See inside JFK airport’s new $9.5 billion international terminal
JFK’s new Terminal 1 will be the future ticket counter.
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Far from end to end, but John F. Kennedy is taking a new, $ 9.5 billion terminal 1 shape at the International Airport. The first stage will be opened in the middle of 2026.
It will replace the existing terminal opened in 1998.
The terminal, which will be the largest in JFK, is now cool. Winding luggage conveyor belt structures were established and Turkish Airlines, Air New Zealand, Etihad Airways, Air China, Taiwan will organize the trunk of flying carriers such as Chinese Airlines and others and show passports to ticket agents.
JFK’s new terminal 1 is under construction.
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The terminal, which has been roughly twice the size of the two Laguardia airport terminals opened in the last decade, will be dedicated to international travelers, which developers say it is the key to design.
Jennifer Aumen, CEO of the new terminal One, developed the project at a press conference at the airport last month, “On the paper from the first item to paper … International customer was in our mind.” He said.
The new luggage transport system in JFK’s new terminal 1.
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CNBC and other media, before the opening day of the company, as part of what the facility would be among the last hardhat tours, as a part of the construction progress directed by Aumen in early July.
The project is part of New York Port Authority and New Jersey’s 19 billion dollars of JFK revision. In addition to Terminal 1, the current terminal 7 is currently Alaska Airlines And Ireland’s Aer Lingus will be destroyed for a new terminal 6 that will open next year. The renewal of Laguardia Airport was about $ 8 billion.
As the air traffic grows, the airports around the country compete to replace the aging infrastructure.
According to a report by the airport international-North America earlier this year, US airports need at least $ 173.9 billion to raise infrastructure from this year to 2029.
“These investments – average average of $ 35 billion per year – it is necessary to meet airlines and passengers, to increase operational efficiency, to increase service quality and customer experience and to meet airport flexibility needs.” He said.
JFK’s New Terminal 1 in the future luggage demand area.
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The new JFK Terminal 1, about 30 miles away, will open at the beginning of the 2026 World Cup in the Metlife Stadium in East Rutherford.
Aumen said that more than half of the airlines in JFK have changed the terminals due to construction in the coming years.
There is one thing he points to the new design: “A terminal is full of light.” This does not mean Bodrum customs lines.
The new departure hall of JFK’s Terminal 1 is under construction.
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The departure hall, security strips and customs will be at the same level of the three -storey terminal with a wall of inclined windows. The design of the architectural company Gensler had to form the image of a butterfly because it divided the body terminal in the middle.
Combining the terminals and parking lots of the airport with the train stations in Queens, Airtrain passes through the construction site and will stand at the terminal when the facility is opened.
The revision of the JFK includes road improvements at the airport, where traffic creeps around the largest center in the region for years.
The future terminal of JFK is under construction
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In the mid -2026 of the Terminal 1, it will include separation and arrival areas, which will be able to receive large -bodied aircraft used for long -distance flights and have the capacity for 14 million passengers per year, and the first 14 doors.
When the rest of the project is completed, 23 doors-22 wide-body doors and a narrow body door will be available for airplanes such as Airbus A320 or Boeing 737s.
The latest version of the Terminal 1 will only have a retail and more than 300,000 square meters of food, retail, hall and entertainment space for retail and dinner.
The future entrance of JFK’s new terminal.
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Adan, the airport in the United States will be the only person with cash and transport -free shopping, he said. In general, customers will make customs -free purchases returned to them before boarding their flights, but in this format they can immediately get them.
The new terminal will have its own microgrid, which is the solar panels on the roof, the developer said that the facility will make it 100% of full flexibility and maintenance. [of the terminal’s] Operations in case of power cuts. “
