A $25,000 fine the Canadian government imposed on Atlantic City's Borgata Hotel Casino & Spa for flying top gamblers to and from Montreal and Toronto has been overturned.
A Canadian appeals panel ruled because the flights were private and not open to the general public, the Borgata did not need a Canadian aviation license.
The Canadian Transportation Agency cited the Borgata for 10 flights its two private jets made between Atlantic City and Montreal or Toronto from June 2008 and March 2009.
The agency said the Borgata needed a Canadian license. But the casino appealed, and won, convincing an appeals panel last month that the private flights are not covered by Canada's license law.
