BEFORE THE 

# u.s. DEPARTMENT OFTRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

) Application of ) ) VIRGIN AMERICA INC. ) ) foraBlanket Statement ofAuthorization under ) 14C.F.R. Part 212 (Code-Sharing U.S.-Taiwan) ) ) DOT-OST-2014- 

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MOTION OF VIRGIN AMERICA INC. FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREAMENT Communications with respect tothis document should be sent to: John Varley Senior Vice President & General Counsel Virgin America Inc. 555 Airport Boulevard, Suite 500 Burlingame, CA 94010 Tel: (650) 762-7108 john.varley@virginamerica.com

August 27, 2014 Malcolm L. Benge Jonathon H. Foglia Zuckert, Scoutt &Rasenberger, L.L.P. 888 Seventeenth Street, NW, Suite 700 Washington, D.C. 20006 Tel: (202) 298-8660 Fax: (202) 342-0683 mlbenge@zsrlaw.com jhfoglia@zsrlaw.com Counsel forVirgin America Inc.BEFORE THE 

# u.s. DEPARTMENT OFTRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

) Application of ) ) VIRGIN AMERICA INC. ) ) for aBlanket Statement ofAuthorization under ) 14C.F.R. Part 212 (Code-Sharing U.S.-Taiwan) ) ) DOT-OST-2014-

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MOTION OF VIRGIN AMERICA INC. FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREAMENT Pursuant to Rule 12 ofthe Department's Rules ofPractice, Virgin America Inc. ("Virgin America") respectfully moves to withhold from public disclosure confidential portions of the code-share agreement submitted to the Department in support of Virgin America's application for ablanket statement ofauthorization (the "Agreement"). Virgin America has filed a copy of the Agreement, with the confidential portions redacted, in the Department's public docket, and served the redacted Agreement on those persons listed on the attached service list. The confidential, i.e. un-redacted, version of the Agreement is attached hereto ina sealed envelope and marked inaccordance with Rule 12. The document for which Virgin America seeks confidential treatment contains proprietary, commercially sensitive, and confidential business information. Subsection (b)(4) of the Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") exempts "trade secrets and commercial or financial information obtained from aperson and privileged or confidential" from public disclosure. See 5 U.S.C. 

## S552(b)(4). This document meets the requisite standard for confidential treatment because it is: (I) commercial or financial information, (2) obtained from aperson outside the govemment, and (3)

-1-privileged or confidential. See Gulf & Western Industries, Inc. v. United States, 615 F. 2d 527,

529 (D.C. Cir. 1980). Public release ofthis information would cause substantial competitive and financial injury to the parties to the Agreement. Accordingly, the information should be withheld from public disclosure. WHEREFORE, Virgin America Inc. respectfully asks the Department to grant its Motion for Confidential Treatment. ~. Respectfully submitted,



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Jonathon H. Foglia Zuckert, Scoutt &Rasenberger, L.L.P. 888 Seventeenth Street, NW, Suite 700 Washington, D.C. 20006 Tel: (202) 298-8660 Fax: (202) 342-0683 mlbenge@zsrlaw.com jhfoglia@zsrlaw.com Counsel forVirgin America Inc.

August 27, 2014

-2-CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

Ihereby certify that Icaused acopy ofthe foregoing Motion for Confidential Treatment tobe served, this 27th day ofAugust, 2014, via email transmission, onthe following persons: george.cameal@hoganlovells.com francis.heil@aa.com howard.kass@aa.com robert.wirick@aa.com sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com sametta.c.bamett@delta.com sllunsford@fedex.com sharon.pasley@fedex.com gbleopard@fedex.com jhill@cooley.com (Counsel forHawaiian Airlines) kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com peter.beckett@polaraircargo.com dan.weiss@united.com gmumhy@crowell.com (Counsel forUnited Airlines) anita.mosner@hklaw.com (Counsel forUnited Parcel Service) jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com(Counsel forUnited Parcel Service) david.christofano@dot.gov robert.finamore@dot.gov brett.kruger@dot.gov john.s.duncan@faa.gov info@airlineinfo.com



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