BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WASHINGTON, D.C.

____________________________________________ Application of: ) ) Friendship Airways, Inc. ) ) For authority to Resume Scheduled ) Docket No. OST-05-21533- _______ Passenger Operations as a Commuter Air Carrier ) Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. §41738 ) ) _____________________________________________ ) MOTION OF FRIENDSHIP AIRWAYS, INC. TO WITHHOLD CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE
Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

Christopher B. Behnam President & CEO Friendship Air3ways, Inc. d/b/a/ Yellow Air Taxi 4201 Ravenswood Road Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312 Telephone: (954) 321-0292 Facsimile: (954) 321-0252 Email: Christopher@flyyellowairtaxi.com

NOTICE: ANY PERSON WHO WISHES TO SUPPORT OR OPPOSE THIS APPLICATION SHOULD FILE BY SEPTEMBER 23, 2010 AN ANSWER WITH THE DEPARTMENT AND SERVE A COPY ON ALL PERSONS ON THE ATTACHED SERVICE LIST.

APPLICANT REQUESTS THAT THIS APPLICATION BE PROCESSED BY THE NON-HEARING PROCEDURES UNDER SUBPART B OF THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION’S RULES OF PRACTICE. SEPTEMBER 9, 2010BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION OFFICE OF THE SECRETARY WASHINGTON, D.C.

____________________________________________ ) Application of: ) ) Friendship Airways, Inc. ) ) For authority to Resume Scheduled ) Docket No. OST-05-21533- _______ Passenger Operations as a Commuter Air Carrier ) Pursuant to 49 U.S.C. §41738 ) ) ___________________________________________ ) MOTION OF FRIENDSHIP AIRWAYS, INC. TO WITHHOLD CONFIDENTIAL INFORMATION FROM PUBLIC DISCLOSURE

Pursuant to 14 C.F.R., §302.12 and the Depa rtment’s Rules of Practice, the applicant in this proceeding, Friendship Airways, Inc. d/b/a Yello w Air Taxi (herein referred to as “Yellow Air Taxi” or “Applicant”), hereby moves to withhold from publ ic disclosure the attached Exhibit YAT-605A pages 1 through 6. This document is being filed with this Motion in a sealed envelope marked “Confidential Materials – Rule 12 Treatment Requested.” In supp ort of this Motion, Yellow Air Taxi submits the following:

1. The information set forth in the attached exhib it identifies private financial statements of the institution at which Yellow Air Taxi has the Line of Credit. This sensitive information would not otherwise be made public.

2. The Department’s applicable standards require the Department to evaluate requests for confidential treatment in accordance with the st andards of disclosure found in the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. §552, under whic h, information may be withheld from public disclosure if it is: (1) commercial or financ ial, (2) obtained from a person outside theMOTION OF YELLOW AIR TAXI government, and (3) privileged or confidential.” See : Gulf & Western Industries, Inc., v.
U.S. , 615 F. 2d 527, 529 (D.C. Cir.).

3. Yellow Air Taxi submits that there can be no question that the information for which confidentiality is sought herein is financial and commercial in nature or that it was obtained from a person outside of the government. As to whether the information is privileged or confidential in that its “disclosure ... is likely to have either of the following effects: (1) to impair the government’s ability to obtain necessary information in the future; or (2) to cause substantial harm to the competitive position of the person from whom the information is obtained” (see : National Parks & Conservation Association v. Morton , 498 F. 2d 765, 770 (D.C. Cir. 1974)), or that the information is of the type that is not usually released to the public (see : Gulf & Western , supra , 615 F. 2d @ 530), Yellow Air Taxi submits that the private and financial information herein is clearly privileged and confidential.

4. Exhibit YAT-605A pages 1 through 6 cont ains sensitive commercial and financial information, including proprietary and confiden tial personal details which could be used by Yellow Air Taxi’s competitors or potential competitors. Further, and more importantly, the information in this exhibit would not otherwise be made available to persons whether inside or outside the company. This information is of the type the Department normally grants confidential treatment (e.g . see : Brendan Airways, LLC, Docket OST-00-8029) and the document herein should be afforded conf idential treatment by the Department.

WHEREFORE, Friendship Airways, Inc. d/b/a Ye llow Air Taxi respectfully requests that the Exhibit YAT-605A pages 1 through 6, submitted in a sealed envelope with this Motion, be accorded confidential2

MOTION OF YELLOW AIR TAXI treatment pursuant to 14 C.F.R. §302.12. In the a lternative, Yellow Air Taxi requests such other, or different relief as the Department may deem necessary and proper.

Respectfully submitted,

Christopher B. Behnam President & CEO Friendship Air3ways, Inc. d/b/a/ Yellow Air Taxi 4201 Ravenswood Road Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312 Telephone: (954) 321-0292 Facsimile: (954) 321-0252 Email: Christopher@flyyellowairtaxi.com

3CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I certify that on this 9 th day of September 2010 a copy of the foregoing motion of friendship Airways, Inc. was served by first class mail, postage prepaid, on the parties named below: Mr. Jerry Proenza Flight Standards District Office #17 Federal Aviation Administration 2895 SW 145 th Avenue Suite #120 Miramar, FL 33027

______________________________________ Elizabeth M.J. Behnam