Flights from Youngstown to Chicago hits speedbump

VIENNA

The U.S. Department of Transportation has tentatively denied the application of Aerodynamics Inc. to begin daily air service between the Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport and Chicago O’Hare International Airport based on the airline’s lack of “fitness.”

The government also went another step, proposing that ADI also have its existing certification to provide charter flights revoked — all on the grounds that the company doesn’t have the “managerial competence necessary” nor the “proper compliance disposition and regard for the laws and regulations governing its services.”

The written order DOT released Thursday says ADI will have the opportunity to show cause why the tentative conclusions should not be adopted.

ADI officials informed Dan Dickten, director of aviation at Youngstown-Warren, that the order is a “setback,” but the company “does not initially see this as something that cannot be overcome,” Dickten said in an email.

Read more about the matter in Saturday's Vindicator or on Vindy.com.