Receives FAA Operating Ticket

Republic Airways Holdings says its Republic Airlines subsidiary has received its Part 121 Airworthiness Certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The airline expects to begin scheduled passenger operations utilizing Embraer 170's for US Airways Express beginning in September, 2005. The airline currently plans to operate 28 aircraft on behalf of US Airways.

"This is an important milestone in the development of our company and will allow us to continue to grow and expand our business with the Embraer 170/190 family of aircraft," said Bryan Bedford, Chairman, President and CEO of Republic Airways Holdings.

"We are grateful to our partners in safety at the FAA and the Certificate Standardization Evaluation Team (CSET) for their hard work and collaborative effort. We are very impressed with the total system safety approach the CSET process provides and plan to utilize many of the procedures developed at Republic Airlines at our other subsidiaries," said Wayne C. Heller, executive vice president and COO of Republic Airways Holdings.

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