U.S. Department 

of Transportation 

Office of the Secretory 

of Transportation 

Mr. John Beckord 

President 

Forward Janesville 

14 South Jackson 

Janesville, WI 53548 

Dear Mr. Beckord: 

Assistant Secretary 

APR 25 2014 

1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE 

Washington, DC 20590 

Thank you for your letter to Secretary of Transportation Anthony Foxx, regarding service from 

Madison's Dane County Regional Airport (MSN) to Ronald Reagan Washington National 

Airport (DCA), which had been operated by Republic Airlines (Republic) under an agreement 

with Frontier Airlines through January 31, 2014. Secretary Foxx asked that I respond to you on 

his behalf. 

On January 6, 2014, Republic, along with Shuttle America and Chautauqua Airlines, all 

wholly-owned subsidiaries of Republic Airways Holdings, Inc., filed a joint proposal to continue 

service from Madison to DCA, operating as Delta Connection. I am pleased to tell you that, on 

March 4, 2014, the Department issued Order 2014-3-3, allowing Republic to retain the slot 

exemptions that it uses for the service. The requisite Federal Aviation Administration authority 

was issued the next day. As such, Shuttle America, operating as Delta Connection, will be able 

to continue providing nonstop MSN-DCA service. 

As is our standard practice, I am placing a copy of your letter and my response in docket 

numbers DOT-OST-1999-6240 and DOT-OST-2013-0086, as a contact outside the record ofthis 

case. 

I hope this information is helpful. 

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Sincerely yours, 

Susan L. Kurland 

Assistant Secretary for 

Aviation and International Affairs 
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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: 

14 South Jackson 

Janesville, Wisconsin 53548 

(608) 757-3160 

FAX (608) 757-3170 

The Honorable Michael P. Huerta 

Administrator 

Federal Aviation Administration 

800 Independence Avenue, SW 

Washington, DC 20591 

I would like to add my voice to the chorus of people attempting to prevent the discontinuation of nonstop air service from Dane County Regional Airport in Madison, Wisconsin to Washington, D.C. 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. 

Janesville is located in Rock County, Wisconsin, one of the collar counties around Dane County. We have 

a stroflg .and growing business base including numerous companies with critical relationships in our 

nation's capital. On behalf of these travelers, I strongly support the request of Republic Airlines to allow 

Shuttle America to continue direct flights to DCA under the Delta Connection brand - utilizing the 

ayai lable Republic Airways slots. 

The retention of this service to Washington D.C.'s preferred airport is vitally important to our region's 

economic health. If Shuttle America is not able to continue the Madison-DCA flights, direct access to our 

nation's Capitol 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 the 

public interest requires the approva l of Republic's request to continue DCA service. 

On behalf of the 3,000 businesses in Rock County, 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. 

John Beckord, President 

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Secretary 

U.S. Department of Transportation 

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