EXHIBIT 10.40 (f)
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 omitted materials have been filed separately with the Securities and
Exchange Commission.  
 CONFIDENTIAL

 
AMENDMENT No. 6 TO LETTER AGREEMENT DCT-015/2004

This Amendment No. 6 to Letter Agreement DCT-015/2004, dated as of October 18,
2005 (“Amendment No. 6”) relates to the Letter Agreement DCT-015/2004 (the
“Letter Agreement”) between Embraer - Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica S.A.
(“Embraer”) and Republic Airline Inc. (“Buyer”) dated March 19, 2004 and which
concerns the Purchase Agreement DCT-014/2004 (the “Purchase Agreement”), as
amended from time to time (collectively referred to herein as “Agreement”). This
Amendment No. 6 is between Embraer and Buyer, collectively referred to herein as
the “Parties”.
 
This Amendment No. 6 sets forth additional agreements between Embraer and Buyer
relative to exercise of 5 Conditional Aircraft into 5 Firm Aircraft (as per
Amendment No. 13 to the Purchase Agreement dated as of the date hereof), and
[*].
 
Except as otherwise provided for herein all terms of the Letter Agreement shall
remain in full force and effect. All capitalized terms used in this Amendment
No. 6 that are not defined herein shall have the meaning given in the Letter
Agreement. In the event of any conflict between this Amendment No. 6 and the
Letter Agreement the terms, conditions and provisions of this Amendment No. 6
shall control.

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

1.  
Spare Parts Credit:

1.1  
Article 1(ii) of the Letter Agreement shall be deleted and replaced by the
following :

 
"(ii) Spare Parts Credit: Embraer will provide a spart parts (except for
engines, engine related parts and APU), ground support equipment and test
equipment credit of [*]. This [*] credit shall be made available to Buyer upon
[*]. If for any reason [*], then [*] Buyer shall [*]. The [*] credit with
respect to an Aircraft shall only be made available to Buyer in the event there
is [*]. If [*] credit is not so made available to Buyer because [*] such credit
shall be made available at such time thereafter [*]. Any portion of such credit
which remains unused [*] shall be deemed to have been waived by Buyer, and no
further compensation shall be due from Embraer to Buyer for such [*] credit(s).
Such [*] credit(s) shall be applied [*]."
 
2. Aircraft

    2.1 [*]

3. [*]
 
    3.1 [*]
 
    3.2 [*]

4. Schedule 5
 
    4.1 Schedule 5 to the Letter Agreement is amended to [*]
 
    4.2 Schedule 5 to the Letter Agreement is amended to [*] and to [*]
 
    4.3 [*] of Schedule 5 to the Letter Agreement is amended by [*]

5. [*] Aircraft
 
For all purposes of the Purchase Agreement and the Letter Agreement (and the
exhibits, schedules and attachments to either of the foregoing), the term [*]
shall mean [*]

6. [*]

[*].
 
7. Miscellaneous
 
All other provisions of the Letter Agreement which have not been specifically
amended or modified by this Amendment No. 6 shall remain valid in full force and
effect without any change.
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*Confidential

 

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CONFIDENTIAL

 
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, EMBRAER and BUYER, by their duly authorized officers, have
entered into and executed this Amendment No. 6 to Letter Agreement to be
effective as of the date first written above.
 
 
 

EMBRAER - Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica S.A.     REPUBLIC AIRLINE INC.      
  /s/ Horacio Aragones Forjaz     /s/ Bryan Bedford

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Name: Horacio Aragones Forjaz
Title: Executive Vice President Corporate Communication
    Name: Bryan Bedford
Title: President

 

        /s/ Jose Luis D. Molina      

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    Name: Jose Luis D. Molina
Title: Director of Contracts - Airline Market
   
Date: October 18, 2005     Date: October 18, 2005 Place: San Jose Dos Campos,
S.P.     Place: Indianapolis, IN         Witness: /s/ Fernando Bueno     Witness
/s/ Lars-Erik Arnell Name: Fernando Bueno      Name: Lars-Erik Arnell

  

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