Application of 

VIRGIN AMERICA INC. 

BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

DOT -OST -2015-

for a Blanket Statement of Authorization under 

14 C.F.R. Part 212 (Code-Sharing U.S.-Turkey) 

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MOTION OF VIRGIN AMERICA INC. 

FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREAMENT 

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Communications with respect to this document should be sent to: 

John Varley 

Senior Vice President & 

General Counsel 

Virgin America Inc. 

555 Airport Boulevard, Suite 500 

Burlingame, CA 9401 0 

Tel: (650) 762-7108 

john. varley@virginamerica.com 

April15,2015 

Malcolm L. Benge 

Jonathon H. Foglia 

Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger, L.L.P. 

888 Seventeenth Street, NW, 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. 
Application of 

VIRGIN AMERICA INC. 

BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, D.C. 

DOT-OST-2015-

for a Blanket Statement of Authorization under 

14 C.F.R. Part 212 (Code-Sharing U.S.-Turkey) 

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MOTION OF VIRGIN AMERICA INC. 

FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREAMENT 

Pursuant to Rule 12 of the Department's Rules of Practice, Virgin America Inc. ("Virgin 

America") respectfully moves to withhold from public disclosure confidential portions of the 

code-share agreement submitted to the Department in support of Virgin America's application 

for a blanket statement of authorization (the "Agreement"). 

Virgin America has 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. 

The document for which Virgin America seeks 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. § 552(b)(4). 

This document meets the requisite standard for confidential treatment because it is: (1) 

commercial or financial infonnation, (2) obtained from a person outside the government, and (3) 

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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 parties to the Agreement. Accordingly, the infonnation should be 

withheld from public disclosure. 

WHEREFORE, Virgin America Inc. respectfully asks the Department to grant its Motion 

for Confidential Treatment. 

April 15, 2015 

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Respectfully submitted, 

M~f~tf~7- Jonathon H. Foglia 

Zuckert, Scoutt & Rasenberger, L.L.P. 

888 Seventeenth Street, NW, 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. 
CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I hereby certify that I caused a copy of the foregoing Motion for Confidential Treatment 

to be served, this 15th day of April, 2015, via email transmission, on the following persons: 

francis.heil@aa.com 

howard.kass@aa.com 

robert. wiri ck@aa. com 

sascha. vanderbellen@del ta.com 

sametta.c.bamett@delta.com 

sllunsford@fedex.com 

sharon.pasley@fedex.com 

gbleopard@fedex.com 

kevin.montgomery@polaraircargo.com 

peter. beckett@po laraircargo. com 

dan. weiss@united.com 

gmurphy@crowell.com (Counsel for United Airlines) 

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

je1mifer.nowak@hklaw.com (Counsel for United Parcel Service) 

cjsimpson@zsrlaw.com (Counsel to Turkish Airlines) 

david.christofano@dot.gov 

robert.finamore@dot.gov 

brett.kruger@dot. gov 

john.s.duncan@faa.gov 

info@airlineinfo.com 

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Bryant Templeton