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, , , BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

'\ ::WASHINGTON, DC

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Motion of )

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JETBLUE AIR WAYS CORPORATION )

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For confidential treatment of documents )

pursuant to Rule 12 of the Rules of Practice )

FOim 41, Schedule B-7 )

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Docket OST -00-8088

MOTION OF JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION

FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

Robel1 C. Land, Esq.

Senior Vice President Corporate Affairs &

Associate General Counsel

Don Daniels

Director, Financial Reporting

JetBlue Airways COIporation

27-01 Queens Plaza North

Long Island City, NY 11101

November II, 2013

Jonathan B. Hill

J. Parker Erkmann

Benjamin M. Berlin

Dow Lohnes PLLC

1200 New Hampshire Ave., N.W.

Suite 800

Washington, DC 20036

(202) 776-2000

Counsel for

JetBlue Airways Corporation
BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, DC

)

Motion of )

)

JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORA nON )

)

For confidential treatment of documents )

pursuant to Rule 12 ofthe Rules of Practice )

Form 41, Schedule B-7 )

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Docket OST-00-8088

MOTION OF JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION

FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT

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

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

contained in Schedules B-7 of JetBlue's Form 41 filing for the quarter ending September 30,

2013. This schedule has been submitted separately via the Depattment's eSubmit system

pursuant to the Depattment's modified rules forsubmission ofthis 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 ofthisrequest, JetBlue states as follows:

The Freedom ofInformation 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. I The

information for which JetBlue requests confidential treatment is confidential and proprietary

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

I Gulf & Western Industries, Inc. v. United States, 615 F.2d 527,529 (D.C. Cil'. 1979).

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of which would cause substantial competitive and financial injury to JetBlue. Accordingly, the

information should be withheld li'om public disclosw'e.

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 September 30, 2013.

This information is contained in column 9 ofJetBlue's Schedule B-7. (See Index A, attached

herewith.) JetBlue has already filed this information via the Department's eSubmit system with

all fields completed including cost data.

The Depallment has previously determined that the confidential and competitivelysensitive data contained in the B-7 schedule is entitled to confidential treatment.

WHEREFORE, JetBlue Aitways Corporation respectfully requests that the confidential

information contained in Schedule B-7 of its Form 41 report for the quarter ending September

30, 2013 be withheld from public disclosure for at least ten (10) years.

Respectfully submitted,

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Jonadian B. Hill

J. Parker Erkmann

Benjamin M. Berlin

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

bberlin@dowlohnes.com

.Counsel for Je/Blue Airways C0/1JOm/ion

November 11,2013

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INDEX A

Listing of Confidential Information in JetBlue Airways Corporation's

Form 41 Filing for the Quarter Ended September 30, 2013

Schedule B-7

TitlefDescription Location in Document Number of Pages

Schedule B-7

Airframe and Aircraft Engine Column 9 ("Cost") 1

Acquisitions and Retirements

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