BEFORE THE 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

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in the matter of the petition of 

AIRTRAN AIRWAYS, INC. 

for Confidential Treatment of Documents 

Under Rule 12 of the Rules of Practice of the 

Department of Transportation, 14 C.F.R. § 302.12 

(Form 41; Schedule B-43 Report) 

Docket OST-200S-20896 

MOTION OF AIRTRAN AIRWAYS, INC. FOR 

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT PURSUANT TO RULE 12 

Communications with respect to this document should be addressed to: 

Richard P. Magumo 

Senior Vice President & General Counsel 

AirTran Airways 

9955 AirTran Boulevard 

Orlando, FL 32827 

Edward P. Faberman 

WILEY REIN LLP 

1776 K Street, N.W. 

Washington, DC 20006 

Tel: 202-719-7420 

Counsel for 

AirTran Airways, Inc. 

March 30. 201) 
BEFORE THE 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

In the matter of the petition of 

AIRTRAN AIRWAYS, INC. 

for Confidential Treatment of Documents 

Under Rule 12 of the Rules of Practice of the 

Department of Transportation, 14 C.F.R. § 302.12 

(Form 41; Schedule B-43 Report) 

Docket OST-2005-20896 

MOTION OF AIRTRAN AIRWAYS, INC. FOR 

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT PURSUANT TO RULE 12 

Pursuant to Rule 12 of the Department of Transportation's ("Department") Rules of 

Practice (14 C.F.R. § 302.12), AirTran Airways, Inc. ("AirTran") hereby files this Motion to 

Withhold from Public Disclosure information and data incorporated within the electronically 

submitted Form 41, Schedule B-43, Inventory of Airframes and Aircraft Engines, for the year of 

2010. This information and data are being reported to the Department in accordance with the 

requirements of 14 C.F.R. Section 241. 

The Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(4), provides that privileged or 

confidential commercial and financial infonnation obtained from a private person is specifically 

exempted from the requirements of public disclosure due to its business sensitive nature. The 

information for which this motion requests confidential treatment is confidential and proprietary 

commercial and financial information of AirTran, a private party. The public release of this 
information would cause competitive and financial injury to AirTran. Accordingly, the 

information should be withheld from public disclosure. 

This information may properly be withheld from public disclosure under Exemption 4 of 

the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(4), which permits protection from disclosure 

for "trade secrets and commercial or financial information obtained from a person and privileged 

or confidential." See, e.g.. Gulf & Western Industries. Inc. v. United States, 615 F.2d 527 (D.C. 

Cir. 1979); Critical Mass Energy Project v. NRC, 975 F.2d 871 (D.C. Cir. 1992). 

AirTran requests confidential treatment of infonnation contained in its Schedule B-43. 

AirTran has deleted the aforementioned informafion from its public filings of its Schedule B-43 

and has electronically submitted to the Department an imredacted copy of AirTran's Schedule 

with this Motion. 

The Department has previously determined that the financial information contained in 

Schedule B-43 reports submitted by AirTran and other carriers would be withheld from public 

disclosure for a period often (10) years from the date on which Rule 12 motions were filed. The 

same ruling should apply with equal validity to AirTran's B-43 report for the year that ended 

December 31, 2010. 

WHEREFORE, AirTran respectfully moves the Department to withhold the financial 

information contained in AirTran's Schedule B-43 report for the year of 2010, filed 
concurrently herewith under seal from public disclosure for a period often (10) years, through 

March 30, 2021, pursuant to Rule 12 of the Department's Rules of Practice in Proceedings. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Michael Hardesty 

Financial Analyst 

AirTran Airways, Inc. 

9955 AirTran Blvd. 

Orlando, FL 32827 

407-318-5193 

Michaet.llardcstvftj')aii1ran.com 

March 30, 2010 
INDEX A 

Listing of Confidential Information in AirTran Airways, Inc. Form 41 

Filing for the year ending December 31, 2010. 

Schedule B-43 

Title/Description 

Schedule B-43 

Inventory of Airframes and 

Aircraft Engines 

Location in Document 

Column 13-16 

Number of Pages 

All 

12888070.1