U.S. Department of Transportation Office of the Secretor y ofTransportation



### Mr. John Beckord President Forward Janesville 14 South Jackson Janesville, WI 53548 Dear Mr. Beckord: Assistant Secretary 

# APR 25 201 4 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Washington, DC 20590



### Thank you for your letter to Secretary ofTransportation 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 ofRepublic 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 ofyour 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.



# s 10-140128-009 Sincerely yours ,

Susan 

### L. Kurland Assistant Secretary for Aviation and International Affairs

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# JANESVILLE experience the power of community

The Honorab le 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

Th e Honorab l e Michae l P. Huerta Administ rator Federal Avi ation Admin i stration 800 Ind ependence Avenue, SW Wash in gton, 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 endin g nonstop service from Madison to Wash i ngton, 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 critica l relationships in our nation's capital. On behalf of these trave le rs, I strong ly support th e request of Republic Airlines to allow Shutt le America to con tinu e direct flights to DCA under the Delta Connection brand
- utilizing the ayai lable Republic Ai rways slots.
The retention of this servi ce to Washington D.C.'s preferred airport is vitally impo rtant to our region's econom ic health. If Shuttle America is not able to continue the Madison-DCA f lig hts, 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 Repub li c's request to continue DCA serv ice. On behalf of the 3,000 businesses in Rock County, I strongly urge the Department to move swiftly to grant the request of Repub li c A i r lin es th e ability to use availab le DCA slots for Shuttle America service to DCA to prevent a temporary disruption to this im portant daily service.

John Beckord, President Forward Janesville ' ·**S10 140128** **00 ~**  

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# JANESVILLE ex p e r ie n ce th e power of co mmunit y 14 South Jackson ·Janesville, Wisconsin 53548



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