Patriot Express flight halted temporarily

[unhappycamper]

The Patriot Express has been grounded following last week’s bankruptcy filing by its commercial carrier, ATA Airlines.


Patriot Express flight halted temporarily
By Vince Little, Stars and Stripes
Pacific edition, Thursday, April 10, 2008

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — The Patriot Express has been grounded following last week’s bankruptcy filing by its commercial carrier.

ATA Airlines shut down operations last Thursday due to the unexpected loss of a military transport subcontract overseen by FedEx Corp. Once the nation’s 10th-largest air carrier, it entered bankruptcy for the second time in just over three years.

The U.S. military’s only chartered commercial air service in the Pacific normally passes through Yokota every Friday and Saturday on weekly roundtrip flights from Seattle to Kadena Air Base, Okinawa. Last weekend’s flight was the first to be canceled.

Lt. Col. Scott Graham, the 730th Air Mobility Squadron’s deputy commander, said Air Mobility Command is coordinating with ATA’s parent company to continue the Patriot Express mission on a Northwest Airlines aircraft. The Indianapolis-based airline had operated under Global Aero Logistics Inc.

“There will be no Patriot Express mission this week as they continue to work out the details with the new carrier,” Graham said. “We hope to have the Patriot back up and running next week.”


Rest of article at: http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=104&article=53938

[Lint Head]

1. Bankruptcy is everywhere.

Thank you George Fuckin' Bush. :dem: