\\DC - 040601/000003 - 5275500 v1 BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.
Application of REPUBLIC AIRLINE INC. for an exemption under 49 U.S.C. § 40109 (United States – Turks and Caicos Islands) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Docket DOT-OST-2012-0026

APPLICATION OF REPUBLIC AIRLINE INC. FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION AUTHORITY Communications with respect to this document should be addressed to: Scott L. Durgin Vice President, Administration Ethan J. Blank, Vice President and 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.

December 11, 2013\\DC - 040601/000003 - 5275500 v1 BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.
Application of REPUBLIC AIRLINE INC. for an exemption under 49 U.S.C. § 40109 (United States – Turks and Caicos Islands) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Docket DOT-OST-2012-0026 December 11, 2013

APPLICATION OF REPUBLIC AIRLINE INC. FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION AUTHORITY Pursuant to Subpart C of the Department’s Rules of Practice, Republic Airline Inc. (“Republic”) hereby applies under 49 U.S.C. § 40109 for renewal of exemption authority authorizing Republic to continue to provide scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between a point or points in the United States and a point or points in the Turks and Caicos Islands. Republic requests that this exemption authority be renewed for a period of at least two years, or until 90 days after final action is taken on an application of Republic for U.S. – Turks and Caicos certificate authority, 1 whichever occurs earlier. In support of this renewal application, Republic states as follows:

1 See Application dated December 12, 2007, in Docket DOT-OST-2007-0084. In DOT Order 2008-4-26 granting certain carriers, including Republic, broad U.S.–Open Skies authority, the Department deferred its consideration of the request for U.S.–Turks and Caicos Islands certificate authority, among others, because that proceeding only dealt with authority to serve Open Skies partners. Id . at n.3.Renewal Application of Republic Airline Inc. Page 2

\\DC - 040601/000003 - 5275500 v1 1. Republic holds exemption authority to provide scheduled foreign air transportation between the United States and the Turks and Caicos Islands. See Notice of Action Taken, dated February 24, 2012 (Docket DOT-OST-2012-0026). 2. Approval of this renewal application is in the public interest. Republic continues to need U.S. – Turks and Caicos exemption authority to accommodate the service requirements of its fee-for-service/code-share partners, and to provide attractive service options for travelers seeking convenient service to and from the Turks and Caicos Islands. 3. Renewal of this U.S. – Turks and Caicos exemption authority is fully consistent with the terms of the Air Services Agreement between the United States and the United Kingdom of 1977, as amended, and the overall state of aviation relations between the United States and the Turks and Caicos Islands; and similar authority has previously been granted to other U.S. air carriers. See, e.g. , JetBlue Airways Corporation, Notice of Action Taken, August 2, 2012 (Docket DOT-OST-2010-0228). 4. Republic requests that the Department take official notice, pursuant to Rule 24 of the Department’s Rules of Practice, of all other data on file with the Department necessary to establish Republic’s fitness. 5. In filing this renewal application, Republic hereby invokes the automatic extension provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. § 558(c), as implemented by 14 C.F.R. Part 377. Republic’s current exemption authority for U.S. – Turks and Caicos service expires on February 24, 2014. This application is therefore timely filed pursuant to Section 377.10(c).Renewal Application of Republic Airline Inc. Page 3

\\DC - 040601/000003 - 5275500 v1 WHEREFORE, for the foregoing reasons, Republic respectfully requests that the Department renew Republic’s exemption authorizing it to engage in scheduled foreign air transportation of persons, property, and mail between a point or points in the United States and a point or points in the Turks and Caicos Islands, as described herein.

Respectfully submitted,

__________________________________ Robert E. Cohn Patrick R. Rizzi HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP Columbia Square 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004 Counsel for REPUBLIC AIRLINE INC.\\DC - 040601/000003 - 5275500 v1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing Application of Republic Airline Inc. for Renewal of an Exemption has been served this December 11, 2013 , upon each of the following addressees: robert.wirick@aa.com; francis.heil@aa.com; sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com; chris.walker@delta.com; jhill@dowlohnes.com; jyoung@yklaw.com; dkirstein@yklaw.com; dan.weiss@united.com; howard_kass@usairways.com; jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com; esta.rosenberg@dot.gov

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