BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OFTRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C. Application of STRATEGIC AIRLINES PTY LTD for a ForeignAir Carrier Permit pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 41301 and exemption authority pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 (Australia-U.S. scheduled and charter) ) ) ) ) ) DOCKET DOT-OST-2011-t)/

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MOTION OF STRATEGIC AIRLINES PTY LTD FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

June 3, 2011 John R. Mietus, Jr. Law Office ofJohn Mietus, LLC 6701 Democracy Blvd., Suite 300 Bethesda, MD 20817-7500 (202) 747-5212

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- Fax john@mietuslaw.com Counsel for STRATEGIC AIRLINES PTYLTDBEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C. Application of STRATEGIC AIRLINES PTYLTD for a ForeignAir Carrier Permit pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 41301 and exemption authoritypursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 (Australia-U.S. scheduled and charter) ) ) ) ) ) DOCKET DOT-OST-2011- ) June 3, 2011 ) ) ) 

### ------------------------------) MOTION OF STRATEGIC AIRLINES PTYLTD FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT Pursuant to Rule 12 ofthe Department's Rules ofPractice, 14 C.F.R. § 302.12, StrategicAirlines Pty Ltd ("Strategic Airlines") respectfully moves to withhold from public disclosure the contents ofConfidential Exhibits A and B (27 pages total). In accordance with Rule 12, the exhibits have been marked "Confidential" and are being filed under seal. Confidential Exhibits A and B contain financial and operational information relating to the applicant's affiliate and projections relating to the applicant's proposed service. Theyincorporate private, financial and commercial information ofa type that is not usually disclosed to the public, and they are beingprovided to the Department solely in support ofthe carrier's application. Disclosure ofthis information would cause material harm to both companies' competitive positions.StrategicAirlines Motion Page 2 Thus, the information sought to be withheld from public disclosure meets the standards for nondisclosure found in exemption (4) ofthe Freedom ofInformation Act, 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 Indus., Inc. v. United States, 615 F.2d 527, 529 (D.C. Cir. 1979); National Parks and ConservationAssoc. v. Morton, 498 F.2d 765, 770 (D.C. Cir. 1974). The Department has granted confidential treatment to similarinformation in similar circumstances. See, e.g., Inter Island Charters Limited, Notice ofAction Taken dated March 16, 2009 in Docket DOT-OST-2009-0039; Virgin BlueInternationalAirlines Pty Limited d/b/a VAustralia, Notice ofAction Taken dated Feb. 15,2008 in Docket OST-2007-28705.StrategicAirlines Motion Page 3 WHEREFORE, StrategicAirlines Pty Ltd respectfully requests that Confidential Exhibits A and B be accorded confidential treatment under Rule 12.

June 3, 2011 Respectfully submitted, 

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Jonn R. Mietus, Jr. Law Office ofJohn Mietus, LLC 6701 Democracy Blvd., Suite 300 Bethesda, MD 20817-7500 (202) 747-5212 (240) 396-5362 fax john@mietuslaw.com Counsel for STRATEGIC AIRLINES PTYLTDCERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that I have, this third day ofJune, 2011, caused the attached Motion ofStrategicAirlines Pty Ltd for Confidential Treatment to be served by electronic mail on the following persons: carl.nelson@aa.com robert.wirick@aa.com rpommer@atlasair.com hershel.kamen@united.com steve.morrissey@united.com dan.weiss@coair.com sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com jeff.morgan@delta.com john.palo@evergreenairlines.com nssparks@fedex.com jhill@dowlohnes.com for Hawaiian matwood@cozen.com for Kalitta kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com peter.beckett@polaraircargo.com anita.mosner@hklaw.com for UPS howard_kass@usairways.com benjamin.slocum@usairways.com james.pratt@hawaii.govfor HNL mike.j.mccartney@hawaiitourismauthority.org