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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.
JetBlue recently announced it will collaborate with U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) and SITA to test a new paperless and deviceless self-boarding process as part of ongoing trials to implement a biometric exit process in the future. JetBlue will be the first airline to integrate with CBP to use biometrics and facial recognition technology to verify customers at the gate during boarding. The program will start in June on flights from Boston’s Logan International Airport to Aruba’s Queen Beatrix International Airport. Customers can participate without any prior enrollment or registration. Customers who opt-in during the boarding process can put…
If you’ve ever peered out the window of an airplane at LaGuardia Airport (LGA) in New York City to see an aircraft being showered by a water cannon salute or inner-city schoolchildren enjoying a “kids day,” it’s likely you’ve seen the work of Chuck Eason. But it’s what you don’t see that really makes “Chucky,” as he’s affectionately called, a standout among American Airlines’ 120,000 employees. Some would say Chuck has “institutional knowledge,” but others would just say he is an institution. His 48 years of experience with American comes in handy daily in his role as senior tower planner.…
American Airlines and nearly 60 of their cancer-fighting, surviving and co-surviving team members came together to film a campaign as part of its collaboration with Stand Up To Cancer and (SU2C) Ambassador Bradley Cooper. Last year, American Airlines launched a multi-year, multi-million-dollar collaboration with Stand Up To Cancer because of their groundbreaking approach to cancer research and commitment to fighting this terrible disease by getting new therapies to patients quickly. “Standing up is a powerful thing,” said Bradley Cooper, Stand Up To Cancer Ambassador. “But it’s never meant more than it does now. It was an honor to meet the…
A Hainan Airlines’ Dreamliner, adorned with Po, the main character in the Kung Fu Panda film, and the famous panda’s friends, took off on the inaugural flight for its new service HU7181, from Haikou to Beijing, on the morning of May 29, 2017. As the Chinese airline’s third Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner in the fleet to receive the “King Fu Panda” makeover, the eye-catching yellow-colored airplane started its maiden flight to the cheers of the crowd. The flight carried a special passenger, Hannah Foss, a young designer from the state of Alaska. When Hannah Foss submitted her “Kung Fu Panda”-themed Dreamliner…
Terminal 4 at John F. Kennedy International Airport – one of the world’s most active air terminals, with over 21 million annual passengers passing through its doors – raised more than $87,000 in coin donations throughout 2016. JFK International Air Terminal (JFKIAT), the company which operates Terminal 4, partnered with concessions operators to set up more than 30 coin collection boxes throughout the terminal at cash registers and in high traffic areas of the building. Eye-catching signage is used to encourage passengers and staff to donate loose change to various charities. With majority of passenger traffic bound for international destinations,…
Today American Airlines debuts its newly-renovated Flagship Lounge and brand new Flagship First Dining at New York John F. Kennedy International Airport. In addition to the JFK lounge opening today, new or renovated Flagship Lounges are planned for: Chicago O’Hare (ORD) (new location within ORD)Dallas Fort Worth (DFW) (new)Los Angeles (LAX)London Heathrow (LHR)Miami (MIA) (new)Philadelphia (PHL) (new) American began renovating its Flagship Lounges and announced its plan for Flagship First Dining last year as part of a $200 million investment in the luxury travel experience. Flagship Lounge Starting today, American is expanding access for Flagship Lounges to include Business Class…
Pictured with Detective Tanya Duhaney of the 113th Precinct’s Community Affairs Department is Dolores Hofman, Program Manager, of the Queens Air Services Development Office (ASDO). Dolores collected gowns, cocktail dresses, shoes, pocketbooks, jewelry, dress clothes for the young men, and even a tuxedo! These items were donated to students from local high schools, who could not afford to buy outfits for their proms and/or graduations, on May 6, 2017! Queens ASDO’s goal is to promote the local purchase of goods & services from Queens businesses by the aviation community at LGA & JFK airports. The program is funded the Port…
On Friday, May 5, the I-95 Corridor Coalition group visited Newark Liberty International Airport for an “Aviation Day – Freight Academy” tour. The day began with a welcome speech by the General Manager Diane Papaianni followed by a presentation on Freight Movements by Michael Bednarz. Afterwards the team traveled landside to the FEDEX facility for a demonstration of the sorting and ramp sections. The team concluded back in Building 1 where everyone departed for the day. The Freight Academy is for qualified applicants selected from government agencies across the country. The Academy is a comprehensive immersion program for public agency…
JetBlue, New York’s Hometown Airline, has a long history of supporting those who serve their communities. Today public servants from New York and abroad joined forces for a good cause. JetBlue and the British Metropolitan Police Department partnered for their eighth annual plane pull at New York’s JFK Airport. “Bobbies” from London’s police department competed against teams including JetBlue crewmembers and members from local authorities including the NYPD and FDNY to raise funds for childhood cancer research. Proceeds from the annual plane pull benefit The J-A-C-K Foundation and families impacted by pediatric brain cancer, as well as fund research to…
Airlines for America (A4A), the industry trade organization for the leading U.S. airlines, today announced it expects a record 234.1 million passengers* — or approximately 2.54 million per day — will travel worldwide on U.S. airlines between June 1 and August 31, a growth of 4 percent over last summer’s 224.8 million travelers. Accordingly, airlines are adding 123,000 seats per day across their networks to accommodate the 100,000 additional daily passengers expected to fly on U.S. carriers during this period. “Rising U.S. GDP, a steadily improving economy, an all-time high household net worth and historically low airfares are proving to…