### BEFORE THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OFTRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C. Application of Aeroenlaces Nacionales, S.A. de C.V. (d/b/a vivaAerobus) Foran Amendmentto Foreign AirCarrier Permit ) ) ) ) ) ) ) ) 

### Docket No. OST-2011-0148



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MOTION OF AEROENLACES NACIONALES, S.A. de C.V. (VIVAAEROBUS) FORCONFIDENTIALTREATMENT

Communications withrespect to this document should be sent to:

May 11,2012 David M. Kirstein Joanne W. Young 

### KIRSTEIN & 

### YOUNG PLLC 1750 K StreetN.W. Suite 200 Washington, D.C. 20006 (202) 331-3348 (telephone) (202) 331-3933 (facsimile) Counsel for 

### Aeroenlaces Nacionales, S.A. de C.V.BEFORE THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION WASHINGTON, D.C. Application of Aeroenlaces Nacionales, 

### S.A. de 

### C.V. (d/b/a vivaAerobus) For an Amendment to Foreign Air Carrier Permit ) ) ) ) ) ) ) )


# _______________________________ )

MOTION OF Docket No. OST-2011-0148

AEROENLACES NACIONALES, 

### S.A. de C.V. (VIVAAEROBUS) FOR CONFIDENTIAL TREATMENT



### Pursuant to Section 302.12 ofthe Department's Rules ofPractice, Aeroenlaces Nacionales, S.A. de C.V. ("vivaAerobus") hereby files this Motion for Confidential Treatmentrelating to its concurrently-filed SupplementNo. 1to Application for

.Amendment to Foreign AirCarrierPermit (the "Supplement"). In supportthereof, vivaAerobus shows as follows: 1. vivaAerobus seeksto withhold from public disclosure its financial summaries setting forth its profit and loss statements and balance sheets for the two (2) mostrecent available years (Paragraph 8 ofits Supplement). Non-redacted copies ofthis information are enclosed in the accompanying envelope marked in accordance with Rule 12. 2. The information sought to be withheld from public disclosure includes financial and/or commercial information ofaprivately-held companythat has not beenMotion ofvivaAerobus Confidential Treatment Page 2 of3 made public. This information falls within Exemption 4 oftheFreedom ofInformation Act, 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(4), which provides protection from disclosure for "trade secrets and commercial or financial information obtained from a person and privileged or confidential." 3. Three elements are required for protection under Exemption 4: (1) the information mustbe financial or commercial in nature; (2) the information must be obtained from a person outside the government structure; and (3) the information must be confidential orprivileged. Information will be deemed "confidential" ifits disclosure is likely to cause substantial harm to the competitive position ofthe person reporting it to the government, orifthe information is ofthe type that it would not customarily be made public by the personreporting it. Gulf & Western Industries, Inc. v. UnitedStates, 615 F.2d 527,529 (D.C. Cir. 1974); SterlingDrug, Inc. v. Federal Trade Commission, 450 F.2d 698,709 (D.C. Cir. 1971);Burke Energy Corporation v. Dept. of Energy, 583 F. Supp. 507,510-11 (D. Kan. 1984). 4. vivaAerobus believes this information clearly satisfies all three elements required for protection underExemption4. First, the information is financial and/or commercial in nature. Second, the information is from a person outside the government structure, and was not obtained from any governmental entities. Finally, the information is confidential and disclosure ofsuch information could harm vivaAerobus' competitive position.Motion ofvivaAerobus Confidential Treatment Page 3 of3 WHEREFORE, vivaAerobus respectfully requests that the above referenced portion ofits Supplement, which is attached hereto in a sealed envelope, be held confidential by the Department ofTransportation.

May 11,2012 Respectfully submitted,

Suite 200 Washington, D.C. 20006 (202) 331-3348 (telephone) Counsel for Aeroenlaces Nacionales, S.A. de C.V.