Port Authority mum on litigation to be discussed at meeting in wake of flight cancellations

VIENNA

More details on the abrupt ending of the Great Lakes JetExpress Youngstown-Chicago flights should be released today.

The Western Reserve Port Authority Board of Directors will have a special meeting this morning at Youngstown-Warren Regional Airport to “confer with counsel regarding imminent litigation,” a notice reads.

John Moliterno, executive director of the port authority, which oversees the airport, did not want to comment until after the board meets.

The last flight from Chicago to Youngstown landed Wednesday evening. A few hours later, Aerodynamics, or ADI, the company that launched the flights July 1, sent out a news release announcing that flight as the final one for the service.

The WRPA board noted that ADI did not have an interline agreement in place with United Airlines, a main carrier out of Chicago O’Hare International Airport.

The lacking agreement hurt ticket sales because customers couldn’t connect with United flights directly.

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