There is only one reason Santa Monica Municipal Airport tenant Ali Safai gives for closing his maintenance and flight training business after 22 years of operation—the City of Santa Monica. Safai purchased the business, Santa Monica Aviation, invested in it and expanded it. For years, city officials have worked to close the airport, Safai said. “I have watched the City create more and more obstacles and more difficult for the operators to exist,” Safai said. “I put ...
