### BEFORE THE U . S DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

### OFFICE OF 

### THE SEC RETARY WASHTNGTON, DC ) Appli catio n of ) ) AEROLINEAS MAS, S.A. ) ) ) Fo r Exemp ti o n A ut ho ri ty Pur s ua nt to ) 49 UCS 40109 fo r Foreig n Air Car rier P ermit)



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### MOTION FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATM ENT PURSUANT TO RULE 12 Manuel Fernandez P resident Aerolineas Mas. S.A. Calle Modesto D iaz #9 Ensanchc la Julia. Cu idad Universi t ar ia Santo Domingo, Domin ic a n R epub li c V oice: 809

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Re p resentat ives for AE ROLI NEAS MAS. S.A.

### BEFORE THE U.S 

### D EPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

OFFlCE OF THE SECRETARY 

### WASHINGTON, DC
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### Application of ) ) 

### AEROLINEAS MAS , S.A. ) ) ) 

### For Exemption Authority Pursuant to ) 49 UCS 40109 for Foreign Air Carrier Permit)



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MOTION FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT PURSUANT TO 

### RULE 12 AEROLINEAS MAS , S.A. ("MAS'' or ''Applicant") hereby moves for confidential treatment of Exhibit MAS-13 (F inanciallnf onnat ion ) to its Appl ication 

### in thi s Docket pursuant to Rule · 12 ofthe Department's Rules of Practice (14 C.F.R. 

### § 302.12). The confidential information has been filed under seal and with tbe marking "Confidential Treatment Requested Under 14 C.F.R. 

### § 302.12'\ as provided in 14 C.F.R. §302.12. Approval of Applicant's request tor confidential treatment would be consistent with the Department's Rules, i ts precedents and the Freedom of information Act (5 U.S.C. 552(b)(4). The filing contains commercially sensitive information that, ifreleased publicly , could cause substantial competitive harm to MAS. This information would not otherw1se be disclosed to the public by MAS. To be withheld from public disclosure under Rule 12, documents must contain information that is (1) commercial o r fmancial; (2) obtained from a pe r son o u tside of government: and (3) privileged or confidential. The information for which confidentiality is reque s ted clearly satisfies requirements one and two, in that it consists of commercia lly-sen sitive and confidential information of MAS -that was obtained directly from MAS. lt a lso clearly sati sfies the third requirement as well. as this i s the type of information that has been considered confidential by the Department 

### in the past. Additionally, release of this financial informati on would cause substantial harm to the competitive position of MAS and would impair the government's ability to collect such infommti on in the future. Should this information be made pubI ic , it could permit competitors of MAS to gain insight s 

### into the company, its operating plans and its funding that could be u sed by them to undermine i ts service, resulting in great economic harm to MAS , its investors and competition.
Page 2 of3Furthermore, the info rma tion may prope rly be withhe l d from p ublic di sclosu r e under Exempt i o n 4 of the Freedom of Information Ac l , 5 U.S. 

### C. § 552(b)(4). wh ic h permits protection from disclosure for "tra de secre ts and commercial o r financial info rma t io n obtained from a person and privileged or confidential.'' See , e. g., 

### Gulf & Western Industries, 

### inc. v. U nited States, 615 F.2d 527 (D.C. Cir. 1979); 

### Crit ica l Mass Ene rgy Project v. NRC, 975 P.2d 87 1 (D.C. Cir.l992). The Freed o m o flnformati o n Act, 5 U.S.C. 

### § 552(b)(4), provides th at privileged or confide ntial conuncrcial and financial information obtai n ed from a private person is speci fica lly exemp t f rom the requirements of public disclosure due to its busin ess-sensitive nature. T h e Informa t i on for which thi s m o ti on r e quests confidential treatment is confidential an d prop r ietary commercial and f111anc i a l infonnation o f a prival e party and the publi c release of this in forma tion wou ld cause competitive and fmancial injury to th at party. Acwnlingly, rhe information should be w ithh e ld from public disclosure. WHEREFORE, AEROLINEAS MAS, S.A. r es pectfully m oves that th e attached Exhi bit MAS1 3, submitted under seal with thi s motion , be withheld from pub l ic disclosure for a period of ten ( I 0) years, pu r suant to Rule 

### 1 2 of the Departm ent's Rules 

### of Practi ce in P roceed ings.

Date: D ece m ber 6, 20 1 1 Respectfully s ubmitted. Aviation Prof ess io n a l s Group, l nc., for AEROLJNEAS 

### MAS. S.A.

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