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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)

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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
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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)

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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 2nd. 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.
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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 1st to March 1st, 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,

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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.
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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