| **EXHIBIT                10.40(j)**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
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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.** |

**AMENDMENT        No. 10 TO LETTER AGREEMENT DCT-015/2004**

| **1.  ** | **Spare                Parts Credit:** |
|--------------------|----------------------------------------|
| 1.1   | Article                1(ii) of the Letter Agreement shall be deleted and replaced by the                following: |
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**“(ii)        Spare Parts Credit:**

**2.        Aircraft Purchase Price **

| 2.1 | Article                2.4 of the Letter Agreement *** for ***. |
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**3.        Special *** Condition: **

|  “8.1 | Notwithstanding any provisions to                the                contrary contained in this Purchase Agreement including but not limited                to                Article *** of the Purchase Agreement, the ***, Buyer shall *** shall                be                *** |
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|             |                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    |
|             |   ***.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        |
|  8.2        | If at any time Embraer shall ***,                Embraer                shall ***.”                                                                                                                                                                                               |

**4.        *****

**5.        *** **

**6.        **

**7.        Schedule 5**

**8.        ***: **

**9.        Code Share Agreements: **

*****Confidential**

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| EMBRAER                - Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica S.A.                                          |   |   | **Republic                Airline Inc.**                          |
|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------|-------------------------------------------------------------------|
|                                                                                                          |   |   |                                                              |
| /s/ Frederico                Fleury Curado                                                               |   |   | /s/ Bryan                Bedford                             |
|                                                                                                               |   |   |                                                                   |
| Name:                  Frederico Fleury CuradoTitle: Executive Vice President Airline                  Market |   |   | Name:                Bryan                BedfordTitle: President |
|                                                                                                          |   |   |                                                              |
|                                                                                                          |   |   | Date:                November 14, 2006                            |
|                                                                                                          |   |   | Place:                Indianapolis                                |

|                                                                                                     |   |   |   |
|----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|--------|--------|
| /s/ Jose                  Luis                  D. Molina                                           |   |   |   |
|                                                                                                          |   |   |        |
| Name:                  Jose Luis D.                  MolinaTitle: Director of Contracts - Airline Market |   |   |   |
| Date:                  November 14, 2006                                                                 |   |   |        |
| Place:                  Sao Jose Dos Campos, SP, Brazil                                                  |   |   |   |

| Witnesses:                                     |   |   |                                       |
|------------------------------------------------|--------|--------|--------------------------------------------|
|                                           |   |   |                                       |
| Witness:                  Carlos Martins Dutra |   |   | Witness:                  Lars-Erik Arnell |
| Name:                  Carlos Martins Dutra    |   |   | Name:                  Lars-Erik Arnell    |
|                                                |   |   |

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