Republic Airlines Receives FAA Operating Certificate.INDIANAPOLIS -- Republic Airways Holdings Republic Airways Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ: RJET) is an aviation holding corporation based in Indianapolis, Indiana, which owns three regional airlines operating in the United States: Chautauqua Airlines, Republic Airlines and Shuttle America. Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :RJET) announced today that its Republic Airlines subsidiary has received its Part 121 Airworthiness Certificate from the Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), component of the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets standards for the air-worthiness of all civilian aircraft, inspects and licenses them, and regulates civilian and military air traffic through its air traffic control (FAA). The airline expects to begin scheduled passenger operations utilizing Embraer 170's for US Airways Express US Airways Express is an airline brand name, rather than a fully certificated airline, and as such, the US Airways Express name is used by several individually owned airlines or airline holding companies which provide regional airline and commuter service for US Airways. 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 (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Republic Airways Holdings. "We are grateful to our partners in safety at the FAA and the Certificate Standardization Evaluation Team (CSET CSET California Subject Examinations for Teachers (NES) CSET Center for Surface Engineering and Tribology (Northwestern University and Georgia Institute of Technology) ) 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. Republic Airways Holdings, based in Indianapolis, Indiana is an airline holding company that operates Chautauqua Airlines, Republic Airlines and Shuttle America. The company offers scheduled passenger service on more than 840 flights daily to 82 cities in 32 states, Canada and the Bahamas through airline services agreements with four major U.S. airlines. All of its flights are operated under its major airline partner brand, such as AmericanConnection, Delta Connection, United Express and US Airways Express. The company currently employs over 2,900 aviation professionals and operates 28 Embraer 170's and 100 Embraer 145 regional jets. |
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