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The Honorable Dave Heineman Governor ofNebraska Lincoln , NE 68509 Dear Governor Heineman: May 9 , 2014

Thank you for your letter regarding service from Omaha ' s Eppley Airfield (OMA) to Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), which had been op e rated by Republic Airlines (Republic) under an agreement with Frontier Airlines through January 31 , 2014. 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 Omaha 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. A s s uch , Shuttle America, operating as Delta Connection, will be able to continue providing non stop OMA-DCA s ervice. As i s our s tandard practice , I am placing a copy of your lett e r and my response in docket number s DOT-OST-1999-6240 and DOT-OST-201 3 -0086, as a contact outside the record ofthis case. I hope this information is helpful. Sincerely ,

Anthony R. FoxxDave Heineman Gove rn o r Dece mb e r 5, 20 1 3 

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