| EXHIBIT      10.39(W)                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
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| CONFIDENTIAL      TREATMENT                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
| REQUESTED      PURSUANT TO RULE 24b-2                                                                                                                                                                                                                                          |
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| 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. |

| 1.     | Subject: Article 2.3 of      the Purchase Agreement is hereby deleted and replaced as      follows:                                                                                                               |
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|   | “2.3      Buyer shall have the option to purchase up to [*] Option EMBRAER 170      Aircraft, in accordance with Article 23.”                                                                         |
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| 2.     | Option    Aircraft:                                                                                                                                                                                               |
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| 2.1    | Buyer [*] on [*].      Embraer has [*] pursuant to [*].                                                                                                                                                           |
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| 2.2    | Buyer [*] on      [*].  Within two (2) Business Days after [*] shall [*]pursuant      to [*].                                                                                                           |
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| 2.3    | The      first and second sentence of Article 23.6 shall be deleted and replaced by      the following:                                                                                                           |
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|   | "23.6        FAILURE TO CONFIRM: RETURN OF DEPOSIT: [*]"                                                                                                                                           |
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| 3.     | Miscellaneous: All other provisions of      the Agreement which have not been specifically amended or modified by this      Amendmant No. 23 shall remain valid in full force and effect without any      change. |

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|  EMBRAER      – Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica S.A. |   |   | Republic      Airline Inc.    |   |
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| By:      /s/ Mauro Kern Junior                                         |   |   | By:      /s/ Bryan Bedford    |   |
| Name:      Mauro Kern Junior                                           |   |   | Name: Bryan      Bedford |   |
| Title: Executive      Vice President Airline Market               |   |   | Title:      President, CEO    |   |

|                                                        |   |   |                     |   |
|-------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------|--------------------------|--------|
| By:      /s/ José Luis D.      Molina                  |   |   |                     |   |
| Name:      José      Luis D. Molina                    |   |   | Date:      Nov. 10, 2008 |   |
| Title:      Vice President Contracts Airline Market         |   |   | Place:      Indianapolis |   |
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| Date:      November 11, 2008                                |   |   |                     |   |
| Place:      São      José      Dos Campos, Brazil |   |   |                     |   |

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|-----------------------------------------|--------|--------|------------------------------------|--------|
| Witness:      /s/ Carlos Martins Dutras |   |   | Witness:      /s/ Lars-Erik Arnell |   |
| Name:      Carlos Martins Dutras        |   |   | Name:      Lars-Erik Arnell        |   |
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