New York airport capacity study moves forward
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Board of Commissioners has hired Landrum & Brown Inc. of Cincinnati to perform an airport system capacity planning study.
The project is to identify and evaluate options for dealing with forecasted future demand at the port authority’s five airports: John F. Kennedy International, Newark Liberty International, Stewart International, LaGuardia and Teterboro.
The consultants will identify specific improvements needed to accommodate future air travel demands.
At its meeting Thursday, the board also authorized a new 12-year lease with Harbor Freight Transport Corp. for the lease of Building 301 consisting of warehouse space and open area and about 6.5 acres of adjacent open area at Port Newark for the operation of a cargo storage and distribution facility.
Scott Rechler, a real estate management executive, was also named vice chairman of the board. Rechler, who was appointed to the board in June by New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, succeeds Stanley Grayson, who resigned earlier this week.
New York airport capacity study moves forward
