycle. Buyer's
fleet-wide average annual Aircraft utilization shall be [*] flight hours, plus
or minus [*].
 
For all purposes of this guarantee, the regularly scheduled revenue Aircraft
departures and the Maintenance Interruptions related to the SAC Aircraft, Owned
Aircraft and GECC Aircraft shall be accounted for at the time these aircraft
start their revenue service by Buyer under this Purchase Agreement. All previous
regularly scheduled revenue Aircraft departures and Maintenance Interruptions
shall be disregarded.
 
e. The following elements are not covered under this guarantee:
 
- Interruptions of scheduled flights due to reasons other than Aircraft
mechanical failures, including without limitation:
- Air Traffic Control
- Weather, acts of God, FOD, wars, riots, third party criminal acts
- Accidents
- Incident
- Negligence
- Conditions that exist prior to dispatch which lead to a flight interruption
and could have been prevented by maintenance prior to dispatch (including but
not limited to worn, flat and cut tires, servicing (ATA Chapter 12), dead
batteries, and worn brakes)
- Hard landing.
- Late out of maintenance
- Force majeure
- Crew refusal
- Optional equipment other than that identified on Attachment “A” to this
Agreement
- Operational delays or cancellations not related to maintenance
- Passenger and/or baggage loading
- Non-availability of spares or equipment
- Non-availability of personnel
- Operation interruptions or Maintenance Interruptions, which occurred due to
items, related in the Minimum Equipment List (“MEL”) issued and/or approved by
the local regulatory authority was followed
- If the Aviation Authority grounds Buyer's fleet, or one of Buyer’s Aircraft
- Maintenance problems caused by Buyer’s negligence or misuse of parts or
Buyer’s failure to take all maintenance actions on the Aircraft as recommended
in all applicable maintenance manuals
 
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- Maintenance problems involving Aircraft or parts that has/have been involved
in an accident, or when parts either defective or not complying to
manufacturer’s design or specification have been used.
- Maintenance problems involving parts that have had their identification marks,
designation, seal or serial number altered or removed
- Maintenance problem resulting from inadequate packing for shipment and storage
- A flight interruption shall not be considered as a Maintenance Interruption
if, at the time of the interruption, Buyer has a spare aircraft in its fleet,
even though for a different model, that could commercially reasonable be used to
avoid such interruption and is not otherwise deployed in service
- Regulatory changes compliance
- Cancellations or delays caused by components repaired in non-approved local
airworthiness authority shop
- Flight cancellation or delay occurred due to one same problem on the same
Aircraft within fourteen (14) consecutive days period.
 
III. The foregoing dispatch reliability guarantee is provided subject to Buyer's
adherence in all material respects to the following general conditions:
a. Airplane Operation: Aircraft shall be operated in airline service in
accordance with the Aviation Authority regulations and as recommended by Embraer
through the official and most updated Operations and Airplane Flight Manual.
Buyer shall have available one spare Aircraft for each twenty Aircraft at all
times.
 
b. Inspection Program: The Aircraft shall be maintained in accordance with the
most current MRB document. Buyer’s program must have provisions for escalating
the checks intervals as soon as the Aviation Authority allows. Buyer’s program
should also include the use of task cards to assist the maintenance personnel in
performing inspection tasks.
 
c. Aircraft Manuals: Buyer shall keep a complete set of Embraer recommended
manuals up-to-date and available to airline personnel for assisting them with
the maintenance and operation of the Aircraft. A set of recommended manuals
should be available at all maintenance bases (line or heavy) and shall be
maintained with the latest revisions at all times.
 
d. MEL: Buyer shall keep its MEL up to date, with the most current issue.
 
e. Stocking Levels: Buyer shall be responsible to stock and maintain the
recommended spare parts list (RSPL) in inventory, throughout the guarantee
period. There shall be a minimum inventory level at each line maintenance base
along with the major parts being stored at the heavy maintenance facility. In
the event during the ADR meetings, the Aircraft does not achieve the guaranteed
values, and if the cause of this non-performance is the lack of spare parts
initially recommended by Embraer for the RSPL and not purchased by Buyer, this
guarantee will not be applicable. Embraer is to receive annually an inventory
list from the Buyer that shows current stocking levels and the locations of all
Aircraft spare parts and will make any recommendations on additional inventory
if needed.
 
f. Parts Repair: All shop repairs shall be performed in Embraer’s or Embraer’s
suppliers' authorized repair shops.
 
g. Staff Levels: Buyer shall have available reasonable staff to properly
maintain the Aircraft during scheduled and unscheduled maintenance. This shall
include, but not be limited to, mechanics, electricians, avionics specialists,
inspectors, cleaners, ground personnel and flight crews licensed or certified by
the Aviation Authority as required by Aviation Authority regulations.
 
h. Training: Buyer is required to put in place a training program approved by
the Aviation Authority, which, at a minimum, shall include the following items:
 
1. Initial and recurrent training for pilots in the Aircraft;
 
2. Initial and recurrent training for flight attendants in the Aircraft; and
 
3. Initial and recurrent training for the maintenance staff (airframe, power
plant, electric avionics specialists) in the Aircraft.
 
Any maintenance specialist (engine, APU, avionics) will require suppliers'
training.
 
Buyer is required to train to the above standards any new hired employee who
will work in or on the Aircraft.
 
i. Aircraft Cleaning: Buyer shall keep the Aircraft reasonably clean, inside and
out, by commercial airline standards at all times. This includes without
limitation, the engines, wheel wells, nacelles, landing gear and flight control
areas.
 
j. Service Bulletins: When Embraer recommends that Buyer implement a service
bulletin which improves performance or dispatch reliability, enhances flight
operations or decreases maintenance costs, [*] and Buyer concludes by a cost
benefit analysis that the SB is commercially reasonable, Embraer Customer
Support Department shall contact Buyer's Vice President of Maintenance, in
writing, with recommendations that the service bulletin be complied with. Buyer
will schedule the Aircraft for incorporation of such service bulletin [*], but,
subject to Embraer agreement which shall not be unreasonably withheld, Buyer may
schedule it for incorporation during a maintenance check, so as to minimize
interruption to scheduled service.
 
k. Ground Support Equipment: Embraer shall provide Buyer two lists of tooling
and ground support equipment required to maintain the Aircraft, which lists
shall be subject to Buyer's reasonable approval. One list will cover line
maintenance bases while the other will apply to heavy maintenance facilities.
Buyer will be required to maintain these levels of required tooling and ground
support equipment in good working order at all times.

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l. Reliability Reporting: Buyer shall monthly provide to Embraer, in electronic
format, a reliability and maintenance cost report in accordance with the latest
revision of the Embraer’s Service News Letter for data exchange.
 
m. Rejection: Buyer shall not unreasonably reject Embraer's recommendations /
changes / solutions which in Embraer's opinion, would result in an improvement
in Buyer's dispatch reliability. Any such rejection shall be cause for
re-evaluation and/or adjustment of this guarantee. Anything in this Agreement to
the contrary notwithstanding, Buyer shall not be required to comply with or
implement, and the benefits and rights provided Buyer hereunder will not be
adversely affected by, Buyer’s not complying with or implementing any Embraer
recommendation / changes / solutions (including without limitation, recommended
service bulletins) or any provision of applicable product literature for which
compliance is not mandated by the local airworthiness authority rules and
regulations if Buyer has determined in good faith that such recommendation /
change / solution or provision of such product literature is not reasonably
expected to result in a net economic benefit to Buyer in light of all applicable
facts and circumstances, including, without limitation, the number of man-hours
reasonably estimated by Embraer to be required to accomplish such recommendation
/ change / solution, the labor cost to be incurred, the potential reduction in
maintenance costs to be realized, the time value of money and the period which
would be required for such savings resulting from the improvement in dispatch
reliability to offset the labor and other costs associated with such man-hours
(provided that Buyer may not consider any benefits to Buyer under any product
guarantees to the extent resulting from Buyer’s decision to comply or not to
comply with or implement a recommendation, change, or solution).
 
n. Certification or Regulatory Changes: The achieved maintenance interruption
shall not take into account those interruptions, which were originated by
conformity to mandatory regulatory change.
 
o. Achieved Dispatch Reliability Review Meeting: An Achieved Dispatch
Reliability Review Meeting shall be scheduled, if necessary, and at the end of
each six (6) month period of Buyer's Aircraft operation. Representatives of
Buyer and Embraer shall participate in the meetings and will:
 
1. Review current Achieved Dispatch Reliability;
 
2. Eliminate irrelevant or non-Aircraft-intrinsic interruption claims from
computed cancellation rates; and
 
3. Review Buyer's compliance with Service Bulletins as required by Article III.j
herein, review disputed claims, and consider methods for improvement of Achieved
Dispatch Reliability.
 
Buyer shall permit Embraer access to all Buyer data which can be used in
understanding and analyzing the dispatch reliability failure.
 
p. Duplicated Guarantee: If Buyer negotiates directly with any of Embraer’s
suppliers/vendors a particular dispatch or completion reliability guarantee, or
an alternative support program with Embraer, this amount shall be excluded from
the guarantee rate, specified in Article III.a, and shall result in an
appropriate recalculation of this guarantee in accordance with Embraer criteria.
 
IV. Suspension
 

a.  
This guarantee shall be automatically suspended and shall not apply during the
period of any labor disruption or dispute involving a significant work action,
which affects in whole or in part the Aircraft normal operation and maintenance.

 

b.  
This guarantee shall be automatically suspended and shall not apply during the
computation period of which worldwide EMBRAER 170 fleet (excluding Buyer’s
Aircraft) average dispatch reliability percentage is at least 1% higher than
Buyer’s Aircraft dispatch reliability percentage.

 
V. Buyer will not include in the calculation of the ADRP Maintenance
Interruptions occurring under any of the circumstances listed below:
 
a. When the Aircraft has been used in an attempt to break records, or subjected
to experimental flights, or in any other way not in conformity with the flight
manual or the airworthiness certificate, or subject to any manner of use in
contravention of the applicable aerial navigation or other regulations or rules,
issued or recommended by government authorities of whatever country in which the
Aircraft is operated, when accepted and recommended by ICAO; and
 
b. When the Aircraft or any of its parts has/have been altered or modified by
Buyer, without prior approval from Embraer or from the manufacturer of the parts
through a service bulletin, provided such approval has not been unreasonably
withheld.
 
VI. THE GUARANTEES, OBLIGATIONS AND LIABILITIES OF EMBRAER, AND REMEDIES OF
BUYER SET FORTH IN THIS SCHEDULE RELIABILITY GUARANTEE ARE EXCLUSIVE AND IN
SUBSTITUTION FOR, AND BUYER HEREBY WAIVES, RELEASES AND RENOUNCES, ALL OTHER
RIGHTS, CLAIMS, DAMAGES AND REMEDIES OF BUYER AGAINST EMBRAER OR ANY ASSIGNEE OF
EMBRAER, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, ARISING BY LAW OR OTHERWISE, WITH RESPECT TO ANY
ACHIEVED DISPATCH RELIABILITY.
 
VII. The terms and conditions of this dispatch reliability guarantee do not
alter, modify or impair, in any way, the terms and conditions of Attachment “C“
(Aircraft Warranty Certificate) to the Purchase Agreement.
 
VIII. The guarantee hereby expressed is established between Embraer and Buyer
and it cannot be transferred or assigned to others, unless by previous written
consent of Embraer.
 

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