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### USAIRWAYS, INC. ) ) for confidential treatment ofdocuments pursuant ) to Rule 12ofthe Rules ofPractice ) (Schedule B-7 ofFoml 41) ) ) ------------) Docket OST-96-1826 (former Docket 48735)



### MOTION OFUSAIRWAYS, INC. FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT

Communications with respect tothis document should be sent to: Howard Kass Vice President, Legal and Government Affairs Benjamin T. Slocum Director, Legal and Government Affairs US Airways, Inc. 1401 H Street, NW, Suite 1075 Washington, DC 20005 (202) 326-5153 howard.kass@usairways.com benjamin.slocum@usairways.com August 9,2013

### BEFORE THE U.S.DEPARTMENT OFTRANSPORTATION OFmCEOFTHESECRETARY WASHINGTON, D.C.

) Motion of ) ) US AIRWAYS, INC. ) ) for confidential treatment ofdocuments pursuant ) to Rule 12ofthe Rules ofPractice ) (Schedule B-7 ofForm 41) ) ) ~~~~~~~~~~~-) Docket OST-96-1826 (former Docket 48735) August 9,2013



### MOTION OFUSAIRWAYS, INC. FOR 

### CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT Pursuant to Rule 12 of the Department's Rules of Practice (14 C.F.R. ~302.12), US Airways, Inc. ("US Airways") hereby requests confidential treatment of certain information contained in Schedule B-7
- Airframe and Aircraft Engine Acquisitions and Retirements of US Airways' Form 41 filing for the quarter ended June 30, 2013 ("Schedule B-7"). That filing will be submitted separately herewith under seal, marked with a request for confidential treatment pursuant to Rule 12(~302.12). US Airways requests that these data be withheld from public disclosure for a period of at least ten (10) years from the date of their submission. In. support ofthis request, US Airways states as follows: The Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.c. ~ 552(b)(4), provides that confidential commercial and financial infonnation obtained from a private person is exempt from the requirements ofpublic disclosure. The infonnation for which US Airways requests confidential treatment is confidential and proprietary commercial and financial information obtained from US Airways, aprivate party. Moreover, the public release ofthat information would cause US
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Airways substantial competitive and financial injury. Accordingly, the information should be withheld from public disclosure. The information at issue is cost, amortization/depreciation and realization data relating to US Airways' airframes and aircraft engines asofJune 30, 2013. This information ispresented in columns II, 12, and 13 of Schedule B-7. See Exhibit A hereto for a listing of the specific infonnation included in Schedule B-7 for which contidential treatment isrequested. In addition to filing Schedule B-7 under seal, US Airways is submitting to the Office ofAviation Analysis redacted copies of Schedule B-7, available for public inspection, that omit the information for which confidential treatment isrequested. The Department has previously determined that the confidential and competitivelysensitive data contained in US Airways' Schedules B-7 are entitled toconfidential treatment. By letter of James W. Mitchell, Director, Office ofAirline Statistics, the Department granted prior US Airways' requests for confidential treatment of this same information for earlier reporting periods and ruled that itbe withheld from public disclosure for aperiod often (10) years. The Department's reasoning applies with equal force to US Airways' present motion and submission.



### 3Motion ofUSAirways, Inc. for Confidential Treatment

WHEREFORE, US Airways respectfully requests that the confidential information contained 

### in its Schedule B-7 detailed above be withheld from public disclosure for at least ten (10) years. Respectfully submitted,

Howard Kass Vice President, Legal and Government Affairs Benjamin T. Slocum Director, Legal and Government Affairs US Airways, Inc. 1401 H Street, NW, Suite 1075 Washington, DC 20005 (202) 326-5153 howard. kass@usairways.com benjamin.slocum@usairways.com August 9, 2013

4EXHIBIT A

Listing ofConfidential Information in US Airways, Inc's Form 41 Filing Schedule B-7: Title/Description Location inDocument Number ofPages
Cost Column (II) 2 Depreciated Cost or Column (12) 2 Amortized Value
Realization Column (13) 2