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F41Financials.SuppOlt@dot.gov MUST INCLUDE ATTACHED MOTION WITH EMAIL RE: Federal Express Corporation's Amended Form 41 Schedule B-43 Motion ofFederal Express Corporation For Confidential Treatment Pursuant to Rule 12 Docket No. 97-2494

This email is to notify you that Federal Express Corporation has transmitted to the Department its Amended Form 41 report for the Year quarter ended December 31, 2013, which includes confidential material requiring special handling. Included with that report is a copy of its Schedule B-7 Airframe and Aircraft Engine Acquisitions and Retirements, along with the attached Motion for Confidential Treatment ofthat Schedule. We are very grateful for your efforts to maintain the confidentiality of this sensitive material. Please do not hesitate to call me should you have any questions with respect to this filing.
Sincerely,
EDE L EXPRESS CORPORATION 

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Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:
Courtney E. Felts Senior Attorney FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION 3620 Hacks Cross Road, Bldg
. B Memphis, TN 38125 (901) 434-8632 (901)434-9289

January 17,2014BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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MOTION OFFEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT PURSUANT TO RULE 12
Federal Express Corporation (Federal Express) hereby submits this motion to withhold from public disclosure certain information contained in its Amended Form 41, Schedule B-7, Airframe and Aircraft Engine Acquisitions and Retirements Report for the Quarter ended December 31, 2013. As required by the Department's procedures outlined in a Federal Register 

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### , I f notice dated July 16,2010, 75 Fed. Reg 41579-41597, Federal Express has transmitted Schedule B-7 unredacted with the rest ofthat Amended Form 41 Rep011. As required in that notice, Federal Express has also sent an email to F41Financials.Support@dot.gov, attaching a copy of this motion and seeking special handling ofthe Schedule B-7 information.



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# IMotionofFedEx Express DocketOST-97-2494 Page2 of3
1. Byletters dated August 23,1994 and June 5, 1995, Mr. James W. Mitchell, former Director, Office ofAirline Statistics, Research and Special Programs Administration, granted the motions ofDelta Air Lines, Inc. and American Airlines, Inc., respectively, for confidential treatment ofinformation that is substantially the same as that for which FedEx Express seeks confidential treatment here. Acting under delegated authority, Mr. Mitchell determined on behalf ofthe Department that the aircraft cost information contained in Schedules B-7 and B-43 is confidential and competitively sensitive. He concluded that Exemptions 3 and 4 ofthe Freedom ofInformation Act (5 V.S
.C. § 552(b)(3) and (4) authorize the Department to withhold this financial information. Further, he ruled that the Department should deny public access to this confidential fmancial information for ten years. The Bureau confirmed its finding of competitive sensitivity in 2004. 69 Fed. Reg. 62309 (October 25, 2004). For the reasons stated in those letters, the Department should also grant confidential treatment to the data submitted under seal with this motion for at least ten years.
2. United Parcel Service Company and United Air Lines sought further extension of the confidential period in 2004. The Bureau sought public comment on their requests in Docket BTS

- 2004 -19380. Should the Bureau grant those requests, FedEx seeks similar treatment.Motion of FedEx Express Docket OST-97-2494 Page 3 of3

WHEREFORE, Federal Express respectfully moves the Department and the
Bureau to withhold the financial information contained in its Schedule B-7 Report
for the Quarter ended December 31, 2013, filed concurrently herewith under seal,
from public disclosure for a period of at least ten (1O)years, through December 31,
2023, pursuant to 14 C.F.R. § 302.12, and to grant such other relief as may be appropriate.

Respectfully submitted,

Courtney E. Felts Senior Attorney FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION