BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATIO~-, t;\V _ '? 

WASHINGTON,DC LJIJ 1"' 1 '-

) 

Motion of ) 

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JETBLUEAIRWAYSCORPORATION ) 

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For confidential treatment of documents ) 

pursuant to Rule 12 of the Rules of Practice ) 

Form 41, Schedule B-7 ) 

Docket OST -00-8088 

MOTION OF JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION 

FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT 

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to: 

Robert C. Land, Esq. Jonathan B. Hill, Esq. 

Benjamin M. Berlin 

Dow Lohnes PLLC 

p, \G: 50 

Sr. V.P. & Associate General Counsel 

JetBlue Airways Corporation 

P.O. Box 1927 

Rockville, MD 20849 

1200 New Hampshire Ave.,'N.W. 

Suite 800 

Don Daniels 

Director, Financial Reporting 

JetBlue Airways Corporation 

118-29 Queens Blvd. 

Forest Hills, NY 11375 

April 1, 2013 

Washington, DC 20036 

202/776-2000 

Counsel for 

JetBlue Airways Corporation 
BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, DC 

) 

Motion of ) 

) 

JETBLUEAIRWAYS CORPORATION ) 

) 

For confidential treatment of documents ) 

pursuant to Rule 12 ofthe Rules ofPractice ) 

Form 41, Schedule B-7 ) 

Docket OST -00-8088 

MOTION OF JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION 

FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT 

Pursuant to Rule 12 ofthe Department's Rules ofPractice (14 C.P.R.§ 302.12), JetBlue 

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

contained in Schedules B-7 and B-43 of JetBlue's Form 41 filing for the quarter ending 

December 31, 2012. This schedule has been submitted separately via the Department's eSubmit 

system 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 of Information Act, 5 U.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 JetBiue requests confidential treatment is confidential and proprietary I 

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

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

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

information should be withheld from public disclosure. 

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

residual value data relating to JetB lue' s airframes and aircraft engines as of December 31, 2012. 

This information is contained in column 9 ofJetBlue's Schedule B-7, and in columns 10-13 of 

its Schedule B-43. (See Index A, attached herewith.) JetBiue has already filed this information 

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

The Department has previously determined that the ~onfidential and competitivelysensitive data contained in the B-7 and B-43 schedules is entitled to confidential treatment. 

WHEREFORE, JetBlue Airways Corporation respectfully requests that the confidential 

· information contained in Schedules B-7 and B-43 of its Form 41 report for the quarter ending 

December 31, 2012 be withheld from public disclosure for at least ten (10) years. 

Aprill, 2013 

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Respectfully submitted, 

Jonatlian B. Hill 

Benjamin M. Berlin 

Dow Lohnes PLLC 

1200 New Hampshire Ave., N.W. 

Suite 800 

Washington, DC 20036 

Tel.: (202) 776-2725 

Fax: (202) 776-4 725 

Email: jhill@dowlohnes.com 

Counsel for JetBlue Ainvays Corporation 

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INDEX A 

Listing of Confidential Information in JetBlue Airways Corporation's 

Form 41 Filing for the Quarter Ended March 31,2013 

Schedules B-7 and B-43 

Title/Description Location in Document Number of Pages 

Schedule B-7 

Airframe and Aircraft Engine Column 9 ("Cost") 1 

Acquisitions and Retirements 

Title/Description Location in Document Number of Pages 

Schedule B-43 

Inventory of Airframes and Columns 10, 11, 12, 13 ("Acquired 3 

Aircraft Engines Cost or Capitalized Value"; 

"Allowance for Depreciation or 

Amortization"; "Depreciated Cost 

or Amortized Value"; "Estimated 

Residual Value") 

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