BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, DC
) Motion of ) ) JETBLUEAIRWAYS CORPORATION ) ) ) For confidential treatment of documents ) pursuant to Rule 12 of the Rules of Practice ) (Form 41 , Schedules B-7 & B-43) ) ) ~ 

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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

March 10 , 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 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 , Schedules B-7 & 

### B-43) ) ) 

### 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 Schedules B-7 and B-43 of JetBlue's Form 41 filing for the quarter ending December 31 , 2013. 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 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 JetBlue requests confidential treatment is confidential and proprietary

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### Western Industries, Inc. v. United States, 615 F.2d 527,529 (D.C. Cir. 1979).
2commercial 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 December 31 , 2013. This information is contained in column 9 ( " Cost" ) of JetBlue' s Schedule B-7 (Airframes and Aircraft Engine Acquisitions and Retirements) and columns 10 , 11 , 12 , and 13 of JetBlue' s Schedule B-43. (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 and B-43 schedules is entitled to confidential treatment. WHEREFORE, JetBlue Airways Corporation respectfully requests that the conf idential information contained in Schedules B-7 and B-43 of its Form 41 report for the quarter ending December 31 , 2013 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

3INDEX A Listing of Confidential Information in JetBlue Airways Corporation' s Amended Form 41

Filing for the Quarter Ended December 31 , 2013

Schedule B-7

TitlelDescription Location in Document Number of Pages Schedule B-7 Airframe and Aircraft Engine Column 9 ("Cost" ) 

### 1 Acquisitions and Retirements

Schedule B-43

- Inventory of Airframes and Aircraft Engines:

Title/Description Location in Document Number of Pages Schedule B-43 Inventory of Airframes and Columns 10 , 11 , 12 , and 13 6 Aircraft Engines ( " Acquired Cost or Capitalized Value, "
" Allowance for Depreciation or Amortization, "
" Depreciated Cost or Amortized Value, " and
" Estimated Residual Value "

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