The Van Nuys Airport Citizens Advisory Council made a recommendation to reject the lease.
Charter jets leave a busy Van Nuys airport hours before the Super Bowl in Arizona on Sunday, Feb 12, 2023. The airport estimated 150 jets were heading to Arizona for the game. Returning from its holiday break, the Los Angeles City Council today, Dec. 3, will reconsider a much-debated lease at Van Nuys Airport that proponents say would bring economic growth but nearby residents fear could cause further harm to their communities.
Additionally, the Van Nuys Airport Association, an organization composed of tenants at VNY, filed a complaint with the Federal Aviation Administration, which alleged the city violated FAA regulations when it denied the lease, arguing that airports such as VNY that receive federal funds must agree to certain obligations or assurances.
According to documents made available under the California Public Records Act, the City Attorney’s Office submitted a response to the FAA, which in part concurred that the City Council found LAWA’s RFP as “insufficiently competitive” under the City Charter, but at the same time did not outright refute the complaint.
The company has previously stated that under the lease, it would not increase charter jet operations. Bonseph Helinet argued in its lawsuit against the city that the previous leaseholder of the helicopter-support facilities at VNY had “allowed the site to fall into disrepair,” which led the city to begin the bidding process in 2021 in an effort to make the site “safe and modern.”
Since 1972, Air Center Aviation has held the master lease for the property at VNY, adding Helinet Aviation Services as a subtenant in 2013 under the direction of LAWA. Representatives for Air Center Aviation protested the RFP, which opened in July 2021, alleging LAWA and Bonseph Helinet “conspired” to eliminate them as the master tenant.
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