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) Motion of ) ) JETBLUE AlRWAYS CORPORATION ) ) ) Forconfidential treatment ofdocuments ) pursuantto Rule 12 ofthe Rules ofPractice ) (Form 41, Schedule B-7 and B-43) ) Docket DOT-OST-2000-8088



### MOTION OFJETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION FORCONFIDENTIALTREATMENT

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to: Robert 

### C. Land SeniorVice President, Government Affairs & Associate General Counsel Don Daniels Vice President, Corporate Controller& ChiefAccounting Officer JetBlue Airways Corporation 27-01 Queens PlazaNorth Long Island City, NY 11101

March 16,2015 J. ParkerErkmann Jonathan B. Hill Cooley LLP 1299 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20004 (202) 842-7800 perkmann@cooley.com jhill@cooley.com
Counsel for JetBlue Airways CorporationBEFORE THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, DC


### ) Motion of ) ) JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION ) ) 

### ) Forconfidential treatment ofdocuments ) pursuantto Rule 12 ofthe Rules ofPractice ) (Form 41, Schedule B-7 and B-43) ) Docket DOT-OST-2000-8088



### MOTION OFJETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT
Pursuantto Rule 12 ofthe Department's Rules ofPractice (14 C.F.R. 

### § 302.12), JetBlue Airways Corporation ("JetBlue") hereby requests confidential treatment ofcertain information contained in Schedules B-7 and B-43 ofJetBlue's Form 41 filing for the quarter ending December 31, 2014. These Schedules have been submitted separately pursuant to the Department's modified rules for submission ofthis data, under which a redacted copy is no longer required. JetBlue requests that this data be withheld from public disclosure for a period of at least ten (10) years. In support ofthis request, JetBlue states as follows: The Freedom ofInformation 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 ofpublic disclosure due to its sensitive business nature. 1 The information for which JetBlue requests confidential treatment is confidential and proprietary ·

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### Western Industries, Inc. v. UnitedStates, 615 F.2d 527, 529 (D.C. Cir. 1979).
2commercial and financial information, obtained from JetBlue, a private party, the public release ofwhich would cause substantial competitive and financial injury to JetBiue. Accordingly, the information should be withheld from public disclosure. The information at issue is cost orcapitalized value, amortization/depreciation, and realization data relating to JetBiue's airframes and aircraft engines as ofDecember 31, 2014. This information is contained in columns 9-11 ofJetBlue's Schedule B-7 (Airframes and Aircraft Engine Acquisitions and Retirements) and columns 10-13 ofSchedule B-43 (Inventory ofAirframes and Aircraft Engines)(See Index A). JetBlue already has filed this information via the Department's eSubmit system with all fields completed, including cost data. The Department has previously determined that the confidential and competitivelysensitive data contained in the B-7 Schedule and the B-43 Schedule is entitled to confidential treatment. WHEREFORE, JetBiue Airways Corporation respectfully requests that the confidential information contained in Schedule B-7 and B-43 ofits Form 41 report for the quarter ending December 31, 2014 be withheld from public disclosure for at least ten (1 0) years.

J. Parker Erkmann Cooley LLP 1299 Pennsylvania Ave., NW Washington, DC 20004 (202) 842-7800 perkmann@cooley.com Counsel for JetBlue Airways Corporation
3INDEX A Listing ofConfidential Information in JetBlue Airways Corporation's Form 41 Filing for the Quarter Ended December 31, 2014
Schedule B-7 and B-43
Title/Description Location in Document NumberofPages Schedule B-7 Airframes and Aircraft Engine Columns 9-11 ("Cost," 

### 6 Acquisitions and Retirements "Depreciated Cost or Amortized Value" and "Realization") Schedule B-43 Columns 10-13 ("Acquired Inventory ofAirframes and Cost or Capitalized Value", 

### 8 Aircraft Engines "Allowance for Depreciation orAmortization", "Depreciation Cost on Amortized Value" and "Estimated Residual Value")

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