Breeze withdraws application for Compass’ certificate

Breeze Airways, the start-up passenger carrier headed by serial aviation entrepreneur David Neeleman, has abandoned its application to acquire the certificate of now-defunct Compass Airlines. The move comes just six weeks after Breeze applied for the certificate with the US DoT. Last week, pilot union Air Line Pilots Association, International (ALPA) filed a document with the DoT requesting that Breeze also take over Compass pilots’ union contracts. It is unclear if this contributed to Breeze withdrawing its application. “Compass Airlines, LLC and Breeze Aviation Group, Inc jointly provide notice to the Department of Transportation and all interested parties that they are withdrawing their joint application for the transfer of certificate authority,” says Breeze in a filing published on 18 August. The one-sentence document does not provide additional information.<br/>