\\DC - 040601/000003 - 5314212 v1 BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Application of REPUBLIC AIRLINE INC. for an exemption from 14 CFR Part 93 under 49 U.S.C. § 41714(d) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Docket DOT-OST-1999-6240 Docket DOT-OST-2013-0086

AMENDMENT TO JOINT NOTICE OF REPUBLIC AIRLINE INC. AND SHUTTLE AMERICA CORPORATION CONCERNING SLOT SLIDE EXEMPTION AUTHORITY

Communications with respect to this document should be addressed to: Ethan J. Blank Vice President, 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., SHUTTLE AMERICA CORPORATION, and CHAUTAUQUA AIRLINES, INC. January 8, 2014\\DC - 040601/000003 - 5314212 v1 BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Application of REPUBLIC AIRLINE INC. for an exemption from 14 CFR Part 93 under 49 U.S.C. § 41714(d) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Docket DOT-OST-1999-6240 Docket DOT-OST-2013-0086
January 8, 2014

AMENDMENT TO JOINT NOTICE OF REPUBLIC AIRLINE INC. AND SHUTTLE AMERICA CORPORATION CONCERNING SLOT SLIDE EXEMPTION AUTHORITY Republic Airline Inc. (“Republic”) and its corporate affiliate carriers, Shuttle America Corporation (“Shuttle America”) and Chautauqua Airlines, Inc. (“Chautauqua”), hereby amend the Joint Notice of Republic and Shuttle America (filed January 6, 2014) to advise the Department that Chautauqua, Republic’s and Shuttle America’s sister carrier, will operate the three slot slide exemptions on these routes under the Delta Connection brand from February 1, 2014, to March 2, 2014. Thereafter, Shuttle America will operate as proposed in the January 6 Joint Notice. Chautauqua’s interim stopgap service on these vitally important nonstop routes is necessary as a result of Frontier’s decision to cease its service on these two routes beginning February 1, 2014, not March 1, 2014, and Shuttle America’s inability to deploy aircraft and crew sooner than March 2 nd . Chautauqua’s use of these three slot slide exemptions during this one-month period would ensure that there is no lapse in nonstop service on these two routes.Amendment to Joint Notice of Republic and Shuttle America Page 2

\\DC - 040601/000003 - 5314212 v1 This Amendment does not change the Department’s consideration of the Joint Notice. Chautauqua, like Shuttle America, is a corporate affiliate of Republic and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Republic Airways Holdings Inc., and therefore is deemed to be “a single operator” under 14 C.F.R. § 93.213(c). And, for the same reasons explained in the Joint Notice, the exemptions will continue to meet the statutory requirements, including the “exceptional circumstances” standard, and would be in the public interest.

CONCLUSION To the extent that the DOT believes approval to be necessary, Republic, Shuttle America, and Chautauqua request that the Department promptly approve Chautauqua’s interim use from February 1 st to March 1 st, and Shuttle America’s utilization from March 2, 2014, of three slot slide exemptions issued to their sister carrier, Republic, for service to Omaha and Madison, for the reasons discussed above and in the January 6 Joint Notice. Respectfully submitted,

__________________________________ Robert E. Cohn Patrick R. Rizzi HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 +1 202 637 4999/5659 Counsel for Republic Airline Inc., Shuttle America Corporation, and Chautauqua Airlines, Inc.\\DC - 040601/000003 - 5314212 v1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a copy of the Amendment to the Joint Notice of Republic Airline Inc. and Shuttle America Corporation has been served this 8th day of January 2014, upon each of the following addresses:
bob.kneisley@wnco.com marshall.sinick@squiresanders.com robert.wirick@aa.com francis.heil@aa.com sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com jhill@cooley.com jyoung@yklaw.com dkirstein@yklaw.com dan.weiss@united.com steve.morrissey@united.com Thomas.Ting@suncountry.com howard_kass@usairways.com benjamin.slocum@usairways.com anita.mosner@hklaw.com barbara.russell@virginamerica.com brian.ctr.meehan@faa.gov reese.davidson@dot.gov cindy.baraban@dot.gov Kevin.Schlemmer@dot.gov Dennis.DeVany@dot.gov Rob.Hawks@faa.gov

Patrick Rizzi