BEFORE THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

Application of ) ) Docket No. OST

- 2014

- AZUL LINHAS AEREAS B RASILEIRAS S.A. ) ) For an exemption pursuant to 49 U.S.C . § 40109 ) and a foreign air carrier permit pursuant ) to 49 U.S.C. § 4130 1 ( Brazil

– U.S.) ) )

MOTION FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT UNDER RULE 12

Communications with respect to this document should be addressed to:

Josh Romanow Jennifer Trock Peter V. Nelson PILLSBURY WINTHROP

SHAW PITTMAN LLP 2300 N Street, NW Washington, DC 20037 Phone: +1

- 202

- 663

- 8000 Fax: +1

- 202

- 663

- 8007 Email: romanow@pillsburylaw.com jennifer.trock@pillsburylaw.com peter.nelson@pillsburylaw.com

Counsel for Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras S.A.

June 2 , 20141 BEFORE THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

Application of ) ) Docket No. OST

- 2014

- AZUL LINHAS AEREAS B RASILEIRAS S.A. ) ) For an exemption pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 ) and a foreign air carrier permit pursuant ) to 49 U.S.C. § 4130 1 ( Brazil

– U.S.) ) )

MOTION FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT UNDER RULE 12

Pursuant to Rule 12 of the Department’s Rules of Practice, 1 Azul Lin has Aéreas

Brasileiras S.A.

, hereby respectfull y moves to withhold from public disclosure the following

e xhibits to its Application for an exemption and foreign air carrier permit, filed with the

Department on June 2 , 2014:

• Exhibit H , which includes Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras S.A. ’s financial statement s as

of December 31, 2013 and 2012, including its balance sheet, income statement, and

statement of cash flows; and

• Exhibit I, which contains Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras S.A. ’s first

- year traffic and

f inancial forecast (together with Exhibit H, the “Exhibits”).

The information contained in these Exhibits is being submitted in the form of Confidential

Exhibit s to Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras S.A. ’s application

, which is attached hereto in a

sealed enve lope and marked in accordance with Rule 12. As more fully stated herein, this

information contains certain proprietary, commercially

- sensitive, and confidential business

information. In support thereof, Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras S.A. states as follo ws:

1 14 C.F.R. § 302.12.2 1. Rule 12 of the Department’s Rules of Practice instructs the Department to

evaluate requests for confidential treatment by the standards of disclosure found in the Freedom

of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552 (“FOIA”). Information may be withheld fro m disclosure

under 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(4) if it is (1) commercial or financial, (2) obtained from a person outside

of government, and (3) privileged or confidential. Gulf and Western Indus., Inc. v. United States

, 615 F.2d 527, 529 (D.C. Cir. 1979). As to the third prong of this test, the Department must

consider whether “disclosure of the information is likely to have either of the following effects:

(1) impair the government’s ability to obtain necessary information; or (2) cause substantial

harm to the competitive position of the person from whom the information was obtained.”

National Parks and Conservation Assoc. v. Morton , 498 F.2d 765, 770 (D.C. Cir. 1974). Finally,

to be privileged or confidential, the information must not be of the type that is u sually released to

the public. Gulf and Western , at 530. Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras S.A. ’s Exhibit s meet these

standards for protection.

2. Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras S.A. ’s Exhibit s include sensitive business and

financial data relevant to the Department’s review of Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras S.A. ’s

application for an exemption and foreign air carrier permit. Public disclosure of this information

would cause substantial harm to Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras S.A. ’s competitive position and

investors by disclosing details of its otherwise confidential business and financial activities.

Third parties could obtain this information and use it to undermine Azul Linhas Aéreas

Brasileiras S.A. ’s operations, thus causing economic harm to Azul Linha s Aéreas Brasileiras

S.A.

3. The confidential information must be obtained from a person outside of

government to be granted confidential treatment. Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras S.A. is a3 privately

- owned company based in Barueri, Brazil, which meets t he definition of “person outside

of government.”

4

. In terms of the nature of the information included in the Exhibit s , Azul Linhas

Aéreas Brasileiras S.A. does not release unaudited financial information or future financial plans

to the public . As such, the information in the Exhibit s is privileged and should be given

confidential treatment.

5

. In sum, the information that is sought to be withheld from public disclosure meets

the standards for nondisclosure found in exemption (4) of FOIA, 5 U.S.C . § 552(b)(4), in that it

is (1) commercial or financial, (2) obtained from a person outside the government, and (3)

privileged or confidential. See Gulf & Western Industries, Inc. v. United States , 615 F.2d 527,

529 (D.C. Cir. 1979); National Parks and C onservation Assoc. v. Morton , 498 F.2d 765, 770

(D.C. Cir. 1974). The Department has previously granted numerous motions for confidential

treatment filed by other foreign carriers seeking to withhold similar financial information

submitted in connection w ith permit or exemption applications from public disclosure. See

Comlux Aruba N.V. , Order 2013

- 11

- 5, fn. 2; Midlex Airlines , Order 2010

- 11

- 20, fn. 2; 1263343

Alberta Inc. d/b/a Enerjet , Order 2009

- 3

- 22, fn. 2; Comlux Malta Ltd. , Order 2008

- 12

- 15, fn. 3;

A CM Air Charter Luftfahrtgesellschaft MBH , Order 2006

- 7

- 6, fn. 2. Finally, release of this

financial information would impair the government’s ability to collect such information in the

future. Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras S.A. ’s sensitive financial inf ormation should be similarly

granted confidential treatment.4 WHEREFORE, Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras S.A. respectfully requests that the

designated E xhibits which are attached hereto in a sealed envelope be accorded confidential

treatment under 14 CFR § 302.12.

Respectfully submitted,

Josh Romanow Jennifer Trock Peter Nelson

PILLSBURY WINTHROP

SHAW PITTMAN LLP 2300 N Street, NW Washington, DC 20037 Phone: +1-202-663-8000 Fax: +1 -202-663-8007 Email: romanow@pillsburylaw.com jennifer.trock@pillsburylaw.com peter.nelson@pillsburylaw.com

Counsel for Azul Linhas Aéreas Brasileiras S.A.5 CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing motion for confidential treatment has been serve d this the 2 nd day of June 201 4 , upon each of the parties below by electronic mail.

Sascha Vanderbellen Sascha Vanderbellen Chris Walker Delta Airlines sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com chris.walker@delta.com

Robert Wirick Howard Kass American Airlines, Inc. robert.wirick@aa.com howard.kass@aa.com

Malcolm L. Benge Counsel for North American Airlines/World Airways Zuckert Scoutt & Rasenberger, L.L.P. mlbenge@zsrlaw.com

Steve Morrissey Dan Weiss United Air Lin es steve.morrissey@united.com dan.weiss@united.com

Anita Mosner Jennifer Nowak Counsel for United Parcel Service Co Holland & Knight anita.mosner@hklaw.com jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com

Russell Pommer Atlas Air rpommer@atlasair.com

James R. Jelenski Federal Aviation Administration jamesr.jelenski@faa.com

Jonathan Hill Cooley LLP JetBlue Airways jhill@cooley.com Bailey Leopard Nancy Sparks Federal Express Corporation gbleopard@fedex.com nssparks@fedex.com

David Kirstein Kirstein & Young Spirit Airlines dkirs tein@yklaw.com

Robert Cohn Hogan Lovells Frontier Airlines robert.cohn@hoganlovells.com

Robert Kneisley Leslie Abbott Southwest Airlines bob.kneisley@wnco.com leslie.abbott@wnco.com

Jonathon Foglia Zuckert Scoutt & Rasenberger L.L.P. Virgin America jhfoglia@zsrlaw.com

Stephen Cristina John Emery Department of State stephen.cristina@dos.gov emeryjb@state.gov

Paul Gretch Brian Hedberg Department of Transportation paul.gretch@dot.gov brian.hedberg@dot.gov

/s/Melinda A. Hernandez Melinda A. Hernandez