Hi Poet,
It's pretty much as Whirly said:
BJ Aviation Ltd are the owners of the Airport, i.e. land, hangars, buildings, grass, water, fencing etc. etc....
Pool Aviation Ltd (t/a Welshpool Flying School) are the operators, who were appointed in 1991.
There was a dispute quite early on between the two over various issues, most of which have been mentioned on PPRuNe in the past.
The original lease expired in around 1998 (I believe) and from that point on they continued operating within a special clause of the lease.
Initially the owner took the operator to court in order to remove them. He lost this on a technicality. He then appealed against the decision, and an extension was granted by the judge to enable Pool time to prepare their evidence.
Then at the appeal last Friday, the judges ruled in favour of BJ Aviation Ltd.
As a result, Pool cease to be the operators of Welshpool, and must vacate the premises there.
That would, of course, have a serious effect on their business, I would imagine.
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