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VIRGIN AMERICA INC. ) Docket No. DOT-OST- 2012-0095 

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for a statement of authorization 

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 of authorization 

under 14 C.F.R. Part 212 

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) Docket No. DOT-OST- 2012-0095 

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MOTION OF VIRGIN AMERICA INC. 

FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT 

Pursuant to Rule 12 of the Department's Rules of Practice, Virgin America Inc. ("Virgin 

America") respectfully moves to withhold from public disclosure confidential portions of the 

Codeshare Agreement between Virgin America and Virgin Australia International Airlines Pty 

Ltd., submitted to the Department in support of its application for a statement of authorization to 

initiate codeshare services. 

On June 11, 2012, Virgin America submitted in the above-captioned docket a copy of the 

Agreement with the confidential portions redacted, and served the redacted Agreement on 

persons listed on the attached service list. The confidential, i.e. un-redacted, version of the 

Agreement is attached hereto in a sealed envelope and marked 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 of Information Act ("FOIA") exempts "trade secrets and commercial or financial 

information obtained from a person and privileged or confidential" from public disclosure. See 5 

u.s.c. § 552(b)(4). 
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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 or confidential. See Gulf & Western Industries, Inc. v. United States, 615 F. 2d 527, 

529 (D.C. Cir. 1980). Public release of this information would cause substantial competitive and 

financial injury to Virgin America. Accordingly, the information should be withheld from public 

disclosure. 

WHEREFORE, Virgin America respectfully ask the Department to grant its Motion for 

Confidential Treatment. 

June 13, 2012 

Respectfully submitted, 

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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 of the foregoing motion of Virgin America Inc. was served 

this 13th day of July, 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@del ta.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 

j ohn.allen@faa. gov 

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