BEFORE THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, DC

Application of VIRGIN AMERICA INC. for a statement ofauthorization under 14 C.F.R. Part 212 (U.S.-Singapore) ) ) ) ) Docket No. DOT-OST- 2012-0201 ) ) ) )



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MOTION OF VIRGIN AMERICA INC. FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

John Varley Senior Vice President &

General Counsel Virgin America Inc. 555 Airport Boulevard, Suite 500 Burlingame, CA 94010 (650) 762-7108 (650) 762-7001 (fax) john.varley@virginamerica.com

November 26,2012 John E. Gillick Jonathon H. Foglia Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger L.L.P. 888 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Suite 700 Washington, DC 20006 Tel: (202) 973-7939 Fax: (202) 342-0683 jegillick@zsrlaw.com jhfoglia@zsrla w.com Counsel for Virgin America Inc. !;: 

### l bBEFORE THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, DC

Application of VIRGIN AMERICA INC. for a statement ofauthorization under 14 C.F.R. Part 212 (U.S.-Singapore) ) ) ) ) Docket No. DOT-OST- 2012-0201 ) ) ) )



## ____________________________) MOTION OF VIRGIN AMERICA INC. FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT

Pursuant to Rule 12 ofthe Department's Rules ofPractice, Virgin America Inc. ("Virgin America") respectfully moves to withhold from public disclosure confidential portions ofthe Codeshare Agreementbetween Virgin America and Singapore Airlines Limited, submitted to the Department in support ofVirgin America's application for a statement ofauthorization to initiate codeshare services. On November 21, 2012, Virgin America filed a copy ofthe Agreement, withthe confidential portions redacted, in the above-captioned docket, and served the redacted Agreement onpersons listed on the attached service list. The confidential, i.e. un-redacted, version ofthe Agreement is attached hereto in a sealed envelope and marked in accordance with Rule 12. The document for which Virgin America seeks confidential treatment contains proprietary, commercially sensitive, and confidential business information. Subsection (b)(4) of the Freedom ofInformation Act ("FOIA") exempts "trade secrets and commercial or financialinformation 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 itis: (1) commercial or financial information, (2) obtained from a person outside the government, and (3) privileged orconfidential. See Gulf& Western Industries, Inc. v. United States, 615 F. 2d 527, 529 (D.C. Cir. 1980). Public release ofthis information would cause substantial competitive and financial injuryto Virgin America. Accordingly, the information shouldbe withheld from public disclosure. WHEREFORE, Virgin America respectfully askthe Departmentto grant its Motion for Confidential Treatment.

November 26,2012 Respectfully submitted,

John E. Gillick Jonathon H. Foglia Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger L.L.P. 888 Seventeenth Street, NW, Suite 700 Washington, DC 20006 Tel: (202) 973-7939 Fax: (202) 342-0683 jegillick@zsrlaw.com jhfoglia@zsrlaw.com Counsel for Virgin America Inc.

2CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certifythat I caused a copy ofthe foregoing motion ofVirgin America Inc. to be served, this 26th day ofNovember, 2012, via email transmission, onthe following persons: robert.wirick@aa.com rpommer@atlasair.com sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com sametta.c.bamett@delta.com charters@evergreenairlines.com ranjit.seth@evergreenairlines.com robert.foster@evergreenairlines.com anbird@fedex.com gbleopard@fedex.com kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com peter.beckett@polaraircargo.com jonathan.linde@united.com steve.morrissey@united.com dan.weiss@united.com lhalloway@crowell.com (Counsel for United Air Lines) gmurphy@crowell.com (Counsel for United

### Air Lines) anita.mosner@hklaw.com (Counsel for United Parcel Service) jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com (Counsel for United Parcel Service) howard kass@usairways.com benjamin.slocum@usairways.com mlbenge@zsrlaw.com (Counsel for WorldAirways/North American Airlines) john.allen@faa.gov urskr@state.gov susan.kurland@dot.gov esta.rosenberg@dot.gov brett.kruger@dot.gov todd.homan@dot.gov peter.irvine@dot.gov john.allen@faa.gov info@airlineinfo.com