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Note 13 - Related Party Matters
3 Months Ended
Jun. 30, 2017
Notes to Financial Statements  
Related Party Transactions Disclosure [Text Block]
13
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Related Party Matters
 
Since
1979
the Company has leased the Little Mountain Airport in Maiden, North Carolina from a corporation whose stock is owned in part by former officers and directors of the Company and an estate of which certain former directors are beneficiaries. The facility consists of approximately
68
acres with
one
3,000
-foot paved runway, approximately
20,000
square feet of hangar space and approximately
12,300
square feet of office space. The operations of Air T, MAC and ATGL are headquartered at this facility. The lease for this facility provides for monthly rent of
$14,862
and expires on
January 31, 2018,
though the lease
may
be renewed by the Company for
three
additional
two
-year option periods through
January 31, 2024.
The Company does
not
intend to renew the lease for this facility as operations conducted at this facility were relocated to a newly constructed, owned facility on
July 31, 2017.
The lease agreement provides that the Company shall be responsible for maintenance of the leased facilities and for utilities, taxes and insurance.
 
Contrail Aviation leases its corporate and operating facilities at Verona, Wisconsin from Cohen Kuhn Properties, LLC, a corporation whose stock is owned equally by Mr. Joseph Kuhn, Chief Executive Officer of Contrail Aviation, and Mrs. Miriam Kuhn, Chief Financial Officer of Contrail Aviation. The facility consists of approximately
21,000
square feet of warehouse and office space. The Company paid aggregate rental payments of
$111,189
to Cohen Kuhn Properties, LLC pursuant to such lease during the period from
July 18, 2016
through
March 31, 2017.
The lease for this facility expires on
June 30, 2021,
though the Company has the option to renew the lease for a period of
five
years on the same terms. The lease agreement provides that the Company shall be responsible for maintenance of the leased facilities and for utilities, taxes and insurance. The Company believes that the terms of such leases are
no
less favorable to the Company than would be available from an independent
third
party.