FAA Rules in Airport’s Favor in Chattanooga Case

More than two years after Tac Air filed a Part 16 complaint with the FAA over the operation of an FBO built and owned by the airport operator at Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport/Lovell Field, the agency has finally issued its ruling, finding the airport authority did not violate its federal grant obligations. The situation became the centerpiece of the private ownership vs. airport-owned FBO debate in 2011 when the new FBO (managed by Wilson Air) opened to challenge the Tac Air facility.

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