The company that operates Beijing Airlines voluntarily dropped its suit yesterday against the Commonwealth Ports Authority and its executive director, Christopher S. Tenorio.<\/p>\n
Beijing Capital Airlines Co. Ltd., through its lawyer, Daniel T. Guidotti, asked the U.S. District Court for the NMI to dismiss its lawsuit without prejudice, which means it may re-file the case in the future.<\/p>\n
The motion for the dismissal of the lawsuit did not provide details.<\/p>\n
At a conference on Friday before U.S. District Court for the NMI magistrate judge Heather L. Kennedy, Guidotti told the court that the parties have reached a resolution and will be filing a stipulation to dismiss the case.<\/p>\n
Attorney Robert T. Torres represented CPA and Tenorio in the case.<\/p>\n
Kennedy then set a telephone status conference for today, Tuesday, at 1:30pm, but told the parties that the conference will be vacated if the parties file a stipulation to drop the matter.<\/p>\n
Beijing Capital Airlines, which operates Beijing Airlines, filed the lawsuit last Tuesday to stop CPA from preventing it from landing at the Francisco C. Ada-Saipan International Airport, based upon a resolution by the CPA board.<\/p>\n
The CPA board resolution, which was adopted last June 13, had suspended the entry of new international flights to the CNMI for 60 days. <\/p>\n
The CNMI government and CPA was supposed to use the 60 days to assess the current state of the CNMI\u2019s infrastructure\u2019s capacity to accommodate the rapid increase in visitor arrival.<\/p>\n
Last Thursday, Tenorio issued an order, stating that the suspension will stay \u201cfor an indefinite period\u201d until a response is received from the U.S. Department of Transportation. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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