BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

__________________________________________

)

Motion of )

)

JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION )

) Docket DOT-OST-2000-8088

For confidential treatment of documents )

pursuant to Rule 12 of the Department’s Rules )

of Practice (Form 41, Schedule B-7) )

__________________________________________)

MOTION OF JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION

FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT

Communications with respect to this application should be addressed to:

Robert C. Land Evelyn D. Sahr

Senior Vice President Government Jonathan T. Linde

 Affairs & Associate General Counsel Drew M. Derco

Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC 

Alex Chatkewitz 1717 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.

Vice President and Controller Twelfth Floor

 Washington, D.C. 20006

JetBlue Airways Corporation Tel: (202) 659-6600

27-01 Queens Plaza North Fax: (202) 659-6699

Long Island City, NY 11101

Counsel for JetBlue Airways Corporation

May 12, 2015
BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

__________________________________________

)

Motion of )

)

JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION )

) Docket DOT-OST-2000-8088

For confidential treatment of documents )

pursuant to Rule 12 of the Department’s Rules )

of Practice (Form 41, Schedule B-7) )

__________________________________________)

MOTION OF JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION

FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT

JetBlue Airways Corporation (JetBlue) hereby requests, pursuant to Rule 12 of the 

Department's Rules of Practice (14 C.F.R. § 302.12), confidential treatment of certain 

information contained in Schedule B-7 of JetBlue's Form 41 filing for the calendar quarter 

ending March 31, 2015. The Schedule for which JetBlue requests confidential treatment has been 

submitted separately pursuant to the Department's modified rules for submission of this data, 

under which a redacted copy need not be filed. JetBlue respectfully requests that the data 

submitted be withheld from public disclosure for a period of at least ten (10) years. In support of

this request, JetBlue states as follows:

Under the Freedom of Information Act,1privileged and/or confidential commercial and 

financial information obtained from a private person is exempted from public disclosure

requirements due to its sensitive business nature. See Gulf & Western Industries, Inc. v. United 

 

1 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(4).
States, 615 F.2d 527, 529 (D.C. Cir. 1979). The information for which JetBlue, a private party,

requests confidential treatment is confidential and proprietary commercial and financial 

information and its release would cause substantial competitive and financial harm to JetBlue. 

The information should therefore be withheld from disclosure to the general public.

The specific information at issue in this request is cost or capitalized value and 

amortization/depreciation data relating to JetBlue's airframes and aircraft engines as of March 

31, 2015. This information is contained in columns 9-10 of JetBlue's Schedule B-7 (Airframes 

and Aircraft Engine Acquisitions and Retirements) (See Index A). JetBlue has filed this 

information with all fields completed, including cost data, via the Department’s eSubmit system.

The Department has previously determined that the confidential and competitively 

sensitive data contained in the B-7 Schedule is entitled to confidential treatment and JetBlue 

relies on this prior determination here.

WHEREFORE, JetBlue Airways Corporation respectfully requests that the confidential

information contained in Schedule B-7 of its Form 41 report for the quarter ending March 31, 

2015 be withheld from public disclosure for at least ten (10) years.

 Respectfully submitted,

 

________________

Evelyn D. Sahr

Jonathan T. Linde

Drew M. Derco

Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, LLC

May 12, 2015 Counsel for JetBlue Airways Corporation
INDEX A

Listing of Confidential Information in JetBlue Airways Corporation’s Form 41 

Filing for the quarter ended March 31, 2015

Title/Description Location in Document Number of Pages

Schedule B-7

Airframes and Aircraft 

Engine Acquisitions and 

Retirements

Columns 9-10 (“Cost,” and

“Depreciated Cost or 

Amortized Value”)

1