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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.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and JFK Millennium Partners (JMP), the company selected to build and operate the new $4.2 billion Terminal 6 at John F. Kennedy International Airport, today announced that a dozen local and diverse businesses, including four from southeast Queens, are among the first partners chosen to operate concessions at the terminal, which will also include national retail shops and food and beverage operators. Local and diverse businesses, such as Di Fara Pizza, Alidoro Café, Fuku, Hanoi House, and Brooklyn Blend, will provide an authentic taste of New York, while several Queens business owners will co-manage and own parts of the Terminal 6 retail program…
DH2 Chauffeured Transportation, a leading provider of luxury ground transportation and shuttle services, is excited to announce its national certification as a Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) by WBEC Metro NY Inc., a regional partner of the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC). This prestigious certification is widely recognized as the benchmark for validating women-owned businesses in the United States. The WBENC certification process is rigorous, involving a comprehensive evaluation of the business and a thorough site inspection. This process ensures that at least 51% of the business is owned, managed, and controlled by one or more women and maintains the…
Kale Logistics (Kale) has appointed Sanjeev Madavi as its new Chief Innovation Officer. Madavi has nearly thirty years of experience in digital transformation and innovation in the international supply chain and logistics industry. In his new role, Sanjeev will lead Kale’s continued expansion into multi-modal community platforms, aiming to enhance and develop new services that complement the company’s flagship Cargo Community Systems (CCS). His focus will be on addressing the evolving needs of the logistics community by introducing value-added services that further streamline and synchronize CCS platforms, transforming them into more adaptable and unified sources of data. “I am truly…
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS), a member of the SATS Group, has won a 5-year license to provide ramp handling for aircraft at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport’s Terminal 4. The license was awarded by JFK International Air Terminal (JFKIAT)—the operator of JFK’s Terminal 4—following an extensive review of potential service providers’ operations, presence at JFK and in North America, financial status, safety record, and processes, and service testimonials. WFS is already an established provider of passenger services for airlines at JFK, serving 12 airlines across all terminals for passengers traveling on more than 3,500 flights annually. The new…
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey today announced that New York Stewart International Airport has received a $24.2 million grant from the Biden-Harris administration for a rehabilitation project that restored two airport runways to a state of good repair and installed new environmentally friendly LED lights into the runway pavement, ensuring safe aircraft operations at the airport. The project funding for New York Stewart was included in the latest round of the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Airport Improvement Program (AIP) grants toward a variety of projects such as planning, airport safety improvements, airport development, and airport noise…
On June 14, Clifford G. Johnson was presented with the Charles Taylor Master Mechanic Award for 50 years of ‘Dedicated Technical Aircraft Maintenance Service and Safety’ by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and the American Airlines Tech Ops Department at LaGuardia Airport. Clifford Johnson was born and raised in Corona, Queens. At an early age, he enjoyed assembling model airplanes, cars, and warships. He got his first job working in an auto parts store, and while working in the machine shop, he enhanced his mechanical skills. He applied and was accepted into the Aviation High School’s Aircraft Maintenance Program, where he excelled…
Alliance Ground International (AGI) provides airline cargo handling services, mail handling services, passenger services, and security services in 62 airports across the United States. Warehouse and ramp operations schedules are constantly adjusted to flight operations. AGI facilities are staffed 24 hours a day, seven days a week, even on holidays, office and warehouse are staffed according to the carrier’s requirements. The size of the operation allows AGI to adjust workforce requirements to adapt to carrier delays and schedule changes with very little notice. Maintaining an “open door” policy with airline clients is essential to AGI’s successful working relationships. Drawing from the unique interchange of information…
Korean Air’s premium customers and elite frequent flyers can look forward to a world-class lounge experience at The New Terminal One at John F. Kennedy International Airport, soon to be the airline’s new home in the iconic city of New York. Korean Air will open a 16,000-square-foot lounge at the New Terminal One, elevating its customer experience at one of the airline’s key global markets. The new lounge, which will be one of the largest in Korean Air’s global network outside its hub at Seoul Incheon, further strengthens the partnership between Korean Air and The New Terminal One, which was first announced in May…
This past May, Anthony Imparato received the Charles Taylor Master Mechanic Award from the Federal Aviation Administration. The award recognizes the lifetime accomplishments of senior mechanics in the aviation maintenance industry. Anthony grew up in Greenpoint, Brooklyn, NY, near LaGuardia Airport, and was inspired to pursue a career in aviation from his fascination with airplanes from a young age. He always knew he wanted to pursue a career in aviation and received his license in 1974 from Aviation High School in Queens, NY. He began his career as a flight line mechanic for Capital Airways at JFK Airport and has…
JFK Millennium Partners (JMP), the company selected by the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey (PANYNJ) to build and operate the new $4.2 billion Terminal 6 (T6) at John F. Kennedy International Airport — part of the PANYNJ’s broader $19 billion redevelopment of JFK airport, and Materna IPS, a leading supplier of automated passenger handling solutions for airlines and airports worldwide, today announced that Materna IPS will provide its state-of-the-art hybrid self-service bag drop (SSBD) equipment for the new Terminal 6, representing one of the largest and most extensive self-bag drop installations in the United States and for…