BEFORE THE

u.s. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

)

Application of )

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VIRGIN AMERICA INC. )

)

for a Blanket Statement of Authorization under )

14 C.F.R. Part 212 (Code-Sharing U.S.-Taiwan) )

)

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MOTION OF VIRGIN AMERICA INC.

FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREAMENT

Communications with respect to this 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 for Virgin America Inc.
BEFORE THE

u.s. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

)

Application of )

)

VIRGIN AMERICA INC. )

)

for a Blanket Statement of Authorization under )

14 C.F.R. Part 212 (Code-Sharing U.S.-Taiwan) )

)

DOT-OST-2014- __

MOTION OF VIRGIN AMERICA INC.

FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREAMENT

Pursuant to Rule 12 of the Department's Rules of Practice, 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 a blanket statement of authorization (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 in a sealed envelope and marked in accordance 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 a person and privileged or confidential" from public disclosure. See 5

U.S.C. S 552(b)(4).

This document meets the requisite standard for confidential treatment because it is: (I)

commercial or financial information, (2) obtained from a person outside the govemment, and (3)

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

529 (D.C. Cir. 1980). Public release of this 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.

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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 for Virgin America Inc.

August 27, 2014

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that I caused a copy of the foregoing Motion for Confidential Treatment

to be served, this 27th day of August, 2014, via email transmission, on the 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 for Hawaiian Airlines)

kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com

peter. beckett@polaraircargo.com

dan.weiss@united.com

gmumhy@crowell.com (Counsel for United Airlines)

anita.mosner@hklaw.com (Counsel for United Parcel Service)

jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com(Counsel for United 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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Bryant Templeton