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BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Application of

REPUBLIC AIRLINE INC.

for renewal of an exemption pursuant to

49 U.S.C. § 40109 (United States-Bahamas)

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Docket DOT-OST-2011-0018

APPLICATION OF REPUBLIC AIRLINE INC.

FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION AUTHORITY

Communications with respect to this document should be addressed to:

Ethan J. Blank

Vice President and General Counsel

Scott L. Durgin

Vice President, Administration

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.

October 2, 2014
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BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Application of

REPUBLIC AIRLINE INC.

for renewal of an exemption pursuant to

49 U.S.C. § 40109 (United States-Bahamas)

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Docket DOT-OST-2011-0018

October 2, 2014

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 provide scheduled foreign air transportation of persons,

property, and mail between points in the United States and points in the Bahamas.

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.-

Bahamas certificate authority, whichever occurs earlier.

In support of this renewal application, Republic states as follows:

1. Republic holds exemption authority to provide scheduled foreign air

transportation between the United States and the Bahamas. See Notice of Action

Taken, dated December 10, 2012 (Docket DOT-OST-2011-0018).

2. Approval of this renewal application is in the public interest. Republic

continues to need U.S.-Bahamas exemption authority to accommodate the current and
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future 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

Bahamas. Indeed, Republic currently operates nonstop service between Philadelphia

and Freeport, Bahamas, and between Washington, D.C. (DCA) and Nassau, Bahamas.

3. Renewal of this U.S.–Bahamas exemption authority is fully consistent

with the terms of the 1946 Air Transport Agreement between the United States and the

United Kingdom, as amended, and the overall state of aviation relations between the

United States and the Bahamas.

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.–

Bahamas service expires on December 10, 2014. This application is therefore timely

filed pursuant to Section 377.10(c).
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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 points in the United States and

points in the Bahamas, as described herein.

Respectfully submitted,

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Robert E. Cohn

Patrick R. Rizzi

HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP

Columbia Square

555 Thirteenth Street, NW

Washington, DC 20004

Counsel for

REPUBLIC AIRLINE INC.
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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 2nd day of October, 2014, upon each of the

following addressees:

robert.wirick@aa.com; howard.kass@aa.com; sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com;

chris.walker@delta.com; jhill@cooley.com; Jamie.Kogutek@silverairways.com;

bob.kneisley@wnco.com; jyoung@yklaw.com; dkirstein@yklaw.com;

dan.weiss@united.com; JCanny@amerijet.com; jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com

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