BEFORE THE 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

In the matter of the petition of 

AIRTRAN AIRWAYS, INC. 

for Confidential Treatment of Documents 

Under Rule 12 of the Rules of Practice of the 

Department of Transportation, 14 C.F.R. § 

302.12 (Form 41; Schedule B-43 Report) 

Docket OST-2005-20896 

MOTION OF AIRTRAN AIRWAYS. INC. FOR 

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT PURSUANT TO RULE 12 

Communications with respect to this document should be addressed to: 

Richard P. Magumo 

Senior Vice President & General Counsel 

AirTran Airways 

9955 AirTran Boulevard 

Orlando, FL 32827 

Edward P. Faberman 

WILEY REIN LLP 

1776 K Street, NW 

Washington, DC 20006 

202-719-7402 

efabenn an@wilevrein.com 

Counsel for 

AirTran Airways, Inc. 

April 1,2010 
BEFORE THE 

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

BUREAU OF TRANSPORTATION STATISTICS 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

In the matter of the petition of 

AIRTRAN AIRWAYS, INC. 

for Confidential Treatment of Documents 

Under Rule 12 of the Rules of Practice of the 

Department of Transportation, 14 C.F.R. § 

302.12 (Form 41; Schedule B-43 Report) 

Docket OST-2005-20896 

MOTION OF AIRTRAN AIRWAYS, INC. FOR 

CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT PURSUANT TO RULE 12 

Pursuant to Rule 12 of the Department of Transportation's ("Department") Rules 

of Practice (14 C.F.R. § 302.12), AirTran Airways, Inc. ("AirTran") hereby requests that 

information contained in the enclosed AirTran's Form 41 filing. Schedule B-43, 

Inventory of Air fi-ames/Aircraft Engines, for the year ended December 31, 2009, be 

accorded confidential treatment and be withheld from public disclosure pursuant to Rule 

12. AirTran requests confidential treatment of information contained in its Schedule B43, Columns 10 (Acquired Cost or Capitalized Value), 11 (Allowance for Depreciation or 

Amortization), 12 (Depreciated Cost or Amortized Value) and 13 (Estimated Residual 

Value). AirTran has deleted the aforementioned information from Schedule B-43 which 

is filed annually. Consistent with §302.12, AirTran has filed separately the non-redacted 
document, under seal, and with the marking "Confidential Treatment Required Under 

§302.12" along with a copy of this motion. 

The Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(4), provides that privileged 

or confidential commercial and financial information obtained from a private person is 

specifically exempted from the requirements of public disclosure due to its business 

sensitive nature. The information, which is the subject of this motion, details AirTran's 

acquisition costs for its airfare and engine purchases. The public release of this 

information would cause substantial competitive and financial injury to AirTran. 

Accordingly, the information should be withheld fi^om public disclosure. 

This information may properly be withheld from public disclosure under 

Exemption 4 of the Freedom of Information Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(4), which permits 

protection from disclosure for "trade secrets and commercial or financial information 

obtained from a person and privileged or confidential." See, e.g., Gulf& Western 

Industries, Inc. v. United States, 615 F.2d 527 (D.C. Cir. 1979); Critical Mass Energy 

project V. NRC, 975 F.2d 871 (D.C. Cir. 1992). 

The Department has previously determined that the financial information 

contained in Schedule B-43 reports submitted by AirTran and other carriers would be 

withheld fi-om public disclosure for a period often (10) years from the date on which 

Rule 12 motions were filed. The same ruling should apply with equal validity to 

AirTran's B-43 report for the year that ended December 31, 2009. 

WHEREFORE, AirTran respectfully moves the Department to withhold the 

financial information contained in AirTran's Schedule B-43 report for the year ended 

December 31, 2009, filed concurrently herewith under seal, from public disclosure for a 
period often (10) years, through December 31, 2019, pursuant to Rule 12 of the 

Department's Rules of Practice in Proceedings. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Edward P. Faberman 

WILEY REIN LLP 

1776 K Street NW 

Washington, DC 20006 

Tel; 202.719.7000 

efaberman@wilevrein.com 

Dated: April 1,2010 
INDEX A 

Listing of Confidential Information in AirTran Airway, Inc. Form 41 

Filing for the Year Ended December 31, 2009 

Schedule B-43 

Title/Description 

Schedule B-43 

Inventory of Airfi-ames and 

Aircraft Engines 

Location in Document 

Columns (10) (11) (12) 13) 

Number of Pages 

4