News / Court to decide Flexport-WGA aircraft contract dispute after mediation fails

Flexport and Western Global Airlines have failed to reach agreement a year after they put their dispute over an aircraft contract before a private mediator.

Now a judge has ruled they must attend a pre-trial telephone conference on 28 January, submitting a joint letter seven days beforehand describing the case and the prospect of settlement.

Western Global Airlines’ request for the case to be decided by an arbitrator was denied by the court, which supported Flexport’s argument that there was some ambiguity ...