BEFORE THE 

,vi:^RTMENTOF 

.•.;;: T OPERATIONS 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION f n £T .. 3 O > c r 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Joint Application of 

ASTAR AIR CARGO, INC. 

and 

ASTAR USA, LLC 

for transfer of certificate authority 

under 49 us e §41105 

Docket OST-2010-0223 

MOTION OF ASTAR AIR CARGO. INC. and ASTAR USA, LLC FOR 

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT UNDER RULE 12 

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to: 

Stephen P. Doyle Elliott M. Seiden 

President Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP 

ASTAR Air Cargo, Inc. 5301 Wisconsin Avenue, NW 

and Washington, DC 20015 

ASTAR USA, LLC (202) 274-1166 

1200 Brickell Avenue eseiden@bsfllp.com 

Miami, FL 33131 

Counsel for ASTAR Air Cargo, Inc. 

and ASTAR USA, LLC 

Septembers, 2010 
BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

Joint Application of 

ASTAR AIR CARGO, INC. 

and 

ASTAR USA, LLC 

for transfer of certificate authority 

under 49 us e §41105 

Docket OST-2010-0223 

MOTION OF ASTAR AIR CARGO, INC. and ASTAR USA. LLC FOR 

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT UNDER RULE 12 

On September 3, 2010, pursuant to Rule 12 of the Departments Rules of Practice, 

14 C.F.R. § 302.12, ASTAR Air Cargo, Inc., a Nevada corporation ("ASTAR") and 

ASTAR USA, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company ("AUSA" together "Joint 

Applicants") submitted a Motion in this proceeding to withhold from public disclosure 

certain proprietary, commercially-sensitive, and confidential business and personal 

information. These included the Asset Transfer and Legacy Cost Agreement between 

AUSA and ASTAR Air Cargo Holdings, LLC, a Delaware limited liability company 

("Holdings") and the Air Transportation Services Agreement between New Holdings and 

Holdings (the "ATS Agreement"). The Joint Applicants discovered recently that they 

had inadvertently omitted from the former agreement Exhibit 5 (The Legacy Cost 

Agreement) and from the latter Exhibit C pertaining to engine shop visits. 
The Joint Applicants are submitting these Exhibits with this Motion In 

accordance with Rule 12, each page of these confidential documents has been marked 

"Confidential" and are being filed under seal in a sealed envelope marked "Confidential 

Treatment Requested Under Section 302.12". An index describing the confidential 

documents is attached 

Rule 12 of the Department's Rules of Practice instructs the Department to 

evaluate requests for confidential freatment by the standards of disclosure set forth in the 

Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552. Information may be withheld from 

disclosure imder 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(4) if it is (1) commercial or financial, (2) obtained 

from a person outside of government, and (3) privileged and confidential Gulf & 

Western hidus.. Inc. v. United States. 615 F.2d 527,529 (D.C. Cir. 1979). The Joint 

Applicants' confidential submissions easily satisfy the first two prongs of the Gulf & 

Western test. The only question is whether they also satisfy the third prong of the test. 

In considering the third prong of the test, the Department must consider whether 

"disclosure of the information is likely to have either of the following effects: (1) impair 

the Government's ability to obtain necessary information; or (2) cause substantive harm 

to the competitive position of the person from whom the information was obtained." 

National Parks & Conservation Association v. Morton. 498 F.2d 765, 770 (D.C. Cir. 

1974). Finally, to be privileged or confidential, the information must not be of the type 

that is usually released to the public. Gulf & Western at 530. The confidential exhibits 

and confidential documents meet these standards for protection. 

The information which is the subject of this Motion includes non-public, 

commercially sensitive information. These documents contain sensitive information 
which if disclosed to the public, could cause the Joint Applicants substantial competitive 

harm. The documents disclose competitively sensitive financial and business information 

of a type not usually disclosed to the public and would not be disclosed to the public by 

the Joint Applicants but for the requirement to submit such agreements in response to the 

Department's Fitness Requirements set forth at 14 C.F.R. § 204.3. The Department 

ordinarily affords confidential freatment to documents of this nature. See, e.g.. May 9 

Letter Ruling, Docket No. OST-2003-14579; Orders 2003-2-9; 2000-1-25. 

WHEREFORE, the Joint Applicants move the Department, pursuant to 14 C.F.R. 

§ 302.12 to afford confidential treatment to the information described herein. 

Respectfiilly submitted. 

EHfott M. Seiden 

Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP 

5301 Wisconsin Avenue NW 

Washington, DC 20015 

(202)274-1166 

eseiden@bsfllp.com 

Counsel for ASTAR Air Cargo, Inc. 

and 

ASTAR USA, LLC 
JOINT APPLICATION OF ASTAR AIR CARGO. INC. AND 

ASTAR USA, LLC FOR TRANSFER OF CERTIFICATE AUTHORITY 

Motion for Confidential Treatment 

Index to Materials 

INDEX OF CONFIDENTIAL DOCUMENTS 

Confidential Documents 

Page Numbers 

AST0135-0145 

AST0146 

Description of Confidential Document 

Exhibit 5 to Asset Transfer and Legacy 

Cost Agreement (Legacy Costs) 

Exhibit C to ATS Agreement (Engine Shop 

Visits) 
Certificate of Service 

I hereby certify that I have, this 8th day of September, 2010,1 caused a copy of the foregoing 

motion to be served by electronic mail or regular mail, as indicated on all persons listed below: 

carl.nelson@aa.com 

rbkeiner@crowell.com 

hkamen@coair. com 

sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com 

]"effrey.manlev@united.com 

bruce.rabinovitz@wilmerhale.com 

dshort @fedex. com 

nssparks@fedex.com 

gbleopard@fedex. com 

dvaughan@kelleydrye.com 

rsilverberg@sgbdc.com 

jhill@dowlohnes.com 

rpommer@atlasair.com 

esauer@ssd.com 

pmurphy@lopmurphv. com 

mlbenge@zsrlaw.com 

cisimpson@zsrlaw.com 

recohn@hhlaw. com 

prrizzi@hhlaw.com 

agoerlich@ggh-airlaw.com 

ggarofalo@ggh-airlaw.com 

howard.kass@usairways.com 

beniamin.slocum@usairwavs.com 

mroller@rollerbauer. com 

cdonley@ssd.com 

efaberman@wileyrein.com 

bill@mietuslaw.com 

msinick@,ssd.com 

lhalloway@crowell.com 

sametta.c.bamett@delta.com 

bverlvir@state. gov 

bryan.bazemore@faa. gov 

john.allen@faa. gov 

iim.ballough@faa.gov 

russell.bailey@alpa.org 

jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com 

iamestello@earthlink.net 

kevin.montgomerv@polaraircargo.com 

mfrancesconi@ups.com 

anita.mosner@hklaw.com 

brent.connor@froutmansanders.com 

charles.hunnicutt@troutmansanders.com 

jyoung@vklaw.com 

slachter@lachter-clements.com 

kenneth.quinn@pillsburylaw.com 

bob.kneisley@wnco.com 

robert.land@jetblue.com 

mgoldman@sgbdc.com 

rsilverberg@sgbdc.com 

dhainbach@ggh-airlaw.com 

mcmillin@woa. com 

dpdean@i amhoff com 

dkirstein@vklaw. com 

donna. kooperstein@usdoi. gov 

dwight.moor@ustranscom.mil 

gmurphy@cro well. com 

david.heffeman@wilmerhale.com 

ldwasko@erols.com 

sbaer@panyni. gov 

bmbinst@panynj. gov 

j abreu@miami-airport. com 

sgardner@goaa.org 
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