### TEXT OF EMAIL TO: Legal Department 3620 Hacks Cross Road Building B, 3rd Floor Memphis,TN 38125 Telephone 901.434.8600



### F41Financials.Suppmt@dot.gov MUST INCLUDE ATTACHED MOTION WITH EMAIL**~** RE: Federal Express Corporation's Amended Form 41 Schedule B-43 Motion ofFederal Express Corporation For Confidential Treatment Pursuant to Rule 12 Docket No. 97-2494



### This email is to notify you that Federal Express Corporation has transmitted to the Depmtment its Amended Form 41 repmt for the Yem· qumter ended Mm·ch 31, 2014, which includes confidential material requiring special handling. Included with that repmt is a copy of its Schedule B-7 Airframe and Aircraft Engine Acquisitions and Retirements, along with the attached Motion for Confidential Treatment ofthat Schedule. We are vety grateful for your effmts to maintain the confidentiality of this sensitive material. Please do nothesitate to call me should you have any questions with respect to this filing.
Sincerely,
FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION

# l\;~.)/\_-h~~, CourtneyE. Felts Senior Attorney Regulatmy Affairs Phone: (901) 434-8632 FAX: (90 1) 434-9289 E-Mail: cefelts@fedex.comBEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS WASHINGTON, D.C.

Motion of 

### FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION for Confidential Treatment ofDocuments under Rule 12 ofthe Rules ofPractice of the Department ofTransportation, 14 CFR 302.12(Amended Form 41; Schedule B-7) ) ) ) ) ) )



## ___________________________________) Docket OST-97-2494

MOTION OF FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT PURSUANT TO RULE 12

Communications with respectto this document should be sent to:
Courtney E. Felts Senior Attorney FEDERALEXPRESS CORPORATION 3620 Hacks Cross Road, Bldg. B Memphis, TN 38125 (901) 434-8632 (901 )434-9289

May 7, 2014BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS WASHINGTON, D.C.

Motion of FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION for Confidential Treatment ofDocuments under 

### Rule 12 ofthe Rules ofPractice of the Department ofTransportation, 14 CFR 302.12 (Amended Fmm41; Schedule B-7) ) ) ) ) ) ) )



## _____________________________________) Docket OST-97-2494

MOTION OF FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT PURSUANT TO RULE 12
Federal Express Corporation (Federal Express) hereby submits this motionto withhold from public disclosure ce1tain information contained in its Amended Form 41, Schedule B-7, Airframe and Aircraft Engine Acquisitions and Retirements Report for the Qumier ended March 31,2014. As required bythe Depmtment's procedures outlined in a Federal Register notice dated July 16, 2010, 75 Fed. Reg 41579-41597, Federal Express has transmitted Schedule B-7 unredacted withthe rest ofthat Amended Form 41 Report. As required inthat notice, Federal Express has also sent an email to F41Financials.Support@dot.gov, attaching a copy of this motion and seeking special handling ofthe Schedule B-7 information.Motion ofFedExExpress Docket OST-97-2494 Page2 of3
1. Byletters dated August 23, 1994 and June 5, 1995, Mr. James W. Mitchell, former Director, Office ofAirline Statistics, Research and Special Programs Administration, granted the motions ofDelta Air Lines, Inc. and AmericanAirlines, Inc., respectively, for confidential treatment ofinformation that is substantiallythe same as that for which FedExExpress seeks confidential treatmenthere. Acting under delegated authority, Mr. Mitchell determined on behalfofthe Departmentthat the aircraft cost infmmation contained in Schedules B-7 and B-43 is confidential and competitively sensitive: He concluded that Exemptions 3 and 4 ofthe Freedom oflnfmmationAct (5 U.S.C. 

### § 552(b)(3) and (4)) authorize the Departmentto withhold this financial infmmation. Further, he ruled thatthe Department should denypublic access to this confidential financial informationfor tenyears. The Bureau confirmed its finding of competitive sensitivity in 2004. 69 Fed. Reg. 62309 (October 25, 2004). Forthe reasons stated in those letters, the Department should also grant confidential treatment to the data submitted under seal with this motion for at least ten years.
2. United Parcel Service Company and United AirLines sought further extension ofthe confidential period in 2004. The Bmeau sought public comment ontheirrequests in Docket BTS- 2004-19380. Should the Bureau grantthose requests, FedEx seeks similartreatment.Motion ofFedExExpress Docket OST-97-2494 Page 3 of3

WHEREFORE, Federal Express respectfullymoves the Department and the
Bureauto withhold the financial information contained inits Schedule B-7 Repmt
for the Quatter ended March 31, 2014, filed concunentlyherewith under seal,
from public disclosure for a period ofat least ten (10) years, through March 31, 2024, pursuant to 14 C.F.R. 

### § 302.12, and to grant such other reliefas may be appropriate.

Respectfully submitted, 

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# f' ComtneyE. Felts Senior Attorney FEDERAL EXPRESS CORPORATION