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MOTIO N O F FRONTIE RAIRLINES , INC . FO RCONFIDENTIA L TREATMEN T Communication s with respec t t o thi s documen t

shoul db e addresse dto : Rober t E . Coh n Shery l R . Israe l HOGA N & HARTSO N L.L.P . 55 5 Thirteent h Street , N.W . Washington , D.C . 2000 4 (202 ) 637-499 9 (202 ) 637-889 8 recohn@hhlaw.co m srisrael@hhlaw.co m Counse l for FRONTIE RAIRLINES , INC . Apri l 20 , 201 0

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MOTIO N O F FRONTIE RAIRUNES , INC . FO RCONFIDENTIA L TREATMEN T Frontie r Airlines , Inc . ("Frontier" ) hereb y request s tha t informatio n containe di n Frontier' s For m41 , Schedul e B-43 , "Inventor y of Airframe s an d Aircraf t Engines, " for

th e yea r

ende dDecembe r

31 , 2009 , b e accorde d confidentia l treatmen t

an db e withhel dfro mpubli c disclosure . Frontie r i s submittin g anon-redacte dcop y of thi s documen t

t o th e BT S unde r

sea l i n a n envelop e labele d"Confidentia l Treatmen t Requeste dunde r

Sectio n 302.12, " alon g wit h acop y of

thi s Motion . ^

' Concurrentl

y herewith . Frontie

r i s submitting on

e redacte dcop

y of the sam e B-4 3 repor

t t o th e Burea u o f Transportatio n Statistic s pursuan t to Par t 241 , redacte dto delet

e certain confidentia

l financial informatio n fromth e publicly-availabl e copie s of it s B-4 3 report .

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Pag e 2 Confidentia l treatmen t

of th e informatio n o n Frontier' s Schedul e B-4 3 i s warrante dunde r

Exemptio n 4 of

th e Freedo mof

Informatio n Ac t

("FOIA") , 5 U.S.C . § 552(b)(4) , an dunde r applicabl e DO T an dcour t precedent . Exemptio n 4 of

FOI A provide s tha t

privilege do r

confidentia l commercia l an d financial informatio n obtaine dfro maprivat e perso n i s exemp t fro mth e requirement s of

publi c disclosure . Se e als o Gul f & Wester n Indus. . Inc . v . Unite dStates . 61 5 F.2 d52 7 (D.C . Cir . 1979) ; Critica l Mas s Energ v Projec t v . NRC . 97 5 F.2 d87 1 (D.C . Cir . 1992) ; Nationa l Park s & Conservatio n Ass' n v . Morton . 49 8 F.2 d76 5 (D.C . Cir . 1974) . Th e informatio n a t issu e her e detail s Frontier' s acquisitio n cost s an drelate ddat afor it s airframe s an daircraf t engines . Thi s informatio n i s confidential , competitively-sensitiv e commercia l an dfinancial informatio n obtaine dfro mFrontier , aprivat e party , an dit s publi c disclosure/releas e woul dresul t i n substantia l competitiv e an dfinancial har mt o Frontier . Th e informatio n fo r

whic h Frontie r

i s requestin g confidentia l treatmen t als o fall s withi n Exemptio n 3 of FOIA , whic h exempt s fro mdisclosur e informatio n require db y statut e t o b e withheld . 4 9 U.S.C . § 4011 5 provide s tha t th e Secretar y o

f Transportation , upo n motion , shal l orde r informatio n withhel d fro mpubli c disclosur e whe n disclosur e of th e informatio n woul d"hav e a n advers e effec t

o n th e competitiv e positio n o f a n ai r carrie r i n foreig n ai r transportation. " Th e Departmen t ha s previousl y foun dtha t th e aircraf

t dat a

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Pag e 3 reporte do n For m4 1 Schedul e B-4 3 for whic h Frontie r

herei n seek s confidentia l treatmen t

woul dproduc e th e har mspecifie di n Sectio n 40115 . Frontie r compete s wit h foreig n carrier s tha t d o no t repor t informatio n abou t

th e cos t of thei r airframe s an daircraf t engine s ye t

ar e fre e t o obtai n U.S . carrie r informatio n fro mth e Department . I t woul dsubstantiall y har mFrontier' s competitiv e positio n t o requir e i t t o divulg e suc h informatio n t o it s non-reportin g foreig n flag competitors . I n addition , b y lette r

date dAugus t

23 , 199 4 t o Delt aAi r Lines , Inc . ("Delta" ) fro mMr . Jame s W . Mitchell , Director , Offic e o f Airlin e Statistics , Researc h an dSpecia l Program s Administration , th e Departmen t determine d tha t th e financial informatio n containe di n Delta' s Schedul e B- 7 an dSchedul e B-4 3 report s i s confidentia l an dcontain s competitively-sensitiv e data , an dtha t withholdin g suc h confidentia l dat afro mpubli c disclosur e i s warrante dby , an d consisten t

with , Exemption s 3 an d4 of th e Freedo mof

Informatio n Ac t ( 5 U.S.C . § 552(b)(3 ) an d(4)) . I n tha t decision , th e Departmen t rule dtha t

th e confidentia l dat acontaine di n Delta' s Schedul e B- 7 an dSchedul e B-4 3 report s wil l b e withhel dfro mpubli c disclosur e for aperio do f

te n (10 ) year s fro mth e dat e o n whic h i t

wa s filed. Th e foregoin g rulin g applie s wit h equa l validit y t o Frontier' s B-4 3 repor t

for th e yea r ende dDecembe r

31 , 2009 .

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Pag e 4 WHEREFORE , Frontie r hereb y move s th e Department , pursuan t t o Rul e 1 2 of

th e Department' s Rule s o f Practice , t o gran t

confidentia l treatmen t to , an dwithhol dfro mpubli c disclosure , th e informatio n describe dherei n an d filedunde r

sea l for aperio dofte n (10 ) years .

Respectfull y submitte d

Rober t E . Coh n Shery l R . Israe l HOGA N & FL\RTSO N L.L.P . 55 5 Thirteent h Street , N.W . Washington , D.C . 2000 4 (202 ) 637-499 9 (202 ) 637-889 8 (202 ) 637-591 0 (mai n fax ) Attorney s fo r FRONTIE RAIRLINES , INC .

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