\\DC - 040601/000003 - 3804288 v2 BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.
Application of REPUBLIC AIRLINE INC. for renewal of an exemption pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 (United States-Bahamas) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Docket DOT-OST-2011-0018

APPLICATION OF REPUBLIC AIRLINE INC. FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION AUTHORITY Communications with respect to this document should be addressed to: Scott L. Durgin Vice President, Administration Ethan J. Blank, Vice President and General Counsel REPUBLIC AIRWAYS HOLDINGS, INC. 8909 Purdue Road Indianapolis, Indiana 46268 Robert E. Cohn Patrick R. Rizzi HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP Columbia Square 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 +1 202 637 4999/5659 robert.cohn@hoganlovells.com patrick.rizzi@hoganlovells.com Counsel for REPUBLIC AIRLINE INC.

November 19, 2012\\DC - 040601/000003 - 3804288 v2 BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.
Application of REPUBLIC AIRLINE INC. for renewal of an exemption pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 (United States-Bahamas) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Docket DOT-OST-2011-0018 November 19, 2012
APPLICATION OF REPUBLIC AIRLINE INC. FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION AUTHORITY Pursuant to Subpart C of the Department’s Rules of Practice, Republic Airline Inc. (“Republic”) hereby applies under 49 U.S.C. § 40109 for renewal of exemption authority authorizing Republic to continue to provide scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between points in the United States and points in The Bahamas. Republic requests that this exemption authority be renewed for a period of at least two years, or until 90 days after final action is taken on an application of Republic for U.S.-Bahamas certificate authority, whichever occurs earlier. In support of this renewal application, Republic states as follows: 1. Republic holds exemption authority to provide scheduled foreign air transportation between the United States and The Bahamas. See Notice of Action Taken, dated February 8, 2011 (Docket DOT-OST-2011-0018). 2. Approval of this renewal application is in the public interest. Republic continues to need U.S.-Bahamas exemption authority to accommodate the current andRenewal Application of Republic Airline Inc. Page 2

\\DC - 040601/000003 - 3804288 v2 future service requirements of its fee-for-service/code-share partners, and to provide attractive service options for travelers seeking convenient service to and from The Bahamas. Indeed, Republic currently operates nonstop service between Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and Nassau, Bahamas, as US Airways Express. 3. Renewal of this U.S.–Bahamas exemption authority is fully consistent with the terms of the 1946 Air Transport Agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom, as amended, and the overall state of aviation relations between the United States and The Bahamas. 4. Republic requests that the Department take official notice, pursuant to Rule 24 of the Department’s Rules of Practice, of all other data on file with the Department necessary to establish Republic’s fitness. 5. In filing this renewal application, Republic hereby invokes the automatic extension provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 558(c), as implemented by 14 C.F.R. Part 377. Republic’s current exemption authority for U.S.– Bahamas service expires on February 8, 2013. This application is therefore timely filed pursuant to Section 377.10(c).Renewal Application of Republic Airline Inc. Page 3

\\DC - 040601/000003 - 3804288 v2 WHEREFORE, for the foregoing reasons, Republic respectfully requests that the Department renew Republic’s exemption authorizing it to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between points in the United States and points in The Bahamas, as described herein.

Respectfully submitted,

__________________________________ Robert E. Cohn Patrick R. Rizzi HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP Columbia Square 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 Counsel for REPUBLIC AIRLINE INC.\\DC - 040601/000003 - 3804288 v2 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing Application of Republic Airline Inc. for Renewal of an Exemption has been served this 19th day of November, 2012, upon each of the following addressees: robert.wirick@aa.com; francis.heil@aa.com; sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com; sametta.c.barnett@delta.com; jhill@dowlohnes.com; jyoung@yklaw.com; dkirstein@yklaw.com; dan.weiss@united.com; howard_kass@usairways.com; jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com; esta.rosenberg@dot.gov; brian.hedberg@dot.gov

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