DANE COUNTY R EG ION AL AI RP O RT 

4000 International Lane Madison, WI 53704 P: 608 • 246 • 3380 F: 608 • 246 • 3385 msna irport.com 

December 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 20591 

I am writing to you today to communicate the import3nce 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. 

Th'e D~ ~~_, c6 d~ty Re~i6n ~l Airport'ser·ve-5 ilie: CitVofiV1~cilson·;·-the·capital of the··state of 

Wi~cbrisi~ ' ari'd rho~ ' th:a~·· fi've rn ill ion 'residetifs o(th'e •s'outtY-cientr'a1 Wl'scohsin'·•'reg'ion'. 

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 

Connectio bra~d utilizin·g the ava.ilable'·Kep\iblic Airways slots. . . ~ . . .' 

Washington, D.C. is the top destination market for MSN with more than 149 passengers 

per day and averaged load-factor of greater than 83%, both of which are strong 

indicators of the success and importance of this flight. 

The retention of this service . to Washington D.c.'s . preferred airport is vii.ai t~ our 

community. If Shuttle America is not able to continue the Madison-DCA flights, direct 

access to this critical "capital-to-capital" service will be lost and citizens and businesses 

will be significantly impacted. . .... 

I do not believe that such a result would be in the best public interest . To the contrary, I 

believe that th'e public interest requires the approval of Republic's request to continue - 0 0 DC.A. service.' · ·.' ., ·., · -:· · :. ·' 

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1~ ; dd tio n b the r~p orta~ce of 'this flfghr ·for Wisconsfn residents, the University of 

Wisconsin, one of the. largest' research and deve!opmeiit ce:mers in the world with 

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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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Bradley S. Livingston, AAE 

Airport Director 

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THE HONORABLE ANTHONY FOXX 

SECRETARY 

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WASHINGTON DC 20590 

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