|  **EXHIBIT                10.39 (m)**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
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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 gequest for              confidential treatment under Rule 24b-2 of the Securities Exchange              Act ot              1934. The omitted materials have been filed separately with the Securities              and Exchange Commission.** |

**CONFIDENTIAL**

**AMENDMENT      No. 13 TO PURCHASE AGREEMENT DCT-014/2004**

**WHEREAS,**

| **1.                ** | **Subject:**Article                2 of the Purchase Agreement shall be deleted and replaced as                follows: |
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| 2.1              Embraer shall sell and deliver and Buyer shall purchase and take delivery              of forty-four (44) Aircraft [*];                      |
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| 2.2 Embraer              shall provide to Buyer the Services and the Technical              Publications;                                                |
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| 2.3 Buyer shall have the right to purchase              up to sixteen (16) Conditional Aircraft, in accordance with Article              22;              and |
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| 2.4                Buyer shall have the option to purchase up to                forty (40) Option Aircraft, in accordance with Article                23."    |

| **2.                ** | **Firm                Aircraft:** |
|----------------------------------|-----------------------------------|

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| **“Firm                A/C** | **Delivery                Month** | **[*]** | **Firm                A/C** | **Delivery                Month** | **[*]** |
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|---------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|---------|
| **1**                              | Sep                2004           | [*]     | **23**                      | [*]                               | [*]     |
| **2**                              | [*]                               | [*]     | **24**                      | [*]                               | [*]     |
| **3**                              | [*]                               | [*]     | **25**                      | [*]                               | [*]     |
| **4**                              | [*]                               | [*]     | **26**                      | [*]                               | [*]     |
| **5**                              | [*]                               | [*]     | **27**                      | [*]                               | [*]     |
| **6**                              | [*]                               | [*]     | **28**                      | [*]                               | [*]     |
| **7**                              | [*]                               | [*]     | **29**                      | [*]                               | [*]     |
| **8**                              | [*]                               | [*]     | **30**                      | [*]                               | [*]     |
| **9**                              | [*]                               | [*]     | **31**                      | [*]                               | [*]     |
| **10**                             | [*]                               | [*]     | **32**                      | [*]                               | [*]     |
| **11**                             | [*]                               | [*]     | **33**                      | [*]                               | [*]     |
| **12**                             | [*]                               | [*]     | **34**                      | [*]                               | [*]     |
| **13**                             | [*]                               | [*]     | **35**                      | [*]                               | [*]     |
| **14**                             | [*]                               | [*]     | **36**                      | [*]                               | [*]     |
| **15**                             | [*]                               | [*]     | **37**                      | [*]                               | [*]     |
| **16**                             | [*]                               | [*]     | **38**                      | [*]                               | [*]     |
| **17**                             | [*]                               | [*]     | **39**                      | [*]                               | [*]     |
| **18**                             | [*]                               | [*]     | **40**                      | [*]                               | [*]     |
| **19**                             | [*]                               | [*]     | **41**                      | [*]                               | [*]     |
| **20**                             | [*]                               | [*]     | **42**                      | [*]                               | [*]     |
| **21**                             | [*]                               | [*]     | **43**                      | [*]                               | [*]     |
| **22**                             | [*]                               | [*]     | **44**                      | [*]                               | [*]     |

**3.      Assignment: **

**4.      Conditional Aircraft: **

* *

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|  **Conditional                A/C**  |  **Delivery                Month**  |  **Conditional                A/C**  |  **Delivery                Month**  |
|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------|
| **1**                                          | Oct                2006                       | **9**                                          | [*]                                           |
| **2**                                          | [*]                                           | **10**                                         | [*]                                           |
| **3**                                          | [*]                                           | **11**                                         | [*]                                           |
| **4**                                          | [*]                                           | **12**                                         | [*]                                           |
| **5**                                          | [*]                                           | **13**                                         | [*]                                           |
| **6**                                          | [*]                                           | **14**                                         | [*]                                           |
| **7**                                          | [*]                                           | **15**                                         | [*]                                           |
| **8**                                          | [*]                                           | **16**                                         | Mar                2007                       |

**5.      Miscellaneous: **

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|  EMBRAER              - Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica S.A.                                                    | REPUBLIC              AIRLINE INC.                       |
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| /s/ Horacio              Aragones Forjaz                                                                               | /s/ Bryan              Bedford                      |
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| Name:              Horacio              Aragones ForjazTitle: Executive Vice President Corporate              Communication | Name:                Bryan BedfordTitle: President  |

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|--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|--------|
| /s/ Jose              Luis              D. Molina                                           |        |
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| Name:              Jose Luis D.              MolinaTitle: Director of Contracts - Airline Market |   |

| Date: October 20, 2005                     | Date: October 20, 2005                                      |
|--------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|
| Place: San Jose Dos Campos, S.P.           | Place: Indianapolis                                         |
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| Witness: /s/                Fernando Bueno | Witness:                /s/                Lars-Erik Arnell |
| Name: Fernando                Bueno        | Name:                Lars-Erik                Arnell        |

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