BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, DC "'IC · :)"' LIJ ,;;·l -2 p 2:53 

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Motion of ) 

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JETBLUE AlR WAYS CORPORATION ) 

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For confidential treatment of documents ) 

pursuant to Rule 12 of the Rules of Practice ) 

(Form 41, Schedule B-7 and B-43) ) 

Docket DOT -OST -2000-8088 

MOTION OF JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION 

FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT 

Communications with respect to this document should be sent to: 

Robert C. Land 

Senior Vice President, Government 

Affairs & Associate General Counsel 

Don Daniels 

Vice President, Corporate Controller & 

Chief Accounting Officer 

JetBlue Airways Corporation 

27-01 Queens Plaza North 

Long Island City, NY 11101 

March 16,2015 

J. Parker Erkmann 

Jonathan B. Hill 

Cooley LLP 

1299 Pennsylvania Ave., NW 

Washington, DC 20004 

(202) 842-7800 

perkmann@cooley.com 

jhi ll@cooley.com 

Counsel for JetBlue Airways Corporation 
BEFORE THE 

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION 

WASHINGTON, DC 

) 

Motion of ) 

) 

JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION ) 

) 

) 

For confidential treatment of documents ) 

pursuant to Rule 12 of the Rules of Practice ) 

(Form 41, Schedule B-7 and B-43) ) 

Docket DOT -OST -2000-8088 

MOTION OF JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION 

FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT 

Pursuant to Rule 12 of the Department's Rules of Practice (14 C.F.R. § 302.12), JetBlue 

Airways Corporation ("JetBlue") hereby requests confidential treatment of certain information 

contained in Schedules B-7 and B-43 of JetBlue'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 of this 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 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 sensitive business nature. 1 The 

information for which JetBlue requests confidential treatment is confidential and proprietary · 

1 Gulf & Western Industries, Inc. v. United States, 615 F .2d 527, 529 (D.C. Cir. 1979). 

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commercial and financial information, obtained from JetBlue, a private party, the public release 

of which would cause substantial competitive and financial injury to JetBiue. Accordingly, the 

information should be withheld from public disclosure. 

The information at issue is cost or capitalized value, amortization/depreciation, and 

realization data relating to JetBiue' s airframes and aircraft engines as of December 31, 2014. 

This information is contained in columns 9-11 of JetBlue's Schedule B-7 (Airframes and 

Aircraft Engine Acquisitions and Retirements) and columns 10-13 of Schedule B-43 (Inventory 

of Airframes 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 of its 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 

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INDEX A 

Listing of Confidential 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 Number of Pages 

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 of Airframes and Cost or Capitalized Value", 8 

Aircraft Engines "Allowance for Depreciation 

or Amortization", 

"Depreciation Cost on 

Amortized Value" and 

"Estimated Residual Value") 

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