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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.
United Airlines today further expanded its innovative Aviate pilot program by signing a purchase agreement to become the only major U.S. carrier to own a flight training academy. The United Aviate Academy will give the airline more visibility and direction over the recruitment, development and training of future pilots, enabling United to increase the percentage of women and minorities who become pilots. United expects approximately 300 students to graduate from the United Aviate Academy in its first full year of operation. The flight training academy – currently operating as Westwind School of Aeronautics in Phoenix, Arizona – will be an…
The Port Authority released its 2019 passenger and cargo volume data across its facilities which established new records at the airports, seaport, PATH system, Goethals Bridge and Staten Island Bridges. The record volumes validate the agency’s historic $37 billion 10-year Capital Plan to rebuild and significantly upgrade its legacy facilities that were built decades ago to handle far smaller volumes of people and cargo. “We have taken aggressive steps in the past year to invest in building new, modern facilities and to upgrade existing legacy infrastructure to handle the record passenger and cargo volumes we continue to experience every year,”…
JetBlue Airways announced multiple schedule and route changes for the new year as well as several new routes. The airline will introduce non-stop daily service from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport to Guatemala City’s La Aurora International Airport on June 1st. Guatemala will be the 25th city served by the carrier. The New York-based airline also announced non-stop seasonal service to Bozeman Yellowstone International Airport in Montana from JFK and from Boston Logan International Airport. It also is adding non-stop service from JFK to Nashville, Tennessee. The airline is ending all service at Oakland International Airport but will…
UPS have announced order of 10,000 purpose-built electric vehicles from UK-based Arrival. The initial 10,000 vehicles will be rolled out in the UK, Europe and North America from 2020 to 2024 worth hundreds of millions of euros each year. UPS have the option to purchase a further order of 10,000 vehicles during this period. UPS venture capital arm also announced an investment in Arrival of an undisclosed amount. The vehicles will be built using Arrival’s new method of assembly using low capital, low footprint micro-factories located to serve local communities and profitable from thousands of units. Arrival first announced a…
LATAM Airlines Group relocated its operations at John F. Kennedy International Airport from Terminal 8 to Terminal 4, where Delta serves over 90 destinations in the United States, Canada and worldwide, starting February 1, 2020. This relocation paves the way for smoother connections in New York between LATAM and Delta flights. From February 1, 2020, LATAM Premium Business and top tier LATAM Pass members (Black Signature, Black and Platinum) will also have lounge access in Terminal 4. LATAM will automatically update reservations for customers with itineraries to/from New York/JFK on February 1, 2020 onwards, taking into account minimum connection times.…
JFKIAT, the operator of Terminal 4 at John F. Kennedy International Airport announced the appointment of James May as Vice President Finance and Chief Financial Officer (CFO), effective February 1, 2020. Mr. May joins JFKIAT from Phoenix Services LLC, a global leader in steel mill services, where he served as Chief Financial Officer. Mr. May has more than 20 years of multinational experience in a variety of financial and non-financial roles across industries that range from manufacturing to private equity. Prior to his role at Phoenix Services LLC, Mr. May served as Chief Financial Officer of Atlantic Aviation, where he…
Yvette Greene Dennis, Executive Vice President of Program Management for The Crescent Companies, is a 42-year veteran of the construction industry. She is currently working on the contract with PANYNJ to manage compliance for the JFK Redevelopment Project. Yvette is known for her contribution to the industry especially as it relates to the participation of local community Minority and Women-Owned Businesses. She has worked on projects including Metrotech, Brooklyn Marriott Hotel, and Barclays Center. Most recent projects include Jamaica Crossings and the Archer. Yvette is a member of the Executive Board of the Queens Council of the Boy Scouts of…
JetBlue Airways Corp. said it will become the first large U.S. airline to offset emissions from all of its domestic flights, aiming to become carbon neutral by July as pressure grows on the industry from climate change activists. The carrier also will begin using sustainable aviation fuel on its flights from San Francisco International Airport, the New York-based airline said. JetBlue declined to disclose the cost of the offset program but said it won’t increase airfares as a result. The airline produces about 8 million metric tons of carbon-dioxide emissions each year and is working on a plan to compensate…
WE SOAR Reward & Recognition Luncheons were held at EWR, JFK and LGA to celebrate the amazing employees that work at our airports, ensuring our passengers and fellow employees are safe and cared for through simple and sometimes not so simple acts of kindness. It was truly inspirational to hear the stories that passengers and fellow employees took the time to share about how one selfless act really changed a bad situation around. The winners were randomly selected from nominations. Winners received a $500 AmEx Gift Card. (It truly does pay to be nice!) Heartwarming to hear comments received from…
As we know the Coronavirus, stemming from the Wuhan area of China, now has cases around the world including the United States. The Trump administration declared the coronavirus outbreak to be a public health emergency in the United States, issuing a quarantine of Americans who have recently been to certain parts of China and halting entry into the United States by those traveling from China. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention officials said it was the first quarantine order issued by the federal government in over 50 years. “The risk of infection for Americans remains low,” said Alex Azar, secretary of Health…