KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Kansas City has settled a lawsuit with an airplane maintenance company that accused the city of wrongly failing to disclose negotiations with a competitor who hoped to lease space at Wheeler Downtown Airport.

The city was sued by BBA U.S. Holdings, which bought Executive Beechcraft in 2007. Executive Beechcraft had long provided services for airplanes, such as fuel, mechanical work and hangars. The lawsuit filed in 2009 says that while the sale was pending, Kansas City officials failed to tell BBA that they were negotiating with James Stowers III to put in a competing terminal and aviation facility at Wheeler Downtown Airport.