SAN DIEGO -- Federal aviation officials this week dismissed nearly all complaints lodged by the company that caters to private aircraft at Lindbergh Field.

Jimsair Aviation Services filed the claims with the Federal Aviation Administration a year ago, arguing that the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority undermined the company's efforts to improve and expand operations.

In a ruling released Monday, the FAA rejected seven of the eight claims made against the authority.

Authority general counsel Breton Lobner said that he was pleased with the decision and that the agency never believed the complaints had merit.

Jimsair has operated at Lindbergh for 54 years. It leases 11 acres in the northeast corner of the urban airfield.

Jimsair attorney Lee Burdick said the company still wants to improve its facility and hopes to stay at Lindbergh beyond the five years left on its lease.

Airport officials say they can't negotiate a deal with Jimsair until the authority updates its long-term development plan for the airport.

Burdick complained that previous members of the authority's board seemed unwilling to work with Jimsair. She noted that the board is now full of new faces.

"We are optimistic that this new airport authority board has an open-mindedness and flexibility in their viewpoint that the prior board did not have," she said.

The FAA said one claim against the authority, related to the requirements imposed by the agency on Jimsair and other companies, had merit. The authority agreed to correct the problem.

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