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### ' TEXT OF EMAIL TO: F41Financials.Support(al,dot.gov MUST INCLUDE ATTACHED MOTION WITH EMAIL RE: Federal Express Corporation's Amended Form 41 Schedule B-7 Motion ofFederal Express Corporation For Confidential TI·eatment Pursuant to Rule 12 DocketNo. 97-2494

This email is to notifyyou that Federal Express Corporationhas transmitted to the Departmentits Amended Fonn 41 report for the Quarter ended December 31,2012, which includes confidential material requiring special handling. Included with that report is a copy of its Schedule B-& Airframe and Aircraft Engine Acquisitions and Retirements, along with the attached Motion for Confidential Treatment ofthat Schedule. We are very grateful for your efforts to maintain the confidentiality of this sensitive material. Please do nothesitate to call me should you have any questions with respect to this filing.
Sincerely,
FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION

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# tv Courtney E. Felts Senior Attorney RegulatoryAffairs Phone: (901) 434-8632 FAX: (901) 434-9289 E-Mail: cefelts@fedex.com .-•. ·.,.BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS WASHINGTON, D.C.

Motion of 

### FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION for Confidential Treatment ofDocuments under Rule 12 ofthe Rules ofPractice of the Department ofTransportation, 14 CPR 302.12 (Amended Form 41; Schedule B-7) ) ) ) ) ) 

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MOTION OF FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION FORCONFIDENTIALTREATMENT PURSUANT TO RULE 12

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:
CourtneyE. Felts SeniorAttorney FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION 3620 Hacks Cross Road, Bldg. B Memphis, TN 38125 (901) 434-8632 (901)434-9289

February4, 2013Motion of BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS WASHINGTON, D.C.

FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION for Confidential Treatment ofDocuments under Rule 12 ofthe Rules ofPractice of the Department ofTransportation, ) ) ) ) ) ) ) Docket OST-97-2494

14 CFR 302.12 (Amended Form41; Schedule B-7)

MOTION OF FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION FOR CONFIDENTIALTREATMENT PURSUANT TO RULE 12
Federal Express Corporation (Federal Express) hereby submits this motion to withhold from public disclosure certain information contained inits Amended Fonn 41, Schedule B-7, Airframe and Aircraft Engine Acquisitions and Retirements Report for the Quatter ended December 31, 2012. As required bytheDepartment's procedures outlined in a Federal Register notice dated July 16,2010,75 Fed. Reg 41579-41597, Federal Express has transmitted Schedule B-7 unredacted withthe rest ofthat Amended Fmm41 Rep01t. As required in that notice, Federal Express has also sent an email to F41Financials.Support@dot.gov, attaching a copy of this motion and seeking special handling ofthe Schedule B-7 infonnation.Motion ofFedEx Express Docket OST-97-2494 Page 2 of3 

### 1. Byletters dated August 23, 1994 and June 5, 1995, Mr. James W. Mitchell, former Director, Office ofAirline Statistics, Research and Special Programs Administration, granted themotions ofDelta Air Lines, Inc. and American Airlines, Inc., respectively, for confidential treatment ofinformation that is substantiallythe sam6 as that for which FedEx Express seeks confidential treatmenthere. Actingunder delegated authority, Mr. Mitchell detennined onbehalfofthe Department that the aircraft cost inf01mation contained in Schedules B-7 and B-43 is confidential and competitively sensitive. He concluded that Exemptions 3 and 4 ofthe Freedom ofinfonnationAct (5 U.S.C. 

### § 552(b)(3) and (4)) authorize the Department to withhold this financial information. Further, he ruled that the Dcpmtment should denypublic access to this confidential financial infonnation for ten years. The Bureau confirmed its finding of competitive sensitivityin 2004. 69 Fed. Reg. 62309 (October 25, 2004). Forthe reasons stated in those letters, the Department should also grant confidential treatment to the data submitted under seal with this motion for at leastten years.
2. United Parcel Service Company and United Air Lines sought futther extension ofthe confidential period in 2004. The Bureau sought public comment ontheir requests in Docket BTS- 2004- 19380. Should the Bureau grant those requests, FedEx seeks similartreatment.Motion ofFedEx Express Docket OST-97-2494 Page 3 of3

WHEREFORE, Federal Express respectfully moves the Department and the
Bureau to withhold the financial information contained in its Schedule B-7 Report
for the Quarter ended December 31, 2012, filed concurrentlyherewith under seal,
from public disclosure for a period ofat least ten (10) years, through December 31, 2022, pursuant to 14 C.P.R. 

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Respectfully submitted,

CourtneyE. Felts Senior Attomcy FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION