January 16,2014

Attorney for

Lineas Aereas Suramericanas, S.A.

Pierre Murphy

Law Offices of Pierre Murphy

1200 New Hampshire Avenue, NW

Suite 590

Washington, DC 20036

Telephone: (202) 776-3980

Facsimile: (202) 776-3975

Email: pmurphy@lopmurphy.com

Luis Enrique Prieto Giraldo

Chief Executive Officer

Lineas Aereas Suramicanas, S.A.

Avenida EI Dorado N. 103-22

Entrada 2 Interior 7

Bogota

Colombia

MOTION OF LINEAS AEREAS SURAMgRIANAS, S.A.

FOR RULE 12 CONFIDENTIAL TRFJATMENT

for a foreign air carrier permit pursuant to

49 U.S.C. §40301 and for an exemption

pursuant to 49 U.S.C. §40109

(U.S. - Colombia Open Skies)

LINEAS AEREAS SURAMERICANAS, S.A. Dooket OST-DOT-2014-0007

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Application of

BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, DC
This information is protected from public disclosure under the Freedom of Information

3. Projected Financial Results

2. P&L

1. Balance Sheet

Index of Documents to be Withheld

exhibits has been marked confidential and is being filed under seal.

accordance with Rule 12 of the Department's Rules of Practice, each page of the following

of persons and property, which are simultaneously being filed with the Department. In

Carrier Permit and renewal of exemption authority to engage incharter foreign air transportation

disclosure the contents of the following exhibits to LAS's applications requesting a Foreign Air

Aereas Suramericanas, S.A. ("LAS" or "Applicant") hereby moves to withhold from public

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

FOR RULE 12 CONFIDENTIAL T

MOTION OF LINEAS AEREAS SU

for a foreign air carrier permit pursuant to

49 U.S.C. §40301 and for an exemption

pursuant to 49 U.S.C. §40109

(U.S. - Colombia Open Skies)

LINEAS AEREAS SURAMERICANAS, S.A. Docket OST-DOT-2014-0007

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Application of

BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, DC
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rivals with an unwarranted competitive advantage.

public release of this commercially sensitive information would provide LAS's commercial

its disclosure in LAS's application is not required in order to further the public interest. The

statements under Colombian law. The information is not otherwise available to the public, and

privately-held Colombian company and is not required to make public disclosures of its financial

persons outside of the U.S. Government. Third, the information is confidential: LAS is a

information has been obtained from representatives of LAS's and its outside accountants who are

information contained in these is both commercial and financial: in nature. Second, the

The information contained in these satisfies each element of the statutory test. First, the

confidential or privileged.

must be obtained from a person outside of the U.S. government; and (3) the information must be

requirements: (1) the information must be commercial or financial in nature; (2) the information

To be eligible for an exemption pursuant to Section 552(b)(4), information must fulfill three

Act exemption for privileged or confidential financial information. See: 5 U.S.C. §552(b)(4).

MOTION OF

LINEAS AEREAS SURAMERICANAS, S.A.
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Attorney for

Lineas Aereas Suramericanas, S.A.

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Pierre Murphy

Law Offices of Pierre Murphy

,1200 New Hampshire Avenue, NW

Suite 590

Washington, DC 20036

Telephone: (202) 776-3980

Facsimile: (202) 776-3975

E-Mail: pmurphy@lopmurphy.com

Respectfully submitted,

January 16,2014

contents of its financial exhibits be accorded confidential treatment under Rule 12.

WHEREFORE, Lineas Aereas Suramericanas, S.A. respectfully requests that the

MOTION OF

LINEAS AEREAS SURAMERICANAS, S.A.
Anita Mosner

Jennifer Nowak

UPS

Holland & Knight

2099 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Suite 100

Washington, DC 20006

anita.mosner@hklaw.com

jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com

Robert Wirick

AMERICAN

1101 Seventeenth Street, NW

Suite 600

Washington, DC 20036

robert.wirick@aa.com

Marshall S.'Sincick

FLORIDA WEST

Squire, Sanders & Dempsey

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Suite 500

Washington, DC 20004

msinick@ssd.com

Kelli Bryan

Ranjit Seth

Robert Foster

Charter Sales

EVERGREEN

3850 Three Mile Lane

McMinnville, OR 97128

charters@evergreenairlines.com

ranjit.seth@evergreenairlines.com

robert.foster@evergreenairlines.com

Kevin Montgomery

Peter Beckett

POLAR

1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Suite 875

Washington, DC 20006

kevin.mont&omery@polaraircargo.com

peter.beckett@polaraircargo.com

Stephen Morrissey

UNITED

1225New York Avenue, NW - DCAIZ

Suite 1100

Washington, DC 20005

Steve.morrissey@united.com

Russell Pommer

ATLAS

1747 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Suite 875

Washington, DC 20006

rpommer@atlasair.com

Dan Weiss

UNITED

77 West Wacker Drive - HDQIZ

Chicago, IL 60601

dan.weiss@united.com

John L. Richardson

Joan Canny

AMERIJET

John L. Richardson, PLLC

555 13th Street, NW

Suite 420 \\1est

Washington, DC 20004

jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com

jcanny@amerijet.com

Bruce Keiner, Jr.

Lorraine B. Halloway

Gerald F. Murphy

CONTINENTALIUNITED

Crowell & Moring LLP

1001Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC 20004

rbkeiner@crowell.com

lhalloway@crowell.com

gmurphy@crowell.com

I hereby certify on this 17th Day of January 2014, a copy of the foregoing Motion of Lineas

Aereas Suramericanas, S.A. was served via email on the following:

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
Mark Atwood

KALITTA

Cozen O'Connor

Army Navy Building

1627 I Street, NW

Suite 1100

Washington, DC 20006

matwood@cozen.com

John Allen

Flight Standards Service

Federal Aviation Administration

800 Independence Avenue, SW

Room 821

Washington, DC 20591

john.allen.faa.gov

Howard Kass

USAIRWAYS

1401 H Street, NW

Suite 1075

Washington, DC 20006

howard_kass@usairways.com

Jonathan Hill

JETBLUE

Cooley

1299 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Washington, DC

jhill@

Robert Silverberg

Jeffrey Johnson

ABX

Silverberg, Goldman & Bikoff

1101 30th Street, NW

Suite 120

Washington, DC 20007

rsilverberg@sgbdc.com

.ijohnson@sgbdc.com

Joanne Young

SPIRIT

Kirstein & Young

1001 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Suite 600 South

Washington, DC 20004

jyoung@hklaw.com

Courtney Felts

FEDEX

3620 Hacks Cross Road

Building B, 3rd Floor

Memphis, TN 38125

cefelts@fedex.com

Elaine Nissan

Mark Liland

NORTHERN AIR

3900 Old International Airport Road

Anchorage,AJ( 99502

enisson@nac.aero

mliland@nac.aero

John R. Mietus

CENTURION

Law Offices of John Mietus, LLC

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW

Suite 300

Washington, DC 20004

john@mietuslaw.com

Aaron Goerlich

ALLEGIANTIRY AN/SOUTHERN

Garofalo Goerlich & Hainback

1200 New Hampshire Avenue, NW

Suite 590

Washington, DC 20036

agoerlich@ggh-airlaw.com

Alexander VanDer Bellen

Sametta C. Barnett

DELTA

1212 New York Avenue, NW

Suite 200

Washington, DC 20005

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com

sametta.c.barnett@delta.com