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- 3389200 v1 BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Application of

REPUBLIC AIRLINE INC.

for renewal of exemption authority under 49 U.S.C. § 40109

(Denver, CO

– Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, Mexico; Denver, CO

– San Jose del Cabo, Mexico; Denver, CO

– Puert o Vallarta, Mexico; Kansas City, MO

– Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; and Kansas City, MO

– San Jose del Cabo, Mexico) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Docket DOT

- OST

- 2010

- 0152

APPLICATION OF REPUBLIC AIRLINE INC.

FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION AUTHORITY

Communicatio ns with respect to this document should be addressed to:

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

55 5 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004

+1 202 637 4999/5659 robert.cohn@hoganlovells.com patrick.rizzi@hoganlovells.com

Counsel for

REPUBLIC AIRLINE INC.

April 19 , 2012

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- 3389200 v1 BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTA TION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

Application of

REPUBLIC AIRLINE INC.

for renewal of exemption authority under 49 U.S.C. § 40109

(Denver, CO

– Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo, Mexico; Denver, CO

– San Jose del Cabo, Mexico; Denver, CO

– Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; Kansas City, MO

– Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; and Kansas City, MO

– San Jose del Cabo, Mexico) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Docket DOT

- OST

- 2010

- 0152

April 1 9 , 2012

APPLICATION OF REPUBLIC AIRLINE INC.

FOR RENEWAL OF EXEMPTION AUTHORITY

Pursuant to Subpart C of the D epartment’s Rules of Practice, Republic Airline

Inc. (“Republic”) hereby applies under 49 U.S.C. § 40109 for renewal of exemption

authority authori zing Republic to continue to provide scheduled foreign air

transportation of persons, property, and mail on t he following U.S.

– Mexico routes

under the Frontier Airlines, Inc. (“Frontier”) brand and designator code :

Denver, Colorado (DEN)

– San Jose del Cabo, Mexico (SJD); Denver, Colorado (DEN)

– Ixtapa/Zihuatanejo,Mexico (ZIH); Denver, Colorado (DEN)

– Puerto Vallar ta, Mexico (PVR); Kansas City, Missouri (MCI)

– Puerto Vallarta, Mexico (PVR); and Kansas City, Missouri (MCI)

– San Jose del Cabo, Mexico (SJD). 1

Republic was granted initial exemption authority to serve these routes by Notice

of Action Taken dated June 23, 2010 (Docket DOT

- OST

- 2010

- 0152), for a period of

1 Republic is not seeking renewal of authority to serve the Denver

– Mazatlan, Mexico

route (previously granted in this Docket ). By Letter dated March 17, 2011, Republic informed the Department that it had not started this service by the start

- up date and had no plans to do so. Nor is Frontier seeking renewal of the exemption authority for DEN

- ZIH and MCI

- SJD it received

in thi s Docket because that exemption authority was subsumed and is now encompassed by its Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity for Route 904, issued by DOT Order 2011

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- 3389200 v1 two years, through June 23, 2012. Republic requests renewal for a period of at least

two additional years.

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. This application is timely filed pursuant to Section

377.10(c).

Republic continues to provide service on these five U.S.

- Mexico routes under

Frontier’s trade name a nd designator code. These services remain fully consistent with

the Air Transport Agreement between the United States and Mexico and renewal is in

the public interest . T hese services benefit consumers by enabling Frontier to maintain

and enhance competitive U.S.

– Mexico service offerings via Denver and Kansas City

,

making efficient use of large regional jets operated by Republic.

WHEREFORE Republic requests that the Department promptly renew the

above

- referenced U.S.

– Mexico exemption authority as discussed herein and grant such

additional relief as the Department deems to be warranted.

Respectfully sub mitted,

__________________________________ 

### Robert E. Cohn

Patrick R. Rizzi

HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP 555 Thirteenth Street, NW Washington, DC 20004

+1 202 637 4999/5659

Counsel for Republic Airline Inc.

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- 3389200 v1 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing Application of Republic Airline Inc. for

Renewal of Exemption Authority has been served this 1 9 th day of April , 2012 , upon each of

the following addressees:

bob.kneisley@wnco.com; msinick@ssd.com; carl.nelson@aa.com;

sascha.vanderbe llen@delta.com; jeff.morgan@delta.com; jhill@dowlohnes.com; jyoung@yklaw.com; dkirstein@yklaw.com; john.fredericksen@suncountry.com; dan.weiss@united.com; howard_kass@usairways.com; barbara.russell@virginamerica.com; esta.rosenberg@dot.gov; brett.kruger@do t.gov; urskr@state.gov; info@airlineinfo.com

[s] Patrick Rizzi

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Patrick Rizzi