FORT WORTH, Texas — BNSF Railway has filed suit over a start-up airline’s effort to use the name “Northern Pacific.”
In a paywalled article, Bloomberg Law reports BNSF has filed suit in federal court for the Northern District of Texas against FLOAT Alaska, which is working to launch Northern Pacific Airways, a low-cost airline based in Anchorage, Alaska that plans to offer flights between the U.S. and Asia.
The website Simple Flying says BNSF has sued over trademark infringement, saying the airline must halt its efforts to registrer the Northern Pacific trademark. Northern Pacific Railway, of course, is one of BNSF’s predecessors.
Simple Flying says Northern Pacific’s plans have been upended by the closure of Russian airspace as a result of the Ukraine war, which would add hours to flight times for its four Boeing 757-200 jets. As a result, the airline is now seeking to fly between the U.S. and Mexico.
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