BEFORE THE

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

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CHINA EASTERN AIRLINES CORPORATION LTD. )

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for a blanket exemption imder )

49 U.S.C. ~ 40109 (U.S.-China Code sharing) )

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Application of )

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VIRGIN AMERICA INC. )

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for a blanket statement of authorization under )

14 C.F.R. Part 212 (U.S.-China Codesharing) )

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Docket No. OST- 2014-' PJ:P1,

Docket No. OST- 2014- 0(08

JOINT MOTION OF CHINA EASTERN AIRLINES CORPORATION LTD.

AND VIRGIN AMERICA INC. FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREAMENT

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to:

Evelyn D. Sahr

Drew M. Derco

Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, L.L.C.

1717 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., 12th Floor

Washington, D.C. 20006

Tel: (202) 659-6600

Fax: (202) 659-6699

esahr@eckertseamans.com

dderco@eckertseamans.com

Counsel for

China Eastern Airlines Corporation Ltd.

June 17,2014

Malcolm L. Benge

Jonathon H. Foglia

Zuckert Scoutt & Rasenberger, L.L.P.

888 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Suite 700

Washington, D.C. 20006

Tel: (202) 298-8660

Fax: (202) 342-0683

mlbenge@zsrlaw.com

jhfoglia@zsrlaw.com

Counsel for

Virgin America Inc,
BEFORE THE

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

)

Application of )

)

CHINA EASTERN AIRLINES CORPORATION LTD. )

)

for a blanket exemption under )

49 U.S.C. S 40109 (U.S.-China Code sharing) )

)

)

Application of )

)

VIRGIN AMERICA INC. )

)

for a blanket statement of authorization under )

14 C.F.R. Part 212 (U.S.-China Code sharing) )

)

Docket No. OST- 2014- __

Docket No. OST- 2014-

JOINT MOTION OF CHINA EASTERN AIRLINES CORPORATION LTD.

AND VIRGIN AMERICA INC. FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREAMENT

Pursuant to Rule 12 of the Department's Rules of Practice, China Eastern Airlines

Corporation Ltd. and Virgin America Inc. (collectively, the "Joint Applicants") respectfully

move to withhold from public disclosure confidential portions of the Codeshare Agreement

submitted to the Department in support of the Joint Applicants' request for a blanket codeshareonly exemption and blanket statement of authorization to initiate codeshare services (the

"Agreement").

The Joint Applicants have filed a copy of the Agreement, with the confidential portions

redacted, in the Department's public docket, and served the redacted Agreement on those

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.

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The document for which the Joint Applicants 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. S 552(b)(4).

This document meets the requisite standard for confidential treatment because it is: (I)

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 the Joint Applicants. Accordingly, the information should be withheld from

public disclosure.

WHEREFORE, China Eastern Airlines Corporation Ltd. and Virgin America Inc.

respectfully ask the Department to grant their Motion for Confidential Treatment.

Respectfully submitted,

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Evel D. Sahr /

Drew M. Derco

Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott, L.L.C.

1717 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., 12th Floor

Washington, D.C. 20006

Tel: (202) 659-6600

Fax: (202) 659-6699

esahr@eckertseamans.com

dderco@eckertseamans.com

Counsel for

China Eastern Airlines Corporation Ltd.

June 17, 2014

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Jonathon H. Foglia

Zuckert Scoutt & Rasenberger, L.L.P.

888 Seventeenth Street, N.W., Suite 700

Washington, D.C. 20006

Tel: (202) 298-8660

Fax: (202) 342-0683

m1benge@zsrlaw.com

jhfog1ia@zsrlaw.com

Counsel for

• Virgin America Inc.
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that I caused a copy of the foregoing Motion to be served, this 17th day

of June, 2014, via email transmission, on the following persons:

francis.hei1@aa.com

howard.kass@aa.com

robert.wirick@aa.com

sascha. vanderbell en@de1ta.com

sametta.c.bamett@de1ta.com

sllunsford@fedex.com

sharon.pas1ey@fedex.com

gb1eopard@fedex.com

jhi11@coo1ey.com (Counsel for Hawaiian Airlines)

kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com

peter. beckett@polaraircargo.com

dan.weiss@united.com

gmumhy@crowell.com (Counsel for United Airlines)

anita.mosner@hklaw.com (Counsel for United Parcel Service)

jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com (Counsel for United Parcel Service)

urskr@state.gov

esta.rosenberg@dot.gov

brett.kruger@dot.gov

john.s.duncan@faa.gov

info@airlineinfo.com

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Bryant Templeton