EXHIBIT 10.67(a)
CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT
REQUESTED PURSUANT TO RULE 24b-2
Certain portions of this exhibit, as indicated by “[*]”, have been omitted,
pursuant to a request for confidential treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934. The omitted materials have been filed
separately with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

        
AMENDMENT No.1 TO PURCHASE AGREEMENT COM0190-10

This Amendment No.1 to Purchase Agreement COM0190-10, dated as of March 11, 2011
(“Amendment No. 1”) relates to the Purchase Agreement COM0190-10 (the “Purchase
Agreement”) between Embraer S.A. (formerly known as Embraer - Empresa Brasileira
de Aeronáutica S.A.) (“Embraer”) and Republic Airline Inc. (“Buyer”) dated
November 3rd, 2010 (collectively referred to herein as “Agreement”). This
Amendment No. 1 is between Embraer and Buyer, collectively referred to herein as
the “Parties”.

This Amendment No.1 sets forth additional agreements between Embraer and Buyer
related to the Conditional Aircraft.

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.1, which are not defined herein shall have the meaning given in the
Purchase Agreement. In the event of any conflict between this Amendment No.1 and
the Purchase Agreement the terms, conditions and provisions of this Amendment
No.1 shall control.

WHEREAS, Buyer has requested that [ Confidential] be extended, and Embraer is
willing to agree to such an extension;

WHEREAS, in connection with the Parties' agreement above mentioned, the Parties
have now agreed to amend the Purchase Agreement as provided for below:

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

1.
DEFINITIONS

Article 1.15 of the Purchase Agreement shall be deleted and replaced by the
following:
“1.15 “Embraer”: shall mean Embraer S.A., a Brazilian corporation organized and
existing under the laws of Brazil with its principal place of business at Av.
Brigadeiro Faria Lima, 2170, São José dos Campos, SP, Brazil.”

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2.
CONDITIONAL AIRCRAFT

Articles 22.2 and 22.3 of the Purchase Agreement shall be deleted and replaced
by the following:

“22.2    Buyer and Embraer shall amend this Agreement to convert each
Conditional Aircraft to Firm Aircraft, provided that [ Confidential]

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3.
COUNTERPARTS

This Amendment No.1 may be executed in counterparts, which together shall
constitute a single instrument and shall be governed by and construed in
accordance with the laws of the State of New York.

4.
MISCELLANEOUS

All other provisions of the Agreement which have not been specifically amended
or modified by this Amendment No. 1 shall remain valid in full force and effect
without any change.

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, EMBRAER and BUYER, by their duly authorized officers, have
entered into and executed this Amendment No.1 to Purchase Agreement to be
effective as of the date first written above.

Embraer S.A.
Republic Airline Inc.

By /s/ Paulo Cesar de Souza de Silva
Name: Paulo Cesar de Souza de Silva
Title: Executive Vice President Airline Market

By /s/ Bryan K. Bedford
Name:Bryan K. Bedford
Title: President and CEO

By/s/ Artur Coutinho
Name:Artur Coutinho
Title:Executive Vice President of Industrial Operations

Date:
Place:

Date:
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Witness: /s/ Carlos Martin Dutra            Witness: /s/ Lars-Erik Arnell

Name: Carlos Martin Dutra             Name: Lars-Erik Arnell

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