BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, DC

____________________________________ 

)

Motion of )

)

JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION ) Docket OST-00-8088

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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

Rockville, MD 20849 Washington, DC 20036

(202) 776-2000

Don Daniels

Director, Financial Reporting Counsel for

JetBlue Airways Corporation JetBlue Airways Corporation

118-29 Queens Blvd.

Forest Hills, NY 11375

August 13, 2012
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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, 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. 

This schedule has been submitted separately via the Department’s eSubmit system 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 public 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).
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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 relating to JetBlue’s airframes and aircraft engines as of June 30, 2012. This 

information 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). JetBlue 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 competitivelysensitive data contained in the B-7 schedule is entitled 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.: (202) 776-2725

Fax: (202) 776-4725

Email: jhill@dowlohnes.com

Counsel for JetBlue Airways Corporation

August 13, 2012
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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

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