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VIRGIN AMERICA INC. ) Docket No. DOT-OST- 2012-0095 ) for a statement ofauthorization under 14 C.F.R. Part 212 ) )



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MOTION OF VIRGIN AMERICA INC. FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT
Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

John Varley Senior Vice President &

General Counsel Virgin America Inc. 555 Airport Boulevard, Suite 500 Burlingame, CA 94010 (650) 762-7108 (650) 762-7001 (fax) john.varley@virginamerica.com

June 13, 2012 John E. Gillick Jonathon H. Foglia Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger L.L.P. 888 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Suite 700 Washington, DC 20006 Tel: (202) 973-7939 Fax: (202) 342-0683 jegillick@zsrlaw.com jhfoglia@zsrlaw.com Counsel for Virgin America Inc.BEFORE THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, DC

Application of VIRGIN AMERICA INC. for a statement ofauthorization under 14 C.F.R. Part 212 ) ) ) ) Docket No. DOT-OST- 2012-0095 ) ) )



# ____________________________) MOTION OF VIRGIN AMERICA INC. FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT

Pursuant to Rule 12 ofthe Department's Rules ofPractice, Virgin America Inc. ("Virgin America") respectfully moves to withhold from public disclosure confidential portions ofthe Codeshare Agreementbetween Virgin America and Virgin Australia International Airlines Pty Ltd., submitted to the Department in support ofits application for a statement ofauthorization to initiate codeshare services. On June 11, 2012, Virgin America submitted inthe above-captioned docket a copy ofthe Agreement with the confidential portions redacted, and served the redacted Agreement on persons listed onthe attached service list. The confidential, i.e. un-redacted, version ofthe Agreement is attached hereto in a sealed envelope andmarked in accordance with Rule 12. The document for which Virgin America seek confidential treatment contains proprietary, commercially sensitive, and confidential business information. Subsection (b)(4) of the Freedom ofInformation Act ("FOIA") exempts "trade secrets and commercial or financial information obtained from a person andprivileged orconfidential" from public disclosure. See 5 

## u.s.c. § 552(b)(4)./• ' This document meets the requisite standard for confidential treatment because it is: (1) commercial or financial information, (2) obtained from a person outside the government, and (3) privileged orconfidential. See Gulf& Western Industries, Inc. v. United States, 615 F. 2d 527, 529 (D.C. Cir. 1980). Public release ofthis information would cause substantial competitive and financial injuryto Virgin America. Accordingly, the information shouldbe withheld from public disclosure. WHEREFORE, Virgin America respectfully ask the Department to grant its Motion for Confidential Treatment.

June 13, 2012 Respectfully submitted,

# ~p John E. Gillick Jonathon H. Foglia Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger L.L.P. 888 Seventeenth Street, NW, Suite 700 Washington, DC 20006 Tel: (202) 973-7939 Fax: (202) 342-0683 jegillick@zsrlaw.com ihfoglia@zsrlaw.com Counsel for Virgin America Inc.

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# . ' CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that a copy ofthe foregoing motion ofVirgin America Inc. was served this 13th day ofJuly, 2012, via email transmission on the following persons: carl.nelson@aa.com robert.wirick@aa.com jrichardson@johnlrichardson.com (Counsel for Amerijet International) lachter@starpower.net (Counsel for ASTAR Air Cargo) rpommer@atlasair.com sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com sametta.c.bamett@delta.com tom.lydon@evergreenaviation.com charters@evergreenairlines.com anbird@fedex.com sllunsford@fedex.com jhill@dowlohnes.com (Counsel for Hawaiian Airlines) matwood@cozen.com (Counsel for Kalitta Air) kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com peter.beckett@polaraircargo.com dan.weiss@united.com hershel.kamen@united.com rbkeiner@crowell.com (Counsel for United Airlines) gmurphy@crowell.com (Counsel for United Airlines) lhalloway@crowell.com (Counsel for United Airlines) anita.mosner@hklaw.com (Counsel for United Parcel Service) howard.kass@usairways.com benjamin.slocum@usairways.com mlbenge@zsrlaw.com (Counsel for World Airways) urskr@state.gov susan.kurland@dot.gov esta.rosenberg@dot.gov todd.homan@dot.gov peter.irvine@dot.gov john.allen@faa.gov

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