BEFORE THE 

OEPARTMli:NTOrTRA SPOllTATJO 

WA.SHJ~GTON, D.C. 

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ApplicatiOn of ) 

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AERO F.XUS CORPORATE (J>TY) L TO ) Docket 0 T-2013-__ 

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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 EXUS CORPORATE (PTY) LTD 

FOR CONnDE:'ITJAL TREATML"il 

Communication~ \\ith respe<>t to Ibis document <hould be sent to; 

April II. 2013 

Joanne\\ . Young 

David M Kirstein 

Kirsteio & \'oung. PLLC 

17SO K Stn:et, N. W. 

Suite 200 

Wnshingtun, D.C. 20006 

(202)331-3348 

(202) 331-3933 

CoullS<.ll for 

AERO S CORPORATE (PTY) LTD 
BEFOim THE 

OEl'ARTMENT OF' T RA.'ISI'OIUATI0" 

W ASlil GT ~. D.C. 

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Applicmillllllf ) 

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ERO EXllS CORPORATE (PTY) LTD ) Docket 0~1 201 3-__ 

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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 - 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 ) 

MOTIO'I OF' AERO EXUS CORPORATE (PTV} LTD 

f'OR CO"<fiDDTIAL 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 ''Applicauon"). 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 not 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 infom1ation 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!rcial 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;\! subsllmtial 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: llilltmllntbtJtries. 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. of 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 

structure:. and was not obtuined from any governmental entities. 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. 

t 

Counsel tor 

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

April 11. 2013