| ** EXHIBIT                10.39 (l)**                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      |
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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.** |
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**AMENDMENT      No. 12 TO PURCHASE AGREEMENT DCT-014/2004**

**WHEREAS,**

**1.      New Thermal/Acoustic Insulation Materials**

| 1.1   | The                Firm Aircraft number [*] and all subsequent Aircraft shall be delivered                with new thermal/acoustic insulation materials. Such new materials                shall                meet the FAA Operational Requirements [*]. There [*]. The Basic Price                for                the affected Aircraft shall be [*].** ** |
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| 1.2   | Article                3.1 of the Purchase Agreement shall be deleted and replaced by the                following: |
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|  **Aircraft** |  **Aircraft                Basic Price** |  **Economic                Condition** |
|--------------------|-----------------------------------------------|---------------------------------------------|
|  [*]          |  [*]                                     |  [*]                                   |
|  [*]          |  [*]                                     |  [*]                                   |
|  [*]          |  [*]                                     |  [*]                                   |
|               |                                          |                                        |

**2.      Firm Aircraft:**

| **“Firm                A/C** | **Delivery                Month** | [*]    | **Firm                A/C** | **Delivery                Month** | [*] |
|------------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------|-----------------------------|-----------------------------------|-----|
| **1**                              | Sep                2004           | [*]    | **20**                      | [*]                               | [*] |
| **2**                              | [*]                               | [*]    | **21**                      | [*]                               | [*] |
| **3**                              | [*]                               | [*]    | **22**                      | [*]                               | [*] |
| **4**                              | [*]                               | [*]    | **23**                      | [*]                               | [*] |
| **5**                              | [*]                               | [*]    | **24**                      | [*]                               | [*] |
| **6**                              | [*]                               | [*]    | **25**                      | [*]                               | [*] |
| **7**                              | [*]                               | [*]    | **26**                      | [*]                               | [*] |
| **8**                              | [*]                               | [*]    | **27**                      | [*]                               | [*] |
| **9**                              | [*]                               | [*]    | **28**                      | [*]                               | [*] |
| **10**                             | [*]                               | [*]    | **29**                      | [*]                               | [*] |
| **11**                             | [*]                               | [*]    | **30**                      | [*]                               | [*] |
| **12**                             | [*]                               | [*]    | **31**                      | [*]                               | [*] |
| **13**                             | [*]                               | [*]    | **32**                      | [*]                               | [*] |
| **14**                             | [*]                               | [*]    | **33**                      | [*]                               | [*] |
| **15**                             | [*]                               | [*]    | **34**                      | [*]                               | [*] |
| **16**                             | [*]                               | [*]    | **35**                      | [*]                               | [*] |
| **17**                             | [*]                               | [*]    | **36**                      | [*]                               | [*] |
| **18**                             | [*]                               | [*]    | **37**                      | [*]                               | [*] |
| **19**                             | [*]                               | [*]    | **38**                      | [*]                               | [*] |
|                               |                              |   | **39**                      | Feb                2006           | [*] |

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**3.      Miscellaneous: **

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| EMBRAER              - Empresa Brasileira de Aeronáutica S.A. |   |   | REPUBLIC              AIRLINE INC.                                    |
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| /s/              Illegible                                    |   |   | /s/ Lars-Erik              Arnell                                |
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| Name:Title:                                                        |   |   | Name:              Lars-Erik              ArnellTitle: Vice President |
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| Date:              October 7,              2005Place: Sao Jose dos Campos, SP, Brazil |   |   | Date:                October 7, 2005Place:                Indianapolis, IN, USA |
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| Witness:              /s/ Fernando Bueno                                              |   |   | Witness:              /s/ Jeffrey B. Jones                                      |
| Name:              /s/ Fernando Bueno                                                 |   |   | Name:              Jeffrey B. Jones                                             |

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