### THE SECRETARY OF TRANSPORTATION

WASH I NG T ON

, DC 20590

The Honorable Scott Walker

Governor of Wisconsin Madison, WI 53707

Dear Governor Walker: Aprilll, 2014

Thank you for your letter 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 31,2013.

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 respon s e in docket

numbers DOT -OST -1999-6240 and DOT -OST -2013-0086

, as a contact outside the record of this

case.

I hope this information is helpful.

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December 11, 2013

The Honorable Anthony Foxx Michael P. Huerta Secretary Administrator U.S. Department of Transportation U.S. Department of Transportation 1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE Federal Aviation Administration Washington, DC 20590 800 Independence Avenue, SW Washington, DC 20591

Dear Secretary Foxx and Administrator Huerta:

C ontinu ing nonstop service between Dane County Regional Airport (MSN) in Madison , Wisconsin and Ronald Reagan National Airport (DCA) in Arlington, Virginia is a crucial issue for Wisconsin . Direct air service to smaller communities, especially capital city to capital city is very important.

Republic Airlines currently operates daily nonstop service from MSN to DCA under an agreement with Frontier Airlines. Although this service is popular and well

- utilized, Frontier was recently sold to a private equity firm and is terminating its agreement with Republic and therefore ending its non stop MSN to DCA service in February 2014. It has come to our attention that Republic's sister carrier, Shuttle America, would like to continue direct flights to DCA under the Delta Connection brand.

In light of this, and to avoid any possible disruptio n in service, the State of Wisconsin ask s you to please ensure that Shuttle America is allowed to utilize the slots in question for nonstop service from MSN to DCA.

Continued MSN

- DCA service is important to Madison, Wisconsin and surrounding communities as it helps connect business and leisure travelers to the nation's capital, state officials to their federal counterparts, and provides faculty, researchers and students at the University of Wisconsin convenient access to Washington,
DC.

Furthermore, i f Shuttle America is not allowed to continue service to DCA, Madison will lose its only direct flight to a Washington, DC area airport. Neither Dulles International nor Baltimore Washington International offer nonstop service to MSN.

The State of Wisconsin respectfully request s that your Department allow the DCA slots currently operated by Republic Airlines under the agreement with Frontier Airlines to be used by Shuttle America under Delta
Connection.

Thank you for your attention to this import ant matter and please let us know any way that we may help to further expedite this issue.

Sincerely,

Governor Scott Walker