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Metropolitan Airport News
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On Dec.10, 2018 the Amityville Memorial High School Library will be re-named in honor of Dr. Nancy Leftenant-Colon. Amityville Memorial High School is a public high school located in Amityville, NY, on the south shore of Long Island. Amityville Memorial High School was founded in 1894, and Dr. Nancy, along with her brother and sisters, attended Amityville High School in the 1930s. Sources say, this will be the first time in a very long time that Amityville has honored an African-American maybe since slavery. Retired Army Maj. Nancy C. Leftenant-Colon, the first black nurse in the Reserve or active-duty Army…
U.S. airlines are proud to be one of the American industries contributing to the positive job numbers released by the U.S. Department of Labor today. Currently, U.S. passenger and cargo airlines employ 720,000 men and women, 2.9 percent more than a year ago. U.S. airlines currently employ the highest number of workers since 2000. Additionally, the U.S. airline industry is sharply outpacing the rest of the economy in wage growth. The average wage of U.S. airline employees exceeded $89,000 in 2017, 46 percent higher than U.S. private sector average. “Airlines connect the world like no other industry can, and they…
UPS announced that George Brooks has been appointed president for the Americas Region. Brooks takes over Romaine Seguin’s role, who has accepted a global assignment at UPS Corporate headquarters. George will be responsible for all UPS package and cargo operations in Canada and more than 50 countries and territories, as well as the UPS Supply Chain Solutions operations throughout Latin America, Miami and the Caribbean. George began his UPS career as a part-time package handler in Carrollton, Georgia, in 1983. In 1984, he was promoted to package car driver and then held management assignments in all of UPS operations in…
UPS recently announced that Romaine Seguin has been appointed president of UPS Global Freight Forwarding. She will oversee air, ocean, and rail freight forwarding as well as brokerage and supplier management for the 220 countries and territories UPS serves around the world. Seguin began her career with UPS in the Missouri District in 1983 as a part-time hub supervisor and most recently was president of the UPS Americas Region. She’ll relocate from Miami to Atlanta and said, “I look forward to working with the Global Freight Forwarding team to continue addressing our customer’s primary concern of visibility into their global…
JetBlue today revealed its latest special livery dedicated to the Brooklyn Nets. “BK Blue” joins JetBlue’s legion of New York-themed aircraft. JetBlue was named the Official Domestic Airline of Barclays Center and the Brooklyn Nets in 2013 and has renewed its partnership for another five-year term. “BK Blue” was designed by a team of Brooklynites and New Yorkers. The aircraft honors New York City’s largest borough with special touches unique to Brooklyn such as street art, architecture, and hip hop. Additional highlights of the livery: Straying from the airline’s traditional blue paint scheme, this all black and white aircraft includes the Brooklyn Nets logo on the tail,…
In a major improvement from past practice, Port Authority airports will now provide passengers with free, unlimited access to high-speed Wi-Fi. The airports newly providing access to free high speed Wi-Fi are John F. Kennedy International (JFK), Newark Liberty International (EWR), LaGuardia (LGA) and New York Stewart International (SWF) airports – part of the Port Authority’s ongoing and renewed commitment to improved customer service and amenities for air travelers at a time when the airports continue to experience record passenger volumes. The new high-speed Wi-Fi service offers faster speeds – a minimum of 20 megabits per second (Mbps) and up…
JetBlue today announces the appointment of William Cade as the carrier’s new vice president, technical operations. Cade joins JetBlue early next month to oversee the airline’s maintenance, materials, quality, engineering and technical purchasing functions. He will be based in Long Island City, N.Y., and report to Warren Christie, JetBlue’s senior vice president, safety, security & fleet operations. A 30-year industry veteran, Cade most recently served as vice president, base technical operations for American Airlines, responsible for multiple heavy maintenance bases along with global heavy maintenance vendor and support shop operations. Cade has held several leadership roles at American serving as technical…
Delta Air Lines is continuing the removal of a variety of single-use plastic items, including stir sticks, wrappers, utensils and straws from its aircraft and Delta Sky Clubs. The ongoing effort comes on the heels of the global airline’s leading move to remove plastic wrap from international Main Cabin cutlery in April, and is expected to eliminate more than 300,000 pounds in plastic waste annually – that’s more than the weight of two Boeing 757 aircraft. Other moves contributing to Delta’s long-time sustainability efforts include the elimination of unnecessary plastic wrapping from Delta One amenity kits, and reducing Styrofoam in…
It’s never too early to start speaking with middle and high school aged kids about their interests and possible career aspirations. The event held at the Cradle of Aviation in Garden City was coordinated with LI Stem Hub and many other schools, companies and organizations from Long Island. Students and parents got to meet with representatives from hospitals, tech companies, utilities, airlines, schools, research companies and more. They were informed about different opportunities at every educational level. Not every great paying job requires a 4- or 8-year degree. There is a continuum of opportunities for everyone right here in our…
Council for Airport Opportunity (CAO) sponsored a Retail & Food service Job fair at the Marine terminal at LGA. CAO has been hosting many events at JFK and LGA and there will be more to come. Check the Metropolitan Airport News website for employment opportunities, and upcoming employment events on our website.