Bark (Air) or chunk: Cat struggle over canine flights

Bark Air kicked off a scheduled charter flight service only for pups and their individuals Might 23, however the canine-centric airline is already within the doghouse.

Bark and jet constitution firm Talon Air supply flights between New York’s Westchester County Airport (HPN) and Los Angeles and London on 14-seat Gulfstream jets.

Nonetheless, Westchester County is now suing each Bark Inc. and Talon as a result of the flights go away from the airport’s personal jet space. The county claims that the flights violate county legislation mandating that each chartered and industrial airways utilizing plane with greater than 9 seats should use HPN’s six-gate industrial terminal.

A number of different air constitution corporations have challenged that county law in federal court docket, claiming that federal legal guidelines preempt these imposed by the county. However thus far, there was no judgment within the case.

The scenario may get ruff, however for now, a Bark spokesperson stated: “Bark would not touch upon litigation. However we do not imagine this can affect our operations.”

Bark Air’s first flight to London took off final week, and the airline just lately launched its full schedule via winter. It consists of flights from Westchester to Los Angeles, London and Paris.

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