BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, DC

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Motion of )

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JETBLUE AIR WAYS CORPORA nON )

)

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For confidential treatment of documents )

pursuant to Rule 12 of the Rules of Practice )

(Form 41, ScheduleB-7) )

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Docket OST -2000-8088

MOTION OF JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION

FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

Robert C. Land

Senior Vice President for Government

Affairs & Associate General Counsel

Don Daniels

Director, Financial Reporting

JetBlue Airways Corporation

27-01 Queens Plaza North

Long Island City, NY 11101

August 12, 2014

Jonathan B. Hill

J. Parker Erkmann

Benjamin M. Berlin

Cooley LLP

1299 Pennsylvania Ave., NW

Washington, DC 20004

(202) 842-7800

jhill@cooley.com

perkmann@cooley.com

bberlin@cooley.com

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Counsel for JetBlue Airways Corporation
BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, DC

)

Motion of )

)

JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION )

)

)

For confidential treatment of documents )

pursuant to Rule 12 of the Rules of Practice )

(Form 41, Schedule B- 7) )

)

Docket OST-2000-8088

MOTION OF JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION

FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT

Pursuant to Rule 12 of the Department's Rules of Practice (14 C.F.R. § 302.12), JetBlue

Airways Corporation ("JetBlue") hereby requests confidential treatment of certain information

contained in Schedule B-7 of JetBlue's Form 41 filing for the quarter ending June 30, 2014.

This Schedule has been submitted separately pursuant to the Department's modified rules for

submission of this data, under which a redacted copy is no longer required. JetBlue requests that

this data be withheld from public disclosure for a period of at least ten (10) years. In support of

this request, JetBlue states as follows:

The Freedom ofInformation Act, 5 V.S.C. ~ 552(b)(4), provides that privileged or

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

exempted from the requirements of public disclosure due to its sensitive business nature. 1 The

information for which JetBlue requests confidential treatment is confidential and proprietary

1 Gulf & Western Industries, Inc. v. United States, 615 F.2d 527, 529 (D.C. Cir. 1979).

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commercial and financial information, obtained from JetBlue, a private party, the public release

of which would cause substantial competitive and financial injury to JetBlue. Accordingly, the

information should be withheld from public disclosure.

The information at issue is cost or capitalized value, amortization/depreciation, and

realization data relating to JetBlue's airframes and aircraft engines as of June 30,2014. This

information is contained in columns 9-11 of JetBlue's Schedule B-7 (Airframes and Aircraft

Engine Acquisitions and Retirements) (See Index A). JetBlue already has filed this information

via the Department's eSubmit system with all fields completed, including cost data.

The Department has previously determined that the confidential and competitivelysensitive data contained in the B-7 Schedule is entitled to confidential treatment.

WHEREFORE, JetBlue Airways Corporation respectfully requests that the confidential

information contained in Schedule B-7 of its Form 41 report for the quarter ending June 30, 2014

be withheld from public disclosure for at least ten (10) years.

Respectfully submitted,

Jonathan B. Hill

Cooley LLP

1299 Pennsylvania Ave., NW

Washington, DC 20004

(202) 842-7800

jhill@cooley.com

Counsel for

JetBlue Airways Corporation

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INDEX A

Listing of Confidential Information in JetBlue Airways Corporation's Form 41

Filing for the Quarter Ended June 30, 2014

Schedule B-7

TitielDescription Location in Document Number of Pages

Schedule B-7

Airframes and Aircraft Engine Columns 9-11 ("Cost," 6

Acquisitions and Retirements "Depreciated Cost or

Amortized Value," and

"Realization")

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