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JetBlue Is Getting a Huge New JFK Terminal: Here’s a Look Inside
28.02.2024 - 13:41 / skift.com / John F.Kennedy / Gordon Smith / Rick Cotton
JetBlue describes itself as New York’s hometown airline. Soon it will have a brand new home in the Big Apple.
The carrier will be the main tenant of a new Terminal 6 at John F. Kennedy International Airport. The $4.2 billion facility is due to open in 2026 and is expected to transform the traveling experience for millions of passengers each year.
The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey is working with a private consortium on the new complex. JFK Millennium Partners will build and operate the development, which project bosses say is currently on schedule. The final steel beams are due to be laid this summer ahead of a partial opening in 2026.
To mark a year since the start of construction, newly released photographs show the scale of the project and the progress being made. A series of new concept images and a fly-through video have also been published.
“Watching the steel frame of a new Terminal 6 taking shape is a tangible sign that JFK’s transformation into a world-class global gateway is well underway,” Rick Cotton, Port Authority Executive Director said in a statement.
The project is split into two phases. The first five aircraft gates are due to open in early 2026, with the remaining five expected by the end of 2028.
Nine of the ten gates will be able to accommodate widebody planes – a peculiar decision for JetBlue as it only operates smaller narrowbody jets. However, upon closer inspection of the terminal plans, the logic becomes clearer.
While JetBlue is the anchor tenant, it won’t have completely free reign over Terminal 6. The Lufthansa Group – which has dozens of widebody aircraft – has confirmed it will also move to the new terminal.
Alongside the German flag carrier, the European aviation giant also operates brands including Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, and Swiss. All of these companies will transfer to the new site, with a ‘world-class’ new premium lounge also under development. Project bosses say “advanced discussions” with other airlines are currently underway.
Construction of the 1.2 million square foot facility is expected to create more than 4,000 jobs and forms part of a much wider overhaul of the airport’s aging infrastructure.
The Port Authority says it is spending $3.9 billion over the coming years to transform JFK “from curb to gate.” An additional $15 billion will come from private-sector investors.
A $9.5 billion redevelopment of Terminal One started in September 2022, while a $1.5 billion expansion to Delta’s Terminal 4 is also currently underway. A new-look Terminal 8, which is now home to American Airlines and British Airways, was unveiled in November 2022.
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