Served: April 19 , 2011



### UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Issued by the Department of Transportation

on the 14 th 

### day of Ap ril , 2011

Docket DOT

- OST

- 2000

- 7189

Docket DOT

- OST

- 1999

- 6240

Docket DOT

- OST No. 49741

NOTICE

By application of January 20, 2010, Republic Airline, Inc. (Republic) applied to retain five slot

slide exemptions at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) , which had been

previously granted to Midwest Express Airlines, Inc., as well as to retime one slot exemption.

Two inv olve operations to Milwa ukee, Wisconsin (#4124 and #4126, at 1400 and 1500

respectively); two to Omaha, N ebraska (#4136 and #4137, each at 1900); and one to Kansas

City, M issouri (#4149, at 1100). The slot slides had been authorized for service to the respective

communities by D OT Orders 1999

- 11

- 4, 1994

- 9

- 49, and 2001

- 3

- 17. The retime request would

affect slot #4124 (permanently to 1700 from 1400).

In mid

- 2009, Midwest Airlines, Inc. was acquired by Republic’s parent company, Republic

Airways Holdings, and after November 3, 200 9 Republic began operating Midwest’s branded

services. These included nonstop services from DCA to Mi lwaukee (MKE), Omaha (OME) and

Kansas City (MCI), including those utilizin g the slot slides noted above.

Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 41714, the slot

- slide ex emption requests are deeme d to have been

approved. This N otice is for information purposes.

By:

TODD M. HOMAN

Director

Office of Aviation Analysis

(SEAL)

An electronic version of this document is available in the Federal Docket Management System

(FDMS) at http://www.regulations.gov 

### Application of

REPUBLIC AIRLINE, INC.

For an exemption from 14 CFR Part 93, under 49

U.S.C. § 

### 41714(d)SERVICE LIST

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Governor

State of Missouri

P.O. Box 720

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Mr. Barry Bateman

Airport Director

Milwaukee County’s General Mitchell International A irport

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Governor

State of Wisconsin

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