Delta Sues Republic Airways Over Canceled Flights
October 08 2015 - 1:30AM
Dow Jones News
ATLANTA—Delta Air Lines Inc. is suing Republic Airways Holdings
Inc., alleging the regional airline company failed to fly some
Delta Connection flights.
Republic has said it curtailed flying for regional affiliates of
Delta, American and United because of a pilot shortage that it has
blamed partly on a labor dispute.
Delta sued Republic in a state court in Atlanta on Monday. In
the heavily blacked-out version available to the public, Delta said
it suffered "millions" in lost profits because Republic couldn't
operate all the flights it promised, causing Delta to cancel
flights and scramble to find replacement planes.
In a news release Wednesday, Republic said it wasn't violating
any of its contracts, including those with Delta.
Indianapolis-based Republic owns Republic Airlines and Shuttle
America, which together operate about 1,250 flights a day. They are
part of a group of regional airlines that use smaller planes to
operate flights for Delta, American and United between secondary
airports and big hub airports. Regional carriers operate about half
the nation's passenger flights, although the planes prominently
display the names of the big airlines that hire them.
Copyright 2015 the Associated Press
(END) Dow Jones Newswires
October 08, 2015 01:15 ET (05:15 GMT)
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