BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

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Motion of 

CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC. 

for Confidential Treatment of Documents 

Pursuant to Rule 12 of the Rules of Practice of 

the Department of Transportation, 14 CFR 302.12 

Docket OST-96-1222 

Continental Airlines, Inc. 

Form 41, Schedule B-7 

MOTION OF CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC. 

FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT 

PURSUANT TO RULE 12 

Communications with respect to this 

document should be sent to: 

Thomas Newton Boiling 

Associate General Counsel 

Regulatory, Alliances & International 

United Air Lines, Inc. 

Continental Airlines, Inc. 

1600 Smith Street, HQSLG 

Houston, Texas 77002 

(713)324-5606 

thomas.boUing@coair.com 

May 9, 2011 
BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Motion of 

CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC. 

for Coniidential Treatment of Documents 

Pursuant to Rule 12 of the Rules of Practice of 

the Department of Transportation, 14 CFR 302.12 

Docket OST-96-1222 

Continental Airlines, Inc. 

Form 41, Schedule B-7 

MOTION OF CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC. 

FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT 

PURSUANT TO RULE 12 

Continental Airlines, Inc. ("Continental"), pursuant to Rule 12 of the Department's Rules 

of Practice, 14 CFR 302.12, moves the Department for confidential treatment of certain 

information contained in its Form 41 filings, most recently for the quarter ended March 31, 

2011, and asks the Department to withhold this information fi-om public disclosure for a period 

of at least ten years fi-om the date of filing. The information for which confidential information 

is requested is found in Schedule B-7. Schedule B-7, filed quarterly, contains confidential data 

in columns 9-11 labeled "Cost," "Amortized/Depreciated Cost" and "Realization." Schedule B-7 

of Continental's Form 41 filing for the quarter ended March 31, 2011, has been filed with the 

Department separately, under seal, with the marking "Confidential Treatment Requested Under 

§302.12" and a copy of this mofion. 

The information that is the subject of this motion details Continental's acquisition and 

depreciation costs for its airfi^ame and engine purchases. The Department, by letter to Delta 
Motion of Continental 

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Air Lines, Inc. on March 29, 1993, fi-om James W. Mitchell, Director, Office of Airline 

Statistics, granted confidential treatment to similar data filed by Delta. Equivalent treatment 

should be accorded to Continental's submissions. Continental asks that its Schedule B-7 data be 

protected fi*om public disclosure for at least ten years from the date of filing, which is the 

withholding period sought by Delta (Docket 48649), United Air Lines (Docket 48726), 

Northwest Airlines, Inc. (Docket 46597), American Airlines, Inc. (Docket 48800) and 

Continental and its subsidiary Continental Micronesia, Inc. (formerly Docket 49492) for their 

Schedule B-7 submissions. 

Continental and Continental Micronesia, Inc. have each filed numerous similar motions 

in this docket and former Docket 49492 seeking confidential treatment for their Schedule B-7 

filings and those motions remain pending. Continental adopts and incorporates by reference 

each of the arguments in the previous motions in this docket and former Docket 49492 for 

confidential treatment of its Schedule B-7 filings. 

WHEREFORE, pursuant to Rule 12 of the Department's Rules of Practice, 14 CFR 

302.12, Continental moves the Department for confidential treatment of Schedule B-7 of 

Continental's Form 41 filings for a period of at least ten years from the date of filing, most 

recently for the quarter ended March 31, 2011, and asks the Department to withhold this 

information from public disclosure during this period, as contained in the documents that have 

been filed separately with the Department, under seal. 
Motion of Continental 

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Respectfully submitted, 

CONTINENTAL AIRLINES, INC. 

Thomas Newton Boliing 

Associate General Counsel 

Regulatory, Alliances & International 

May 9, 2011