BEFORE THE OEPARTMli:NTOrTRA S POllTATJO**WA.SHJ~GTO N,**  D .C. ) ApplicatiOn of ) ) A E RO F.X US C ORPORATE (J>T Y ) LTO ) Do c ket 0 T

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- __ ) tor nn c:wmption pursuant to 49 l
. S . C .**~** 40109 ) and a fore1gn air carrier permit pursuant to ) 49 U.S.C . § 41101 (Soulh Africa U.S.) 3lld ) pur.ruant to lht: O..:panment's**~strerunlimng"** ) procedures announced in the August 21. 2(105 ) 'lot ice in Docket OST-2005-1228 )

MOTIO ' OF' AERO EXU S C ORPORATE ( PTY ) LTD FOR C O N nDE:'ITJAL TREATML "i

l**Communication~** \\ith respe<>t to Ibis document <hould 

### be sent to;

April II. 2013 Joanne\\ . Young David M Kirstein Ki rs t eio 

### & \'oung . PLL C 

### 17SO K Stn:et, N .W. Suite 200 Wnshingtun, D.C. 20006 (202)331-3348 (202) 331-3933 CoullS<.ll for AE RO**S** C ORPORATE ( PTY ) LTDBEFOim TH E OEl'ARTMENT OF' T RA.'I S I'OIUATI0" 

### W**AS lil** **GT ~.**  

### D .C.
) Applicmillllllf ) )**ERO EXll** **S** C ORPORATE ( PTY ) LTD ) D o cket**0~1 201** **3-** 

### __ ) for an exemption pursuant to 

### 49 lJ.S.C § 

### 40 I Oil ) and a foreign air**carri~r** permit pursuant to ) 

### 49 U..S.C . 

### § -11301 (South Afnca

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### U. . ) 

### and ) pursuant to the Depanment':;**~stream** lining" )**pn1cedur~-s** 

### onnout1ccd in the AugiJ.'>t 

### 23 , 2005 ) Notice in Dock.!t OS I 

### -:!005-2228 )

MOT I O'I OF' AERO EX US C ORPORATE ( PTV } LTD f'OR 

### C O"<fiDDTI AL**TRE TME~T**  Pursuant to · cction 302
. 12 of the Department 's Rules ofPmcticc.. Aeronexu.- Corporate (I,TY) Ltd ("Acroncxus") hereby files this Motion lbr Confidential freatment relating to ib eoncutr\:ntly-filed Application for an Exemption and foreign Air 

### Cnrrier Permit (the ' ' App l icauon"). In**~upponlhereof.** Aeroncxus show!> 

### u.s foil1ms : 

### I . Aeronexus seeks to "'ithhold from 

### public diSCL!hure ib financial**~tutemcn s**  (F:xhibit G of its Applicut1on) and its projected tmffic and flllJlJlcial results lor its first ycar oft- .S .**opcmuon.~** (hhibit H of tlS Applicution). "<on-redacted copies of**th~** exhibits arc enclosed 

### in the accompanying envelope marl..t:d in uccord:mcc with Rule 

### 1:! . 

### 2 Thl' information sought to 

### be withheld from public disclosurc includel. linancinl nndlor 

### commercial informn1ion of 

### a privat.d) -held 

### company that has no t been\loc•on of Acrono<\US Coolid.:nual Trcatrn<:nt Pa@<' 3 or 4 made public
. 

### This inlomlatinn falls \\ithinExcmption 4**~1fthc** I rcedom of lnfommtion Act. 

### 5 U. S.(' § 552(b)(-l). "hich 

### pro" ides protection from disclosure fur " trade**s~:crets** and commercial or lirutm:ial infom 1at ion obtained from 

### a person and -privileged or conlidcmial
. " 3.**Thr~** elements ore required**forprot~tion** under Exemption 4 : { I) the infurmation must be flnancial or comml!rc ia l in nature ; (2) the inlormation must be t'blllined from n rerson oUtSide the government**~truetlll't;** and (3) the inJbmmtion must 

### be confidential or prh ilqJcd. lnlbnnation \\ill 

### be deemed "confidential" ifits dbclo5ure is likdy to caw;\! subsllmt ia l harm to the**com~titive** position of the: person reporting it to the government. or if the information is of the t)'pe that it \\uuld not customan1y be made public by**tl~** pc!rson reportin£ it. Gulf d: llilltmllntbtJtri e s. In ' , . Cnitt'd Stalt! , ,, 6l5 f
. 2d 527,529 (D . C . Cir
. 1974): StedlnR DruJ:. inc . v . Fe!dera/ Trude C'mnmisslon. 450 F.:!d 698.709 (0 C
. Cir
. 1971 ): Burlw /;nerg) C'tJrp<Jrttli<m• •. Ol!pt
. o

f l:.m • rgy , 583 F
. Supp . 507 . 51 0-11 (0 Kan. 1984) 4. Aeron..:xu.• believes this information clearly satisfies nil three clements required for protection under Fxemption 4 FirM. the infonnation is financiulandlor wmmcrcialm naturl!
. So!wnd, the infomlation**i~** from n person outside the: go\ emment s tructure:. and was not ob t uined fro m any governmental entit ies . 

### Firutll;.. tht information ts confit!ential and dh.closure (If 5uch infonnatton could harm Aeronexus · , cumpctith c**po~ition.**\11'111'11 of ,\trone>.us (**~ntid<"nttol** 1 reauncm PliJ:e 4 or -1 \\'HI:REfORl:.. Acroncxus respectfully r.-quests 1hnt the at>ove referenced portions uf**it~** Application lor an Exemption and foreign Air Carrier Permi1, "hich are attuchcd in a sealed cnvdopc. be hdd confidential by the nepartment oi'T111IlSportulion. 

### Respectfully submineJ. 

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Counsel tor A.CRONF.Xt;S CORPORA IE (PTY) L 

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