Trump Flight Rules Again to Bring Lantana Airport to Standstill
LANTANA —Palm Beach County taxpayers can expect to eat up to $60,000 in waived rental fees in 2018 as the county tries to provide relief to companies at the Lantana airport that will be effectively shut down when President Donald Trump is in town.
The leader of the private operator at the airport said he’s already lost close to a half million dollars from businesses and tenants that bolted since last year’s visits, and more could leave, or even go out of business, this year.
On top of that, the county expects to lose as much as $70,000 in general aviation — private plane — fees from Palm Beach International Airport if it repeats last year’s 12 percent drop in general aviation landings and fuel sales during presidential visits, the county said.