U.S. Aviation plans to relocate its flight school, which primarily serves Chinese pilots-to-be in Hondo, to Sherman in coming weeks.
“It's a big blow for us,” Mayor Jim Danner said Thursday.
Besides losing airplane fuel sales and a $5,527-a-month tenant at a city-owned hangar, he said the departure of the school's roughly 40 students will harm the local economy.
U.S. Aviation executive J. Michael Sykes cited “an unworkable and uncooperative relationship” with Federal Aviation Administration officials in San Antonio in giving notice of the school's pending move to North Texas Regional Airport in Sherman.
Danner said the city is asking elected federal officials to discuss the situation with the FAA in hopes of keeping the firm at the South Texas Regional Airport in Hondo.
U.S. Aviation set up shop there in late 2010, replacing Wright Flyers, which closed five months after opening the school due to contractual problems with Chinese airline clients.
Source: http://www.mysanantonio.com
“It's a big blow for us,” Mayor Jim Danner said Thursday.
Besides losing airplane fuel sales and a $5,527-a-month tenant at a city-owned hangar, he said the departure of the school's roughly 40 students will harm the local economy.
U.S. Aviation executive J. Michael Sykes cited “an unworkable and uncooperative relationship” with Federal Aviation Administration officials in San Antonio in giving notice of the school's pending move to North Texas Regional Airport in Sherman.
Danner said the city is asking elected federal officials to discuss the situation with the FAA in hopes of keeping the firm at the South Texas Regional Airport in Hondo.
U.S. Aviation set up shop there in late 2010, replacing Wright Flyers, which closed five months after opening the school due to contractual problems with Chinese airline clients.
Source: http://www.mysanantonio.com
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