BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, DC

____________________________________ )

Motion of )

)

JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION ) Docket OST

- 00

- 8088

)

For confidential treatment of documents )

pursuant to Rule 12 of the Rules of Practice )

Form 41, Schedule B

- 7 )

____________________________________)

MOTION OF JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION

FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

Robert C. Land, Esq. Jonathan B. Hill, Esq.

Sr. V.P. & Associate General Counsel Dow Lohnes PLLC

JetBlue Airways Corporation 1200 New Hampshire Ave., NW

P.O. Box 1927 Suite 800

Ro ckville, MD 20849 Washington, DC 20036

( 202) 776

- 2000

Don Daniels

Director, Financial Reporting Counsel for

JetBlue Ai rways Corporation JetBlue Airways Corporation

118

- 29 Queens Blvd.

Forest Hills, NY 11375

A ugust 13

, 20122 BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, DC

____________________________________ )

Motion of )

)

JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION ) Docket OST

- 00

- 8088

)

For confidential treatment of documents )

pursuant to Rule 12 of th e Rules of Practice )

Form 41, Schedules B

- 7 & B

- 43 )

____________________________________)

MOTION OF JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION

FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT

Pursuant to Rule 12 of the Department’s Rules of Practice (14 C.F.R. ¶ 302.12), JetBlue

Airways Corporation (“JetBlue”) hereby requests confidential treatment of certain information

contained in Schedule B

- 7 of JetBlue’s Form 41 filing for the quarter ending June 30, 2012

.

Th is schedule ha s been submitted separately via the Department’s eSubmit sys tem pursuant to

the Department’s modified rules for submission of this data, under which a redacted copy is no

longer required. JetBlue requests that this data be withheld from public disclosure for a period of

at least ten (10) years. In support of this request, JetBlue states as follows:

The Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(4), provides that privileged or

confidential commercial and financial information obtained from a private person is specifically

exempted from the requirements of publi c disclosure due to its sensitive business nature. 1 The

information for which JetBlue requests confidential treatment is confidential and proprietary

commercial and financial information, obtained from JetBlue, a private party, the public release

1 Gulf & Western Industries, Inc. v. United States , 615 F.2d 527, 529 (D.C. Cir. 1979).3 of which would cause substantial competitive and financial injury to JetBlue. Accordingly, the

information should be withheld from public disclosure.

The information at issue is cost or capitalized value , amortization/depreciation and

residual value data re lating to JetBlue’s airframes and aircraft engines as of June 30, 2012 . This

infor mation is contained in column 9 (“Cost”) of JetBlue’s Schedule B

- 7 (Airframes and Aircraft

Engine Acquisitions and Retirements) (see the chart set forth at Index A). J etBlu e has already

filed this information via the Department’s eSubmit system with all fields completed including

cost data.

The Department has previously determined that the confidential and competitively

sensitive data contained in the B

- 7 schedule is entitl ed to confidential treatment.

WHEREFORE, JetBlue Airways Corporation respectfully requests that the confidential

information contained in Schedule B

- 7 of its Form 41 report for the quarter ending June 30, 2012

be withheld from public disclosure for at least ten (10) years.

Respectfully submitted,

Jonathan B. Hill

Dow Lohnes PLLC

1200 New Hampshire Ave., N.W.

Suite 800

Washington, DC 20036

Tel.: (20 2) 776

- 2725

Fax: (202) 776

- 4725

Email: jhill@dowlohnes.com

Counsel for JetBlue Airways Corporation

A ugust 13 , 20124 INDEX A

Listing of Confidential Information in JetBlue Airways Corporation’s

Form 41 Filing for the Quarter Ended June 30, 2012

Schedule B

- 7

Title/Description

Schedule B

- 7

Airframe and Aircraft Engine

Acquisitions and Retirements Location in Document

Column 9 (“Cost”) Number of Pages

1