BEFORE THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OFTRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

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- ) Application of ) ) CHINA EASTERN AIRLINES CORPORATION LTD. ) ) for ablanket exemption imder ) 49 U.S.C. ~40109 (U.S.-China Codesharing) ) -------------). ) Application of ) ) VIRGIN AMERICA INC. ) ) for ablanket statement ofauthorization under ) 14 C.F.R. Part 212 (U.S.-China Codesharing) ) -------------~-) Docket No. OST- 2014-' 

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JOINT MOTION OF CHINA EASTERN AIRLINES CORPORATION LTD. AND VIRGIN AMERICA INC. FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREAMENT Communications with respect tothis document should be sentto: Evelyn D. Sahr Drew M. Derco Eckert Seamans Cherin &Mellott, L.L.C. 1717 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., 12thFloor 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 OFTRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.) Application of ) ) CHINA EASTERN AIRLINES CORPORATION LTD. ) ) for ablanket exemption under ) 49 U.S.C. 

## S40109 (U.S.-China Codesharing) ) ) ) Application of ) ) VIRGIN AMERICA INC. ) ) for ablanket statement ofauthorization under ) 14C.F.R. Part 212 (U.S.-China Codesharing) ) ) Docket No. OST- 2014-

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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 ofthe Joint Applicants' request for ablanket codeshareonly exemption and blanket statement of authorization to initiate codeshare services (the "Agreement"). The Joint Applicants have filed a copy ofthe 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 asealed envelope andmarked inaccordance with Rule 12.

-1-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 aperson 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 aperson 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 ofthis 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 askthe Department to grant their Motion for Confidential Treatment. Respectfully submitted, 

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# ~/'r/p Evel D. Sahr / Drew M. Derco Eckert Seamans Cherin &Mellott, L.L.C. 1717 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., 12thFloor 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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# M!!::!i::; 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

Ihereby certify that Icaused acopy ofthe foregoing Motion tobe served, this 17thday ofJune, 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 forHawaiian Airlines) kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com peter.beckett@polaraircargo.com dan.weiss@united.com gmumhy@crowell.com (Counsel forUnited Airlines) anita.mosner@hklaw.com (Counsel forUnited Parcel Service) jennifer.nowak@hklaw.com (Counsel forUnited 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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