BEFORE THE 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, DC 

Application of 

VIRGIN AMERICA INC. 

for a statement of authorization 

under 14 C.F.R. Part 212 

(U.S .-Singapore) 

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) 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. 

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BEFORE THE 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, DC 

Application of 

VIRGIN AMERICA INC. 

for a statement of authorization 

under 14 C.F.R. Part 212 

(U.S.-Singapore) 

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) Docket No. DOT-OST- 2012-0201 

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MOTION OF VIRGIN AMERICA INC. 

FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT 

Pursuant to Rule 12 of the Department's Rules of Practice, Virgin America Inc. ("Virgin 

America") respectfully moves to withhold from public disclosure confidential portions of the 

Codeshare Agreement between Virgin America and Singapore Airlines Limited, submitted to the 

Department in support of Virgin America's application for a statement of authorization to initiate 

codeshare services. 

On November 21, 2012, Virgin America filed a copy of the Agreement, with the 

confidential portions redacted, in the above-captioned docket, and served the redacted 

Agreement on persons listed on the attached service list. The confidential, i.e. un-redacted, 

version of the 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 of Information Act ("FOIA") exempts "trade secrets and commercial or financial 
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 or financial 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). Public release of this information would cause substantial competitive and 

financial injury to Virgin America. Accordingly, the information should be withheld from public 

disclosure. 

WHEREFORE, Virgin America respectfully ask the Department to 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 

j egillick@zsrlaw .com 

jhfoglia@zsrlaw.com 

Counsel for 

Virgin America Inc. 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify that I caused a copy of the foregoing motion of Virgin America Inc. to be 

served, this 26th day of November, 2012, via email transmission, on the 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 World Airways/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