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Metropolitan Airport News
Produced by a team of aviation professionals and enthusiasts, our mission is to inform and update the more than 68,000 employees who work on the metropolitan New York airport properties, as well as the many others that provide goods and services in the surrounding communities.
On March 31, the PAPD Emergency Service Unit welcomed 12 new members into its unit. “Today marked another first for the Port Authority Police Department whereas the Emergency Services Unit completed its first in-house field training course,” said PAPD Superintendent Edward Cetnar during the graduation. “The six-month course bolstered the unit in its ability to react, respond, mitigate, and recover from events that have an impact on the New York and New Jersey region. The intense course included training in heavy rescue, water rescue, EMT life-saving techniques, counterterrorism, detection and response for weapons of mass destruction, and a host of…
The Supervisory Board of KLM intends to nominate Marjan Rintel as the new President and CEO of KLM. Rintel is currently President and CEO of Dutch Railways (NS), where she has worked since November 2014. Rintel is no stranger to KLM and – before joining NS – worked for the airline for 15 years in various positions, including operations, sales, and marketing at KLM and Air France-KLM. In accordance with the intended appointment, Marjan Rintel will succeed Pieter Elbers who will step down as President and CEO by the 1st of July. Elbers will ensure a handover to his successor. The…
JFKIAT, the operator of Terminal 4 at John F. Kennedy International Airport, has launched a Selfie Station, an experiential pop-up activation conceived in collaboration with local Harlem and Brooklyn-based entrepreneurs. The activation features original brands Project 96, Bag Shop NYC, and Against Medical Advice, and their unique perspective of New York while incorporating elements of their own brand identities. The Selfie Station is located at Gate B27 and will be available through April 29. “As part of our commitment to engaging local communities, we are thrilled to launch a new installation that not only offers our customers an exciting activity…
GE Aviation recently achieved 400 million flight hours and 37 years of on-time delivery of their navigation database to airlines globally. GE’s navigation database (NDB) provides worldwide coverage and access to more than 18,000 airports. Each NDB is customized for the customer and allows the ability to include their own tailored terminal procedures and company routes from a GE navigation database and test them against FMS flight planning and predictions software. GE’s experts provide 24-hour per day, seven days a week customer service. “We are grateful to have the dedicated team, technology, and experience to enable us to produce and make 150,000…
Red Hook Container Terminals LLC announced today the results of the first full quarter of operating performance data for its fleet of ten (10) BYD Motors heavy-duty zero-emission battery-electric terminal tractors being operated at its container terminal in Port Newark, New Jersey. Red Hook’s electric fleet achieved an 81% decline in fuel costs and a 90% drop in climate-altering CO2 emissions, compared to previous performance with diesel-powered vehicles. The Red Hook fleet represents the single largest deployment of zero-emission battery-electric terminal tractors in the eastern United States and the first at a Port Authority of New York and New Jersey marine…
Don Uselmann has been appointed vice president, inflight experience. He will report to Ed Baklor, JetBlue’s head of customer care and programs. In this role he will lead and support JetBlue’s best-in-class inflight team, ensuring new and current crewmembers have the tools and training to safely deliver and advance JetBlue’s award-winning hospitality onboard every flight. Since joining JetBlue in 2006, Uselmann has served in a variety of roles across sales, marketing, business development, customer experience, and operations, including as director, JFK airport operations. Uselmann most recently served as vice president, loyalty, personalization, and marketing communications, where he led the continued…
The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) announced new standards for screening transgender, nonbinary, and gender-nonconforming airline passengers at TSA checkpoints to improve the screening experience for all passengers. “On this internationally recognized day for the transgender community, TSA is proud to announce significant initiatives as a direct result of close partnership with community stakeholders,” said TSA Administrator David Pekoske. “Over the coming months, TSA will move swiftly to implement more secure and efficient screening processes that are gender-neutral, as well as technological updates that will enhance security and make TSA PreCheck® enrollment more inclusive. These combined efforts will greatly enhance airport…
SWISS is celebrating its 20th anniversary today. The company looks back on an eventful history that has seen it evolve from an initial ‘problem child’ into one of the world’s leading air carriers. The airline of Switzerland is taking the opportunity of this jubilee to thank its customers, its employees, its airport partners, and its suppliers, along with the people of Switzerland and the Swiss political world, for all their loyalty and support over the past two decades. To these ends, with due regard to the present parameters and possibilities, various anniversary activities have been planned throughout the rest of…
FedEx Express, a subsidiary of FedEx Corp. and the world’s largest express transportation company, is teaming up with California Bay Area-based Elroy Air, the company building the first end-to-end autonomous vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aerial cargo system. As a first of its kind agreement in the U.S., FedEx Express will develop plans to test Elroy Air’s Chaparral autonomous air cargo system within the company’s middle-mile logistics operations, moving shipments between sortation locations. This is the latest initiative from FedEx in its effort to explore and adopt emerging technologies across its networks. The exponential growth of e-commerce has accelerated the…
United Airlines Ventures (UAV) and Oxy Low Carbon Ventures (OLCV) today announced a collaboration with Houston-based biotech firm Cemvita Factory to commercialize the production of sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) intended to be developed through a revolutionary new process using carbon dioxide (CO2) and synthetic microbes. UAV also announced an equity investment in Cemvita Factory. OLCV, a subsidiary of Occidental (Oxy), is a founding investor in Cemvita Factory. SAF is an alternative to jet fuel that uses non-petroleum feedstock and offers lower lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions. United has invested in more SAF production than any other airline. “At United, we have…