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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.
Léa Wertheimer has been named SWISS’s new Head of Corporate Communications, responsible for setting and implementing the company’s communications strategy. She presently serves as Head of Media Relations for Swiss Post in Bern. Swiss International Air Lines (SWISS) has appointed Léa Wertheimer as its new Head of Corporate Communications. Together with her team, she will be responsible for all of SWISS’s external and internal communications from April 2023 onwards, reporting directly to CEO Dieter Vranckx. Wertheimer succeeds Daniel Bärlocher, who left the company in October to take on a new professional challenge outside the aviation industry. “With her long and…
Following a month-long public comment period, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey Board of Commissioners today approved the agency’s $8.3 billion capital and operating budget for 2023. The 2023 budget consists of $3.7 billion for operating expenses, $2.9 billion for annual capital spending, and $1.7 billion for debt service and deferred expenses. Following a $3 billion revenue loss during COVID, the bistate agency’s 2023 budget ensures that the Port Authority remains committed to enhanced standards for safety, security, cleanliness, and customer service while improving or rebuilding its legacy infrastructure to improve customer experience, accommodate the region’s future…
Abu Dhabi, UAE – Etihad Airways announced the appointment of Raffael Quintas as Chief Financial Officer, effective immediately. Before joining Etihad, Quintas served as Chief Financial Officer at Infracommerce, the largest e-commerce enabler and solution provider in Latin America. He also previously held the Chief Financial Officer role at Portuguese flag carrier TAP Air Portugal and the Corporate Treasurer position at Brazilian airline Azul Linhas Aéreas, where he took on roles of increasing financial responsibility during a nine-year tenure. “Raffael is a widely respected senior finance executive who brings more than 20 years of international experience across the aviation and…
LaGuardia Gateway Partners (LGP), the private entity managing and redeveloping LaGuardia Airport’s Terminal B, has launched an internship program in partnership with Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology. Each semester, two Vaughn College students in their junior or senior years will be selected to intern for LaGuardia Gateway Partners on-site at the brand-new Terminal B for fifteen to eighteen weeks. Through hands-on experience, the interns will learn the needs of an airport terminal facility in the day-to-day operations and interactions with terminal passengers, administration, and business partners. Interns will rotate through departments at LGP to maximize exposure to all facets…
JetBlue is launching a first-of-its-kind partnership with NBCUniversal’s streaming service, Peacock. Beginning in Spring 2023, Peacock will become the exclusive streaming partner of JetBlue. Customers will be able to tune into a selection of Peacock Originals, including breakout hits “Bel-Air,” “Pitch Perfect: Bumper in Berlin,” and upcoming series, including Rian Johnson’s “Poker Face” and Malcolm Lee’s “The Best Man: The Final Chapters,” for free from their on-demand seatback screens. In addition, using JetBlue’s free high-speed Fly-Fi®, customers will be able to stream Peacock’s full offerings from their own devices, including original series, live sports, movies, fan-favorite shows, and news. This…
Arcadis, a leading global design and consultancy organization for natural and built assets, announced that its work in the John F. Kennedy Terminal 8 expansion is completed, marking the beginning of the historic JFK Vision Plan that is transforming the international airport into a world-class global transportation hub. During the course of the project, Arcadis was embedded with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s (PANYNJ) Construction Management Division and provided project oversight to the redevelopment and refurbishment work being performed at the terminal. Arcadis is dedicated to solutions that interconnect the world from city to city and from airport…
Joby Aviation, Inc., a company developing all-electric aircraft for commercial passenger service, today announced the completion of its second of four System Reviews required by the Federal Aviation Administration (“FAA”) as part of the Company’s aircraft type certification program. The successful completion of the in-person, multi-day audit by the FAA last week at Joby’s facilities in Marina, California, demonstrates the Company’s continued leadership on the path to certifying its revolutionary electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft. The series of System Reviews serve to validate the overall architecture of the aircraft and ensure the Company’s development process is on track…
After 42 years of stellar service to Aramark, Lynn McKee, Executive Vice President for Human Resources, has announced her intention to retire at the end of this calendar year. Abigail Charpentier, currently serving as Senior Vice President of Human Resources and Diversity for the U.S. Food & Facilities business, has been named Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer, effective January 1, 2023. Charpentier will report to CEO John Zillmer. “Few people have careers they can look back on with as much pride as Lynn should have as she reflects on hers,” said Zillmer. “Lynn has worked tirelessly for…
Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has been appointed to handle SF Airlines’ new scheduled freighter services at New York’s JFK International Airport. The Chinese airline is operating twice-weekly Boeing 747-400F flights from Hangzhou, the capital of China’s Zhejiang province, to New York. WFS expects to handle some 12,000,000 kilos per annum for SF, which previously operated only ad hoc charter services on the route. WFS is SF Airlines’ handling partner at three major US airports, namely Los Angeles and Huntsville International Airport, the largest commercial airport in North Alabama, and New York. The contracts in LAX and Alabama were awarded in…
East/West Industries has been certified by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as an FAA Part 145 Repair Station. East/West Industries designs, manufactures, and maintains aircraft seats and other products critical to crew safety and survival from a 50,000-square-foot facility on Long Island, where the company was founded in 1968. The Repair Station approval means East/West has been authorized by the FAA to perform maintenance, inspection, and repair on aircraft components. Before being named a Part 145 Repair Station, the company had its programs, practices, training, quality control, personnel, management, and more, reviewed and approved by the FAA. According to the…