After years of battling the city of Santa Monica for a reasonable business environment at the Santa Monica Airport, several businesses have thrown in the towel and vacated the airport property. The biggest hit came on Tuesday as Justice Aviation, one of the biggest flight schools in southern California, settled with the city and will shut its doors in the next few weeks.
Major Flight School at Santa Monica Airport to Close
Key Takeaways:
- Several businesses, including the major flight school Justice Aviation, are vacating Santa Monica Airport (SMO) due to an increasingly difficult business environment imposed by the city.
- The city has made conditions challenging for tenants by offering only month-to-month leases instead of long-term agreements and implementing new landing fees, which particularly burden flight schools.
- Justice Aviation, after protesting the fees and engaging in lawsuits with the city, settled its case and will receive $450,000 to cease operations and vacate the property by June 2015.
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