Surf Air in Truckee faces lawsuit, tax liens
By Hugo Martin, Los Angeles Times
To hear Sudhin Shahani explain the latest turbulence at Surf Air, you would get the impression that all is well with the all-you-can-fly membership airline.
But the chairman and chief executive of Santa Monica-based Surf Air, which operates in Truckee, can’t completely dismiss the sense that something is amiss at the 5-year-old carrier.
The trouble came to a head last week, when Encompass Aviation, which has operated Surf Air’s planes in California since 2017, filed a lawsuit claiming that Surf Air is financially distressed and owes Encompass $3.1 million for its services.