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### 18, 2013 The Honorable Anthony Foxx Secretary U.S. Department of Transportation 

### 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, D.C. 

### 20590 Dear Secretary Foxx and Administrator Huerta: The Honorable Michael P. Huerta Administrator Federal Aviation Administration 

### 800 Independence Avenue, SW Washington , DC 

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I am writing to you today to communicate the import 3 nce of preventing the discontinuation of non-stop air service from Dane County Regional Airport (MSN) in Madison , Wisconsin to Washington, D.C. (DCA). As you are aware, Republic Airways recently divested Frontier Airlines, which resulted in the termination of a flight agreement, therefore ending nonstop service from Madison to Washington, D.C (DCA) in the near future. 

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. Therefore, on behalf of these travelers, I strongly support the request of Republic Airiines ' to allow Shuttle America to continue direct flights to DCA under the Delta

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### . .' Washington, D.C. is the top destination market for MSN with more than 

### 149 passenger s per day and averaged load-factor of greater than 

### 83%, both of which are strong indicators of the success and importance of this flight. T he retention of this service

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. preferred airport is vii.ai**t~** our community. If Shuttle America is not able to continue the Madi so n -DCA flights, direct access to this critical "capital-to-capital" service will be lost and citizens and businesses will be significantly impacted

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# ~ funding of more than one billion dollars annually, relies on this direct connection to the Washington D.C. area for research and programs associated with the National Institutes of Health, Department of Health, the Smithsonian, and many other federal agencies. On behalf of the Dane County Regional Airport community, I strongly urge the Department to move swiftly to grant the request of Republic Airlines the ability to use available DCA slots for Shuttle America service to DCA to prevent a temporary disruption to this important daily service. Sincerely : 

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