Airports
County Issues RFP for HPN Privatization
After an initial proposal offered to one firm without competition was defeated, bidding on the bizav hub is now open.
With their recently issued request for proposal (RFP), legislators in New York's Westchester County have taken another step toward privatizing its airport (HPN), a major bizav hub serving the New York City area.
With their recently issued request for proposal (RFP), legislators in New York's Westchester County have taken another step toward privatizing its airport (HPN), a major bizav hub serving the New York City area.

Five months after New York’s Westchester County first attempted to privatize its airport, a major business aviation hub serving the metro New York area, the county has issued a request for proposals (RFP) to manage the facility. The initial plan, floated in November, simply sought to award a 40-year lease of dual-use Westchester County Airport (HPN) to California-based investment firm Oaktree Capital Management. It met with a chilly reception from the county’s lawmakers, who decried the lack of transparency in the process and noted that there are several suitable companies that would be interested in the contract, including the incumbent AvPorts, which has managed HPN since 1977.

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