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Firm applies for ground-handling permit to service Cape Air
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Posted on Nov 29 2005
USG Investments, Inc. has filed an application for ground-handling permit before the Commonwealth Ports Authority, so that it can provide ground services for Cape Air’s CNMI operations.
The impact on Continental Micronesia’s employees, however, of the purported ground-handling contract if USG gets the CPA’s nod remains unclear yet, following Continental’s furlough of employees due to the pullout of Japan Airlines.
Continental provided ground-handling services for JAL. Continental also teams up with Cape Air in servicing Saipan, Rota, and Guam through its Continental Connection partnership.
Continental Micronesia’s sales and marketing manager, Lou Sanchez, said Monday that her company and Cape Air are two separate entities despite their operational partnership. She said the company “would not be privy” to the ground-handling contract purportedly awarded by Cape Air to USG Investments.
Sanchez had yet to provide information if Continental employees would be involved in Cape Air’s ground handling operations. Yesterday, she referred inquiries to Cape Air, saying that Continental has yet to receive any ground handling contract from its airline partner.
CPA executive director Carlos Salas confirmed that USG Investments has filed with his office an application for a ground-handling permit.
In an interview with Salas last Friday, the CPA executive director said no permit had been issued to USG yet, as the application was still being reviewed.
The Saipan Tribune contacted Cape Air’s Rota offices Monday, but a staff referred inquiries to Continental’s operations section. USG Investments could not be reached for interview at press time.
