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N STATISTIC S WASHINGTON , D.C . Motion o f FEDERAL EXPRES S CORPORATIO N fo r Confidentia

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t o f Documents unde r Rul e 1 2 o f th e Rule s o f

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t o f Transportation , 1 4 CF R 302.1 2 (Amende

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N O F FEDERA

L EXPRES S CORPORATIO N FO R CONFIDENTIA

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E 1 2 Federa l Expres s Corporation (Federa l Express ) hereby submit s thi s motion t o withhol d fi-ompubli c disclosur

e certai n informatio

n containe d in it s Amende

d For m41 , Schedule B-43 , Airfram e an d Aircraf t Engine Acquisition s an

d Retirement s Repor

t fo r th e yea r ended Decembe r 30,2011 , submitte d herewit h unde r sea l pursuan t t o Rul e 1 2 o f

th e Rule s o f

Practic e o f th e Depaitmen

t o f Transportatio n (th

e Department). '

' 1 4 C.F.R . § 302.12 . concurrentl y herewith , Federa l Expres s i s submittin g acop y o f th e sam e report

t o th e Bureau o f Transportatio n Statistics , Offic e o f Airlin e Information , pursuan t t o Par t 24 1 o f th e Economi c Regulations , redacte d t o delet e certai n confidential financial informatio n fro mth e publicly-availabl e copie s o f th e report .Motio n o f FedE x Expres s Docke t OST-97-249 4 Page 2 o f 3

1 . B y letter s dated Augus t

23,199 4 an

d Jun e 5,1995 , Mr . Jame s W . Mitchell , forme r Director , Offic

e o f Airline Statistics , Researc

h an d Specia l Program s Administration , granted th e motion s o f

Delt aAi r Lines , Inc . an

d America n Airlines , Inc. , respectively , fo r confidentia

l treatmen t o f informatio n tha t i s substantiall

y th e sam e a s tha t fo r whic h FedE x Expres s seeks confidentia l treatmen t here . Acting unde

r delegate d authority , Mr . Mitchell determined o n behal f o f th e Departmen

t tha t th e aircraf t cos t informatio n containe d in Schedule s B- 7 an d B-4 3 i s confidentia

l an d competitivel

y sensitive . He concluded tha

t Exemption s 3 an

d 4 o f the Freedomo f

Information Ac

t ( 5 U.S.C . § 552(b)(3 ) an

d (4) ) authoriz e th e Departmen t t o withhol d thi s financial information . Further , he rule d tha t th e Departmen

t shoul d den

y publi c acces s t

o thi s confidentia l financial information fo

r te n years . Th

e Burea u confirme d it s finding o

f competitiv e sensitivit

y i n 2004 . 6 9 Fed . Reg . 6230 9 (Octobe r 25,2004) . Fo r the reason s stated i

n thos e letters , th e Departmen t shoul d als o gran

t confidentia

l treatmen t t o th e datasubmitted unde

r sea l wit h thi s motion fo

r a t leas t te n years . 2 . United Parcel Servic e Compan y an d United Ai

r Line s sough

t fiirther extensio n o

f th e confidentia l perio d i n 2004 . Th e Burea u sough t publi c commen

t on thei r request s in Docke t BTS - 200

4 - 19380 . Shoul

d the Burea

u gran t thos e requests , FedE

x seeks simila

r treatment .Motio n o f FedE x Expres s Docke t OST-97-2494 Page 3 o f 3 WHEREFORE , Federa

l Expres s respectfull

y move s th e Departmen

t an d th e Burea u t o withhol d th e financial informatio n containe d i

n it s Schedule B-4 3 Repor

t fo r the yea r ended Decembe

r 30,2011 , filed concurrentl

y herewit h unde r seal , fi-ompubli c disclosur

e fo r aperio d o f a t leas t te n (10 ) years , throug

h Decembe

r 30 , 2021 , pursuan

t t o 1 4 C.F.R . § 302.12 , an

d t o gran t suc h othe r relie f a s ma y be appropriate . Respectfiill y submitted , Courtne y E . Felt s Senio r Attorne y FEDERA L EXPRES S CORPORATIO N