BEFORE THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C. JointApplication of ) ) US AIRWAYS, INC. ) and ) Docket DOT-OST-2012-

__ AEROViAS DEL CONTINENTE AMERICANO S.A. ) ) for statements ofauthorization under ) 14 C.F.R. Part 212 ) (United States

- Colombia Blanket Codesharing) )

MOTION OF US AIRWAYS, INC. FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT Communications with respect to this document should be sentto: Howard Kass Vice President, Legal and GovernmentAffairs Benjamin T. Slocum Director, Legal and GovernmentAffairs US Airways, Inc. 1401 H Street, NW, Suite 1075 Washington, DC 20005 (202) 326-5153 howard.kass@usairwa ys.com benjamin.slocum@usairways.com September 13, 2012BEFORE THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C. JointApplication of ) ) US AIRWAYS, INC. ) and ) Docket DOT-OST-2012-

__ AEROVIAS DEL CONTINENTE AMERICANO S.A. ) ) September 13, 2012 for statements ofauthorization under ) 14 C.F.R. Part 212 ) (United States

- Colombia Blanket Codesharing) )



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MOTION OF US AIRWAYS, INC. FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT Pursuantto Rule 12 ofthe Department's Rules of Practice, US Airways, Inc. ("US Airways") respectfully moves to withhold from public disclosure the confidential version ofthe Codeshare Agreement between US Airways, Inc. ("US Airways") and Aerovias del Continente Americana S.A. ("Avianca") (the "Agreement") submitted to the Department today. In accordance with Rule 12, US Airways is submitting copies ofthe confidential documents to the Department separately in a sealed envelope bearing the caption for the cases and marked "Confidential Treatment Requested Under§ 302.12." The information for which US Airways requests confidential treatment is confidential and competitively sensitive information. Subsection (b)(4) ofthe Freedom of Information Act ("FOIA") exempts "trade secrets and commercial orfinancial information obtained from a person and privileged or confidential" from public disclosure. (See 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(4).) This document meets the requisite standard for confidential treatment because it is: (1) commercial orfinancial information, (2) obtained from a person outside the government, and (3) privileged or confidential. (See Gulf

### & Western Industries, Inc. v. United States, 615 F. 2d 527, 529 (D.C. Cir. 1980).) TheMotion of US Airways For Confidential Treatment public release ofthat information would cause US Airways substantial competitive and financial injury. Accordingly, the information should be withheld from public disclosure. On September 13, 2012, US Airways submitted in this docket a copy ofthe Agreement with the confidential portions redacted, and served the redacted Agreements

on all persons on the attached service list. WHEREFORE, US Airways respectfully asks the Departmentto grant its Motion for Confidential Treatment. Respectfully submitted, 

# bt:¥----- Ho ard Kass Vice President, Legal and GovernmentAffairs Benjamin T. Slocum Director, Legal and GovernmentAffairs US Airways, Inc. 1401 H Street, NW, Suite 1075 Washington, DC 20005 (202) 326-5153 howard.kass@usairways.com benjamin.s/ocum@usairways.com September 13, 2012CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that, on September 13, 2012, I caused to be served a copy ofthe foregoing Motion for Confidential Treatment by email upon those addressees listed below: urskr@state.gov (Department ofState) esta.rosenberg@dot.gov (Department ofTransportation) brian.hedberg@dot.gov (Department ofTransportation) brett.kruger@dot.gov (Department ofTransportation) john.allen@faa.gov (FederalAviationAdministration) dan.weiss@united.com (United) steve.morrissey@united.com (United) jonathan.linde@united.com (United) francis.heil@aa.com (American) robert.wirick@aa.com (American) sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com (Delta) jhill@dlalaw.com (Counsel forJetBiue andHawaiian) robert.land@jetblue.com (JetBiue) msinick@ssd.com (Counsel forAlaska) jyoung@yklaw.com (CounselforSpirit) dkirstein@yklaw.com (Counsel forSpirit) bob.kneisley@wnco.com (Southwest) leslie.abbott@wnco.com (Southwest) robert.cohn@hoganlovells.com (Counsel forRepublic) patrick.rizzi@hoganlovells.com (Counsel forRepublic) anita.mosner@hklaw.com (Counselfor UPS) jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com (Counsel for UPS) cefelts@fedex.com (FedEx) nssparks@fedex.com (Fed Ex) kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com (Polar) rpommer@atlasair.com (Atlas)

Benjamin T. Slocum