Exhibit 10.39 (n) Amendment 14 to Purchase Agreement DCT-014/2004


    


    
      	
               EXHIBIT
                10.39 (n)

            
	
               CONFIDENTIAL
                TREATMENT

            
	
               REQUESTED
                PURSUANT TO RULE 24b-2

            
	 
	Certain
              portions of this exhibit have been omitted pursuant to a request for
              confidential treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange
              Act of
              1934. The omitted materials have been filed separately with the Securities
              and Exchange Commission.
	 
	
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    AMENDMENT
      No. 14 TO PURCHASE AGREEMENT DCT-014/2004

     

    This
      Amendment No. 14 to Purchase Agreement DCT-014/2004, dated as of November 9,
      2005 (“Amendment No. 14”) relates to the Purchase Agreement DCT-014/2004 (the
“Purchase Agreement”) between Embraer - Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica S.A.
      (“Embraer”) and Republic Airline Inc. (“Buyer”) dated March 19, 2004 as amended
      from time to time (collectively referred to herein as “Agreement”). This
      Amendment No. 14 is between Embraer and Buyer, collectively referred to herein
      as the “Parties”.

    


    This
      Amendment No. 14 sets forth additional agreements between Embraer and Buyer
      relative to the confirmation of 4 Conditional Aircraft to 4 Firm Aircraft and
      changes on the Firm and Conditional Aircraft delivery schedules.

    


    Except
      as
      otherwise provided for herein all terms of the Purchase Agreement shall remain
      in full force and effect. All capitalized terms used in this Amendment No.
      14,
      which are not defined herein shall have the meaning given in the Purchase
      Agreement. In the event of any conflict between this Amendment No. 14 and the
      Purchase Agreement the terms, conditions and provisions of this Amendment No.
      14
      shall control. 

    


    WHEREAS,
      in
      connection with the Parties’ agreement above mentioned, the Parties have now
      agreed to amend the Purchase Agreement as provided for below:

    


    NOW,
      THEREFORE, for good and valuable consideration which is hereby acknowledged
      Embraer and Buyer hereby agree as follows:


    


    
      	1.
                	
              Subject:
                Article
                2 of the Purchase Agreement shall be deleted and replaced as
                follows:

            


    

     

    “Subject
      to the terms and conditions of this Agreement:

    


    2.1
      Embraer shall sell and deliver and Buyer shall purchase and take delivery of
      forty-eight (48) Aircraft [*];

     

    2.2 Embraer
      shall provide to Buyer the Services and the Technical Publications;

     

    2.3
      Buyer shall have the right to purchase up to
      twelve (12) Conditional Aircraft, in accordance with Article 22;
      and

     

    2.4
      Buyer shall have the option to purchase up to
      forty (40) Option Aircraft, in accordance with Article 23."

     

     

     

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    2.  Firm
      Aircraft: 

     

        2.1
      Delivery:
      The table containing the delivery schedule in Article 5.1 of the Purchase
      Agreement shall be deleted in its entirely and replaced with the
      following:

    


    
      	
              “Firm
                A/C

            	
              Delivery
                Month

            	
              [*]

            	
              Firm
                A/C

            	
              Delivery
                Month

            	
              [*]

            
	
              1

            	
              Sep
                2004

            	
              [*]

            	
              25

            	
              [*]

            	
              [*]

            
	
              2

            	
              [*]

            	
              [*]

            	
              26

            	
              [*]

            	
              [*]

            
	
              3

            	
              [*]

            	
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              27

            	
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              4

            	
              [*]

            	
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              28

            	
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              5

            	
              [*]

            	
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              29

            	
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              6

            	
              [*]

            	
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              30

            	
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              7

            	
              [*]

            	
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              31

            	
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              8

            	
              [*]

            	
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              32

            	
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              9

            	
              [*]

            	
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              33

            	
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              10

            	
              [*]

            	
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              34

            	
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              11

            	
              [*]

            	
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              35

            	
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              12

            	
              [*]

            	
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              36

            	
              [*]

            	
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              13

            	
              [*]

            	
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              37

            	
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              [*]

            
	
              14

            	
              [*]

            	
              [*]

            	
              38

            	
              [*]

            	
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              15

            	
              [*]

            	
              [*]

            	
              39

            	
              [*]

            	
              [*]

            
	
              16

            	
              [*]

            	
              [*]

            	
              40

            	
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              17

            	
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              41

            	
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              18

            	
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              42

            	
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              19

            	
              [*]

            	
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              43

            	
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              20

            	
              [*]

            	
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              44

            	
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              21

            	
              [*]

            	
              [*]

            	
              45

            	
              [*]

            	
              [*]

            
	
              22

            	
              [*]

            	
              [*]

            	
              46

            	
              [*]

            	
              [*]

            
	
              23

            	
              [*]

            	
              [*]

            	
              47

            	
              [*]

            	
              [*]

            
	
              24

            	
              [*]

            	
              [*]

            	
              48

            	
              Oct
                2006

            	
              [*]

            


    

    [*].

    


    3. 
      Conditional Aircraft: 

     

        3.1
      The
      opening paragraph of Article 22, the delivery schedule table and the first
      paragraph of Article 22.1 of
      the
      Purchase Agreement shall be deleted and replaced by the following:

     

        "Subject
      to
      confirmation by Buyer as described below, Buyer shall have the right to purchase
      up to twelve (12) additional Aircraft (the "Conditional Aircraft"), to be
      delivered on the last day of the applicable month set forth below or such
      earlier date in such month specified pursuant to Article 7.1:

     

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              Conditional
                A/C

               

            	
               

              Delivery
                Month

               

            	
               

              Conditional
                A/C

               

            	
               

              Delivery
                Month

               

            
	
              1

            	
              Oct
                2006

            	
              7

            	
              [*]

            
	
              2

            	
              [*]

            	
              8

            	
              [*]

            
	
              3

            	
              [*]

            	
              9

            	
              [*]

            
	
              4

            	
              [*]

            	
              10

            	
              [*]

            
	
              5

            	
              [*]

            	
              11

            	
              [*]

            
	
              6

            	
              [*]

            	
              12

            	
              Feb
                2007

            


    

    


    22.1 Buyer's
      right to purchase [*]shall
      be
      subject to Buyer giving notice to Embraer of its election to purchase
[*]
      on
      or
      before [*].
      Buyer
      shall be allowed to confirm the acquisition of all or part [*].”

    


        3.2.
      The
      second paragraph of Article 22.1 shall remain unchanged.

    


    4. 
      Miscellaneous: All
      other
      provisions of the Agreement which have not been specifically amended or modified
      by this Amendment No. 14 shall remain valid in full force and effect without
      any
      change.

     

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    IN
      WITNESS WHEREOF, EMBRAER and BUYER, by their duly authorized officers, have
      entered into and executed this Amendment No. 14 to Purchase Agreement to be
      effective as of the date first written above.

     

    
      	
              EMBRAER
                - Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica S.A.

            	REPUBLIC
              AIRLINE INC. 
	 	 
	/s/ Illegible	/s/ Bryan
              Bedford
	
              

            	
              

            
	Name:
Title:
	Name:
              Bryan
              Bedford
Title: President




      	 	 
	/s/ 	 
	
              

            	
            
	Name:
Title:
	Date:
              November 9,
              2005
Place: Indianapolis, IN



    

    


    
      	
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      	Witness: 
/s/
              Fernando Bueno	Witness:/s/
              Lars-Erik Arnell
	Name: Fernando
              Bueno	
               

              Name:
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