### BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OFTRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

Motion of CONTINENTALAIRLINES, INC. Docket OST-96-1222 (ContinentalAirlines, Inc. Form 41, Schedule B-7) for Confidential Treatment ofDocuments Under Rule 12 ofthe Rules ofPractice ofthe Department ofTransportation

August 4, 2011 MOTION OF CONTINENTALAIRLINES, INC. FOR CONFIDENTIALTREATMENT PURSUANT TO RULE 12

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to: Thomas Newton Bolling Vice President andAssociate General Counsel CONTINENTALAIRLINES, INC. 77 West Wacker Dr. Chicago, IL 60601 (312) 997-8068 thomas.bolling@united.com Counsel for ContinentalAirlines, Inc.BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C.

Motion of CONTINENTALAIRLINES, INC. Docket OST-96-1222 (ContinentalAirlines, Inc. Form 41, Schedule B-7) for Confidential Treatment ofDocuments Under Rule 12 ofthe Rules ofPractice ofthe Department ofTransportation

MOTION OF CONTINENTALAIRLINES, INC. FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT PURSUANT TO RULE 12
ContinentalAirlines, Inc. ("Continental") moves, pursuant to Rule 12 ofthe Department's Rules ofPractice, that Schedule B-7 ofits Form 41 report for the quarter ended June 30, 2011, be accorded confidential treatment and be withheld from public disclosure. Schedule B-7, filed quarterly, contains confidential data in the three columns labeled respectively "Cost," "Amortized/Depreciated Cost" and ''Realization." As provided in Rule 12, this confidential document has been submitted separately, under seal, with the notation "Confidential Treatment Requested Under §302.12," along with a copy ofthis motion.Motion ofContinental Page 2
The information which is the subject ofthis motion details Continental's acquisition and depreciation costs for its airframe and engine purchases. This information is clearly financial or commercial in nature, obtained from a person outside the government and confidential. The Department, by letters to Delta Air Lines, Inc. on March 29, 1993, and to AmericanAirlines, Inc. on June 5, 1995, from James W. Mitchell, Director, Office ofAirline Statistics, granted confidential treatment to similar data filed by DeltaAir Lines, Inc. Equivalent treatment should be accorded to Continental's submission. Continental asks the Department to protect the confidential data in all Schedule B-7 submissions from public disclosure for at least ten years, which is the withholdingperiod sought by Delta Air Lines, Inc. (Docket 48649), United Air Lines, Inc. (Docket 48726), Northwest Airlines, Inc. (Docket 46597), AmericanAirlines, Inc. (Docket 48800) and ExpressJetAirlines, Inc. d/b/a Continental Express (formerly Continental Express, Inc.) (former Docket 49492) for their Schedule B-7 submissions. During the last fifteen years, ContinentalAirlines, Inc., ExpressJetAirlines, Inc. d/b/a Continental Express (formerly Continental Express, Inc.), and Continental Micronesia, Inc. have each filed similar motions in former Docket 49492 and this docket seeking confidential treatment for their Schedules B-7 submissions and those motions remain pending. Continental hereby adopts and incorporates by reference each ofthe arguments in the previous motions in former Docket 49492 and in this docket for confidential treatment ofits Schedule B-7 submission for the quarter ended June 30, 2011.Motion ofContinental Page 3 WHEREFORE, Continental moves that the document submitted under seal with this motion be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to Rule 12 for a period ofat least ten years.

August 4, 2011 Respectfully submitted, CONTINENTALAIRLINES, INC.

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