Application of VIRGIN AMERICA INC. BEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D .C.

DOT-OST-2015- for a Blanket Statement ofAuthorization under 14 C.F.R. Part 212 (Code-Sharing U.S.-Turkey) ) ) ) ) ) ) )


### MOTION OF VIRGIN AMERICA INC.

FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREAMENT --

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


### 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 @z srlaw
.com jhfoglia@zsrl aw .com Counsel for Virgin America Inc.CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that I caused a copy ofthe 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
.wirick@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@polaraircargo
.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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