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Therapeutic dogsComfort for travelers

AIRPORT VOICEBideawee, a leading animal welfare

and pet adoption organization serving metropolitan New York and Long Island, partners with LaGuardia Gateway Part-ners, the operator and developer of La-Guardia Central Terminal B, to bring its Pet Therapy Program to travelers. Bide-awee’s group of volunteer handlers and therapy dogs first started visiting La-Guardia’s Central Terminal B the week of Thanksgiving to help reduce the stress of holiday travel, and now visit every Friday.

Ziggy,a nine year old Italian Greyhound, is one of the five canines who is on duty, He can be seen with handler Tom making the rounds visiting with passengers.

AIRPORT LIFEHoliday spirit is shared with the community

Airport Life is at its best during the holiday season. The diversity of the workforce shones during this sea-son of hope and Peace. People and or-

ganizations gather for celebration, camaraderie and social responsibil-ity. This is seen by the large number of parties which are a culmination of

the year’s hard work, or a way to raise money and awareness for those in

Santa gets a little love from Ziggy the therapy dog who comforts LaGuardia Gateway Partners Terminal B travelers . Photo by Jeff Yapalater

Vol. 3, No. 1 HAPPY NEW YEAR

ReDev Council convenesDevelopers share visions

BY JEFF YAPALATERThe Port Authority held the first

public meeting of the JFK Redevel-opment Advisory Council comprised of community and business leaders, elected officials, Community Board members, clergy and civic groups at York College On December 14. This Council is the interface between the Port Authority, its partners and the diverse communities of Queens as Justin Bernbach, Port Authority Di-

rector, Government & Community Re-lations NY has stated in previous com-munity forums. Bernbach said that there are currently intensive talks with the terminal teams which will lead to leases signed for the terminals early in 2019.

The meeting was moderated by Selvena N. Brooks and Nantasha Wil-liams of the Port Authority who intro-duced the terminal developers, and

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Terminal One Group Associates Kaoru Akitaya of JAL, Jong Sim of Korean Airlines, Jacques Malot of Air France and Arthur Molins of Lufthansa cut celebratory cake. Photo by Jeff Yapalater

Queens Boro President Melinda Katz, Congressman Meeks and Aviation Director Huntley Lawrence listen to developer presentations during the advisory council meeting. Photo by Jeff Yapalater

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KAAMCO readies for 2019New leaders;fresh ideas

Ana Lemos, 2019 President of Kaamco, welcomed every-one to the December meet-ing and immediately told the meeting that 2019 is a year of change, and that Kaamco is looking forward to being pro-ductive by representing the airline and business partners in the JFK community. She stressed that meetings are important and people need to come together for a stronger Kaamco as the connector be-tween airlines, business part-ners, Port and government.

VP Roger Scott, and Trea-surer Phil Maret were on hand to welcome the attend-ees as well and to thank Jim Groark, Chairman of the In-terline committee since 1988, and wish him well for his ser-vice as he tendered his resig-nation from the Chair. Luf-thansa Mathew Silverman and JetBlue Anthony Locas-tro will head the Interline go-ing forward.

A summary of the commit-tees and issues follows:

SecurityAjay Patel Chair of the

Security Committee gave a rundown of the security committee issues including biometrics, TSA compliance, and known crew member pro-gram. He said that the TSA is willing to come to an air-line and inspect conditions without charge. This would prevent possible infractions

and fines if these were found without a TSA pre-inspec-tion. Patel mentioned that bio-metrics is growing in use at JFK. Groark added that there is a congressional mandate through the FAA Reautho-rization act of 2018 to imple-ment more biometrics. Patel also reported that the TSA has the right to screen everyone regardless of being a known crew member. The courts have upheld the TSA posi-tion. One member complained about a very long 2 hour wait for a SIDA badge renewal. Pa-tel asked that if others come across problems like this need they to be reported to Kaamco so the issues can be resolved with the security office.

Interim JFK General Man-ager Charles Everett spoke about the upcoming runway construction and assured the community that the Port, FAA, DOT and IATA would be monitoring the entire pro-cess carefully and work with the community to overcome any issues. Everett also men-tioned that he is looking at a slightly different format for the Port Authority part of the monthly Kaamco meeting and he would announce this when and if a change is made. Ralph Tamburro of Port also spoke to this issue and mentioned that PERTI plan is in effect as a the telecom between the FAA and the Airlines to dis-cuss the next day’s operation.

He said he would also provide periodic updates on the oper-ation for all the port author-ity airports. This email goes to staff and operational port authority personnel and also many of the JFK airlines and terminal operators. A detail f the plan can be seen here, file:///Users/macbook/Down-loads/PERTI_Plan_12_26_18.pdf.

SIDA SecurityKim Dickie introduced

new members of the secu-rity team ,discussed the new computer based SIDA train-ing and the temporary move of the SIDA badging office to building 141, by the ballfield, around February 2019, while the current building under-

goes renovation. All badge operations will be at Bldg 141 for several months. One mem-ber suggested adding remote training which Dickie noted for future consideration.

Ground OpsJim Bliku of the Ground

Ops committee reported the full closure of 13L, 31R for 8 months due to construction and new pavement. Lemos pointed out that there could be a huge impact on everyone and that a plan must be put in place. The reduction of this major runway would cause a negative domino effect on all aircraft. There was a lot of discussion regarding the impact on airlines with po-

Kaamco 2019 Board Members: Vice-President Roger Scott, Virgin Atlantic; President Ana Lemos, Brussels Airlines; Treasurer Phil Maret,Lufthansa; Jim Groak, Cathay Pacific Airlines. Photo by Jeff Yapalater


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JFK Manager’s Bulletins

Security Services Permit and Fees, 2018-42

The Port Authority of New York & New Jersey has a long standing policy of as-sessing a 5% fee on gross receipts for cargo, ramp, in-terminal and passenger, and maintenance services per-formed by third parties at its Airports. Of the services performed, traditionally se-curity services were exempt from the Port Authority 5% fee.

Effective January 1, 2019, and in keeping with the Port Authority’s core objective and commitment to imple-menting security best prac-tice standards and providing safe and secure facilities, the Port Authority will be imple-menting a new security ser-vices privilege permit that will require third party enti-ties performing security functions to obtain a permit to operate at the Airport.

Vehicle Inspections, Bulletin #2018-40Police Command will extend Motor Vehicle inspection hours from for

a 90- day trial period beginning December 4th.Hours are Tuesdays and Thursdays 6am, to 6pm.Customer can schedule an appointment by calling 718-244-4350 or 718-

244-4351, Monday to Friday between 6am0-2pm or email the inspectors at [email protected]

JFK NextBus AppThe JFK Next Bus app is now available for JFK buses and routes

for real time notifications and bus arrival schedules. Download from Google Play or Apple app store.

Effective November 30, 2018. the Port announced the launch of a new JFK busing schedule for the Cargo Road and Service Road Port Author-ity bus routes from Federal Circle. With the new bus schedules, during peak hours from 4am to 11:59am, bus wait times were reduced from 20 minutes down to 14 minutes on the Cargo Road Route. The service Road route wait times were reduced from 18 minutes down to 12 minutes. There is no change to the wait times during non-peak hours.

CARGO CONGESTION Bulletin #2018-38The fourth quarter cargo peak season is exceptionally strong this

year, with reports of added congestion to warehouse truck docks , ware-house operations, and cargo area roadways that have resulted in ser-vice-related delays. While this mostly pertains to the pick-up of inbound cargo shipments, it also affects the deliveries of outbound cargo.

We understand that a number of issues are causing this problem, in-cluding:

~ Late arrival of aircraft~ Late breakdown of cargo shipments at JFK warehouses~ Lack of available staff at critical peak times~ Coordination between trucks arriving to pick up shipments and

freight readiness, and federal trucker driving time requirements.While JFK air cargo community stakeholders continue to work dili-

gently to identify solutions to help mitigate these issues, the Port Author-ity requests that airlines and ground handlers communicate any issues that may result in irregular operations to their customers, service pro-viders, and trucking companies in order to better coordinate the pick-up and delivery of cargo at JFK warehouses.

Please direct your observations to Michael Bednarz, Manager Air Cargo Business Development at 212-435-3772 or [email protected].

JFK NYCARGrapples with area issues

BY JEFF YAPALATERNYCAR is the New

York Community Air-port Roundtable which was established by Gov-ernor Cuomo in response to the surrounding com-munities issues with air-port related operation disturbances affecting the nearby communities.

NYCAR is broken up into two committees; one for JFK and one for LGA airports. The recent JFK Committee met on De-cember 5th and the next one is scheduled for the end of January 2019.

Items on the agenda included an update of the $13 Billion JFK Re-development Program presented by Jim Steven, Program Director, FAA Guidelines for Altitudes of Flights over JFK Impacted communities, and Night Restriction discussion,

One of the opening remarks by Chair Barbara Brown was the submission of a letter to the Aviation Director of JFK, Huntley Lawrence. This letter requested a 14 CFR Part 161 Study for a curfew and/or restrictions on night time flights over residential communities out of the JFK Airport. However, it was noted by a Port representative that this cannot be done until he Part 150 study has been com-pleted. So, the matter was tabled until such time.

The Night flying restrictions question was brought up asked why LGA had night restrictions and JFK does not. It was surmised that JFK is not subject to

HOW WE DOING?Report on NY AirportsIn 2017 the Port Authority began

participating in the Airports Coun-cil International-Airport Service Quality (ACI_ASQ) Passenger satis-faction survey. Following is a recap of some of the outstanding results in JFK, Newark and LaGuardia air-ports. Important passenger experi-ences are values-for-money, safety, cleanliness, and parking.

JFK Satisfaction Performance reported that JFK shows significant improvement since one year ago in satisfaction overall and across nearly all airport elements. More recent quarterly improvements cen-ter on their service-level initiatives (WiFi, TSA wait times, concessions offerings and employee courtesy).

In Q3 2018, JFK scores highest on ease of finding way and lowest on eating facilities value for the money.

JFK vs peer airportsDespite improvement on many

airport elements since Q2 2018 and YOY, JFK still significantly under performs the peer airports panel overall and on all airport elements,

with most items ranking last or next to last, except parking facilities, where JFK leads LAX and is com-parable to Amsterdam (AMS), while Satisfaction with JFK’s parking VFM outperforms LAX and is on a par with AMS.

JFK also outperforms AMS on walking distance, gate comfort and arrival baggage speed, and LAX on wayfinding, FIDS, airport staff courtesy and terminal cleanliness.

ABM employees Nelson and Cesar receive high marks for restroom cleanliness at JFK Airport. Photo by Jeff Yapalater

Larry Happenhauer, NYCAR member asks Part 161 question. Photoby Jeff Yapalater



Runway WoesThe resurfacing of one of he major

runways at JFK and its shut down for sic months is creating anxiety and concern from the airlines.

There are over 1500 flights a day at JFK and being one runway short for six months is creating a lot of interaction among the Port, FAA, DOT and Kaamco which represents the airlines at JFK.

The woes include fears of overcrowd-ing, less time between flights, bad weather, unexpected delays, and hin-drance to normal operations, which have been put in place and are standard oper-ating procedures for years.

Ralph Tamburro of the Port is actively working with regular meetings with all entities to make sure a plan is in place for all these eventualities. According to Avi-ation Director Huntley Lawrence he has said that the good news is that this is a one in forty year repair. Due to the effi-cient and modern materials used today, this repair will do the job for decades.

The main issue is that the this run-way needs to be resurfaced. Safety is the major concern at airports and according to those responsible it need to be fixed so that a loose rock, or pothole could cause a major incident with loss of lives. So the project must take place.

It is the here and now that bothers airlines station managers. They are con-stantly dealing with many different op-erations issues as it is: short staffed and at the mercy of weather which can make life miserable for the managers, support staff, the corporate entities and espe-cially the traveler. There are also serious compliance fines that can be imposed on airlines by the Department of Transpor-tation if time frames for procedures are exceeded despite factors such as runway or weather constraints. President Lemos asked that the DOT be contacted and made aware of the runway shut down so that any issues may be addressed ahead

of time. Both Interim General Manager Charles Everett and Ralph Tamburro of the Port explained that JFK management will be monitoring the progress and work with the community and agencies to solve problems. Tamburro mentioned the use of the PERTI Plan, which is daily, and up-dated communication between the FAA and the airlines which will help consider-ably when it comes to weather issues and related potential impact on the airlines.

According to the Federal Register, the FAA will develop an operational “play-book” for runway configurations that would be used under various weather and operating conditions while Runway 13L/31R is closed. The FAA worked with MITRE’s Center for Advanced Aviation System Development on modeling the ex-pected runway configuration and the re-sults indicate that average arrival delays could increase modestly while departure delays would remain close to current lev-els or decrease due to runway configu-rations that have higher departure and lower arrival capacities.

The FAA will work closely with the airport and operators to efficiently man-age operations during construction. The PANYNJ meets regularly with airlines and other stakeholders to discuss con-struction plans and consults with the FAA and local air traffic control facilities to minimize operational impacts. Carri-ers should contact the PANYNJ for the latest information on airport construc-tion plans. The FAA New York District and the New York Area Program Integra-tion Office also holds a regular Delay Ini-tiatives Meeting that addresses construc-tion and operational plans.

The International Air Transport As-sociation (IATA) will be closely involved since they deal with international issues for airlines. They are said to be on board with monitoring any issues 24/7 during the constriction.

VRH Employees Kelly Loveman and Daniel Rodriguez present Cnristmas gifts to the officer from the Police Benevolent Assn. for 2018 P.B.A. Toy Drive – their 30th annual drive to benefit a number of organizations: Tomorrow’s Children Hospital, Sanzari Children’s Hospital, Valley Hospital – Pediatric Center, 508th Military Police, military families & others. Photo by VRH

Airlines worry about additional congestion and delays during runway reconstruction. Photo by Jeff Yapalater

The JFK Community De-velopment Outreach Center is where people can meet with Port Authority representatives to discuss the JFK Airport re-development opportunities and issues. As promised by Port the Center is scheduled to open the early part of January. The office space is large and accommodat-

ing with a welcoming reception area, seating for about 40 people, three consulting rooms and a large conference room.

The center is located at 144-33 Jamaica Avenue in a completely renovated building conveniently located s short walk from the LIRR and downtown Jamaica buses.


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The Winter Solstice recently began, bring-ing short days and long nights to the air-port. With these dreary days is the increased chance of snow, and even big snow such as we had last year with Winter Storm Gray-son. However, unlike last year with Grayson, the Port learned its lessons well and con-ducted a study into what went wrong with

airport operations and how they could be remedied. Now, months after recommenda-tions by former Transportation Secretary LaHood, JFK is much better prepared with scores of improvements. There are much im-proved communications funneled through the Emergency Ops and the Airport Ops Centers located in building #111. The Snow

alerts condition is active with daily calls, up-dates and compulsory participation in meet-ing and proactive actions when bad weather is forecast. So, while we may all complain about the cold, ice and seasonal darkness, the airport can see light and on alert when it comes to being ready for the winter storms that are bound to head our way.

Winter Events Calendar

REGULAR MEETINGSTHE JFK CHAMBER OF

COMMERCE: 2nd Wed. monthly at Bldg. 14, JFK Airport. 9:15 open to pub-lic.

KAAMCO-JFK & PORT AUTHORITY: Monthly meetings, 2nd Wednesday of month, 9; 45 Bldg. 14, JFK; Kaamco Cargo Meet-ing last Thursday of the month.

JFK AIR CARGO ASSN: Last Thursday each month. See website for meeting location. www.jfkaircargo.net

CALMM: COUNCIL OF AIRLINE MAINTENANCE MANAGERS 2nd Tuesday monthly. Bldg 14. 12:30 pm2nd floor.

LAAMCO, LAGUARDIA: 1st Wednesday monthly unless noted otherwise. United Conf Room 3721 11am. www.laamco.com

JFK ROTARY CLUB: Dinner the 1st Wednesday; 3rd Wednesday. JFK Hilton Garden Inn. Contact www.jfkrotaryclub.org

JFK AIRPORT CUSTOM BROKERS AND FREIGHT FORWARDERS MEET-ING: Contact Joel (516) 250-0588

LGA KIWANIS: Meets 2nd and 4th Tuesday at noon at the LaGuardia Marriott Hotel.

CIVIL AIR PATROL: Meet-ings 2Nd & 4Th Mondays, Jfk Building 14, 2Nd Fl.

NIAMCO: Newark Interna-tional Airport managers Council. Check website. www.niamco.org

SAVE THE DATEMARCH 28: JFK Air Cargo

Association Annual Expo. Russos on the Bay.

APRIL 14: JFK Run the Run-

way at JFK Airport.APRIL 10: Wed.Christ for

the World Chapel’s An-nual Bishop Wright Avia-tion Industry Awards Lun-cheon .Russo’s on the Bay.

JUNE 6: Cradle of Avia-tion Apollo 11 50th An-niverssary Moon Landing Celebratory Dinner with Apollo astronauts.

JUNE 20: Cradle of Aviation Apollo Moon Festival, cel-ebrating moon walk.

JANUARYJANUARY 1: Happy New

YearJANUARY 8: JFK Rotary

Dinner Meeting.JANUARY 9: JFK Chamber

of Commerce meeting. Bldg. 14. 9:30a.m.

JANUARY 9: KAAMCO/Port Authority Monthly meet-ing.JFK Airport, Building 14. 10am.

JANUARY 7: Orthodox Christmas

JANUARY 18: Friday. LIIEA Holiday Party & Installa-tion of Board of Directors. www.liiea.org

JANUARY 21: Martin Luther King Day

JANUARY 21: Christ for World Chapel Martin Lu-ther King Celebration.Noon

JANUARY 24: Wings Club

Luncheon, Yale Club, 11:45am. Speaker: William J. Flynn, President, CEO, Atlas Air, Reservations, 212-867-1770

JANUARY 26: Stewart Air-port, Orange Co. Cham-ber of Commerce Annual Snowball Gala Saturday, www.orangeny.com

JANUARY 31: JFK Air Cargo Assn. Luncheon. Guest Speaker Brabdon Fried, Air Forwarders.Hil-ton Hotel

FEBRUARYFEBRUARY 2: Saturday.

Groundhog DayFEBRUARY 3: Sunday.

Super Bowl LIIIFEBRUARY 5: Chinese

Lunar New Year of the Earth Pig

FEBRUARY 14: Thursday. Valentines Day

FEBRUARY 16: Acad-emy of Aviation Open House.Simulator Lessons,Professioonal Pi-lots Q/A. www.academyo-faviation.com

FEBRUARY 18: Monday. Presidents Day/Washing-ton’s Birthday

FEBRUARY 20: Wed. Sis-ters of Notre Dame Mardi Gras.

FEBRUARY 28: Thurs. JFK Air Cargo Assn, Luncheon. Guest Speaker Russi Bati-

wala, CEO of Chapman Freeborn.

MARCHMARCH 4: Hindu, Maha Shi-

varatriMARCH 6: Ash Wednesday

(the first day of Lent) 2019MARCH 10: Daylight saving

time begins at 2:00 AM. Spring forth.

MARCH 17: Sunday. St.Patricks Day.

MARCH 20: Wed. Purim begins.

MARCH 20: Wed.Spring Equinox

MRCH 21: Hindu, Holi

APRILAPRIL 14: Palm SundayAPRTIL 14: hindu, Ramana-

vamiAPRIL 19: Good FridayAPRIL 19-27:PassoverAPRIL 21: Easter

AVIATION CONFERENCES

FEBRUARY 10-12: AirCargo 2019. Hard Rock Hotel, Las Vegas Nevada

MARCH 12-14: IATA 13th World Cargo Symposium. Marina Bay Sands, Singa-pore. [email protected]

MARCH 28: JFK Air Cargo Assn Expo.JFK Airport. www.jfkaircargo.net

MARCH 26-28: 2019 Pas-senger Terminal Expo. Excel, London, UK. Call +44 (0) 1306 871289 x2118

MARCH 27-28: FLY-PHARMA CONFERENCE ASIA, Hong Kong. [email protected] +44 (0)20 7724 3456

APRIL 2-3: IATA Safety and Flight Ops Conference 2019. Barcelona. Crowne Plaza.

MAY 5-7: CNS Partner-ship Conference. Doral National, Miami, Fl. cns@

mcveigh.com . 203-563-8170

MAY 26: 32nd IATA Ground Handling Conference, Madrid, Spain. Marriott Hotel.

OCTOBER 22-24-: Fly-Pharma Conference Eu-rope 2019. Copenhagen. [email protected]

OCTOBER 29-31: Cargo Events, Amsterdam.

AIRPORT RESOURCES

HOUSES OF WORSHIP: Terminal 4, Upper Level, Chapels area.

AIR SERVICES DEVELOP-MENT OFFICE (ASDO): Organization that brings together aviation industry buyers with local busi-nesses. www.asdoonline.com

USO: Jet Blue Terminal 5, lower arrivals level.

GLOBAL ENTRY OFFICE: Terminal 4, lower arrivals level.

EMERGENCY AIRPORT DENTIST: Building 14, W. Wing, (718) 656-4747

AMBULANCE: 718-244-4333 ( DO NOT CALL 911) Ambulift from plane Medical Walk-In Building 14, West Wing

PAFCU CREDIT UNION: Building 14, W. Wing (718) 656-1774 Friday from 8 am-noon and 1 pm-5 pm

PORT AUTHORITY POLICE: (800) 828-7273

LOST AND FOUND: (718) 917-3999

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FAA helping EWR Schedule limits issue

From Federal Register Septem-ber 2018. Department of Transpor-tation, Federal Aviation Adminis-tration

The FAA is continuing to moni-tor operations and delays at EWR and to identify ways to improve per-formance metrics and operational efficiency, and achieve delay reduc-tions in a Level 2 environment. De-mand for access to EWR and the New York City area remains high. Recent requests for flights at EWR have ex-ceeded the scheduling limits in the 8 a.m. and 1300-2159 local hours. The FAA has advised carriers in prior seasons that it would not be able to accommodate all requests for new or retimed operations in peak hours and worked with carriers to identify times that were available. In some limited cases, carriers were able to swap with other airlines for their preferred times in the peak for win-ter 2018. Carriers may continue to seek swaps in order to operate within the peak. However, the FAA also con-tinues to seek the voluntary coop-eration of all carriers operating in peak hours to retime operations out of the peak to improve performance at EWR.

For the summer 2019 season, the hourly scheduling limit remains at 79 Start Printed Page 49157opera-tions and 43 operations per half-hour. To help with a balance be-tween arrivals and departures, the maximum number of scheduled ar-rivals or departures, respectively, is 43 in an hour and 24 in a half-hour. This would allow some higher lev-els of operations in certain periods (not to exceed the hourly limits) and some recovery from lower demand in adjacent periods. The FAA will accept flights above the limits if the flights were operated on a regular basis in summer 2018, but again, the FAA seeks cooperation of carri-ers to retime operations, to the ex-tent feasible, out of the peak period. Additionally, the FAA will consider whether demand exceeds the lim-its in adjacent periods and consider average demand before determin-ing whether there is availability for new flights in a particular period. However, the operational perfor-mance of the airport is unlikely to improve unless peak demand is re-duced and schedules remain within the airport’s arrival and departure limits.

Terminal Logistics CenterJFK area cargo interest

Air cargo imports have been increasing into JFK Airport for years. Recently however, the lack of cargo space in the airport has virtually disappeared due to old and inadeuare infrastructure. This has lead some developers to look for suitable and closer warehousing and freight services to JFK.

According to Josh Weingarten of Triangle equities, “Triangle Eq-uities is developing the Terminal Logistics Center, a 300,000-square-foot, multi-level, multi-tenant in-dustrial building located near JFK airport in Queens. As the e-com-merce industry continues to grow and evolve, demand for industrial warehouse product located in dense urban areas situated with access to transit infrastructure, particularly air transit, has grown.”

The shift in how goods are pur-chased as well as the rise in e-com-merce and e-fulfillment is forc-ing manufacturers and sellers of goods to deliver faster and less ex-pensive services. Customers have now come to expect and demand this service. As a result, there is a strong pull for supply chains to be closer to consumers, therefore in-creasing demand for expansive in-

fill logistics spaces in urban areas. The efficient delivery of freight

through air cargo, port and rail modes is the backbone of New York City’s economy, accounting for ap-proximately 9 percent of private employment in the city, or roughly 300,000 plus freight dependent jobs.Currently, 200 million tons of freight flow through New York City annually, a number expected to grow by 50 percent over the next two decades.

Unfortunately, the existing sup-ply chain network in New York City has little spare capacity and is func-tionally obsolete. Accordingly, the growth of industrial spaces near airports by way of private invest-ments from investors and users is critical, and it is similarly crucial for public agencies to support such private investment in this infra-structure.

“To ensure long-term success, coordination between and among developers and local economic de-velopment agencies — as well as in-troduction of planning and policy efforts targeted to help improve the freight infrastructure to meet in-dustry demand is critical, “ Wein-garten said.


JFK Airport Redev UpdatesElevating the customer experience.

Since the October an-nouncement by Governor Cuomo for the identification and support of investments for JFK Airport Development, progress has been moving for-ward fast and furious.

Community meeting, job fairs, website, Advisory Coun-cil and Community resource center are all up or about to be up for interactions among the terminal development teams, Port and the community.

The $13 billion project so far include two major termi-nal anchors; Terminal One which will tear down its ex-isting building and construct one large terminal stretching over to old T3 tearing down Delta’s terminal whose flights have moved to Terminal 4.. The JetBlue terminal prop-erty will now incorporate ex-isting terminal 5,6 & 7.

Terminal 7 currently holds British Airways as the prime lease holder with several oth-ers. Negotiations are cur-rently underway with British Airlines as to where they and other will relocate. Terminal 4 will likely expand and up-grade some infrastructure. Then the Central Mall area and building will be a hub for transportation. Planned de-velopment of this area, which may include other developers, is currently under review.

The new terminals will ac-commodate an expanded ca-pacity AirTrain which will operate inside the terminal for efficiency and passenger comfort according to Port. According to JetBlue ground-breaking will begin in 2020 with completion in 2023 incor-porating terminals 5, 6& & 7 Investor company Vangard, Colin Lowndes said, “This is very exciting for Vantage.” which is also an investor part-ner at the new Terminal B and Central mall at LaGuardia, a $5.1 billion project.

Unlike previous develop-ments, the Port Authority is taking big step to insure that the surrounding public is very much involved in the program. It is also strongly supporting a larger than 30% minority business participa-tion in all phases. This figure of minority participation has been publicly supported by the two developers and will be am-plified by the JFK Redevelop-ment Council, the Community Development Outreach Office

and SE Queens communities.One of the other non-air-

port improvements in the pro-gram is the planned widening of the Van Wyck Expressway from Kew Gardens to the air-port. According to Port an environmental review is pro-ceeding. There will be an addi-tional fourth traffic lane and reconstruction of some exit and entry roadways. Many ex-isting bridges will have to be reconstructed as well.

This is a long term project, but meant to move all traffic in and out of JFK more eas-ily. This change will also meet the desires of the cargo com-munity of the airport who have delays servicing the many airlines, ground han-dlers, freight companies and forwarders who suffer from costly delays.

Development companies in-clude: The Carlyle Group, CAG Holdings ,JLC Infrastructure (Earvin “Magic” Johnson); TOGA, Ullico; and Munich Airport International, Leh-rer Cumming, AeCom Tish-man, Walsh, of the terminal One development. He pointed to their vast experience and shared details on their com-munity engagement as with partners working McKissack which is the oldest women/minority-owned professional design and construction firm in the United States. and with JLC, Loop Capital and their current investment in the La-Guardia Airport.

JetBlue partners included RXR Real Estate, and the Van-gard Group.

NYCEDC Development Announcement

JFK Development SiteSubmission Deadline February 7, 2019 at 4:00 pm

New York City Economic Development Corporation (“NYCEDC”) is pleased to re-lease this Request for Proposals (“RFP”) on behalf of the City of New York (“City”) for the long-term ground lease and devel-opment of an approximately four-acre va-cant property (“Site”) located on the south side of Rockaway Boulevard at the corner of Eastern Road and abutting John F. Ken-nedy International Airport (“JFK”) on part of Block 14260, Lot 1 in Queens. NYCEDC seeks proposals that take advantage of the Site’s unique location to construct a logis-tics, distribution, and/or freight-related airport-compatible facility.

NYCEDC plans to select a developer on the basis of factors stated in the RFP which include, but are not limited to: the quality of the program and design and the extent to which these components support JFK activ-ities and/or contribute to a resilient supply chain; the respondent’s ability to complete the project; the respondent’s M/WBE and HireNYC hiring plans; and the project’s economic impact.

InquiriesRespondents may submit questions and/

or request clarifications from NYCEDC no later than 5:00 PM on January 24, 2019.

Questions regarding the subject matter of this RFP should be directed to [email protected]. For all questions that do not pertain to the subject matter of this RFP, please contact NYCEDC’s Con-tracts Hotline at (212) 312-3969

Submission RequirementsDetailed submission guidelines and re-

quirements are outlined in this RFP, avail-able as of July 24, 2018. In addition to be-ing able to download the document above, the RFP is available for in-person pick-up between 9:30 AM and 4:30 PM, Monday through Friday, from NYCEDC, 110 Wil-liam Street, 4th floor Mailroom Bid Desk, New York, NY (between Fulton & John streets). Responses are due no later than De-cember 6, 2018. Please submit three (3) hard copies and one (1) electronic version on a flash drive or CD of your proposal to:

NYCEDC, 110 William Street, 4th floor Mailroom Bid Desk, New York, NY 10038

Attention: Maryann Catalano, Chief Contracting Officer, Contracts.

This project has Minority and Women Owned Business Enterprise (“M/WBE”) participation goals, and all respondents will be required to submit an M/WBE Par-ticipation Proposal with their response.

Website: https://www.nycedc.com/op-portunity/jfk-development-site

Visit https://www.nycedc.com/projects for more projects to participate.

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been training volunteer handlers and animals to be able to visit nurs-ing homes, hospitals, schools, and other businesses to positively affect those in need of their love and sup-port,” said Alicia Ryan, Senior Man-ager of Volunteer Programs at Bide-awee. “We are happy to offer our therapy dog services to travelers at LaGuardia’s Terminal B. In addi-tion to helping reduce the stress of travel, it also benefits our therapy dogs. They enjoy the attention and af-fection they receive from their visits. We look forward to continuing this partnership through February 2018.”

LaGuardia Gateway Partners is collaborating with Bideawee as part of its efforts to enhance guest expe-rience in Terminal B while build-ing a new state-of-the-art terminal. The dogs make up the terminal’s ‘Comfort Crew’ and wear branded bandanas to distinguish them from

service dogs and canine travelers. Passengers visit with the dogs while waiting for their flights and receive a souvenir trading card with the dog’s photo and name. Unlike personal comfort dogs,or Police K9s, these dogs ask to be petted.

“It’s no secret that the holiday sea-son can be hectic, which is why we are so happy to have this wonderful comfort dog program for our guests at Terminal B,” said spokesman for LaGuardia Gateway Partners. “Just seeing these dogs brings a smile to so many people’s faces, including our hard-working staff. LaGuardia Gate-way Partners wants all of our visi-tors to have a great experience dur-ing their travels, and this is just one of the ways we are working to make that happen.”

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these restrictions since it is an inter-national airport. Philippa Karteron of the JFK Chamber of Commerce asked if Port could provide a more substantive answer.

Jim Stevens presented a detailed report on the state of the redevelop-ment calling it a “ huge game chang-ing development” referring to the complexity of reconstructions such an important airport while continu-ing to provide current airline and ground operations. He said that the first phase of the program was com-plete with the approval of developers Carlyle Group team for Terminal 1 and RXR team for Terminal 5.Yjese developers will move forward imple-ment the next steps in the request for proposal and RFQs for the many steps in beginning the pre-construc-tion program. Steven explained that this is the beginning and that noth-ing is final yet. I=Even the leases for this development are still being ne-gotiated with a fine tooth comb. He wanted the audience to know that the interactions, bids and construc-tion opportunities are very much open. He referred to the Redevelop-ment Advisory Council as the body that will represent the community in all phases of development and in-teract with the Port Authority on all matters. This council is made up of dozens of community leaders, elected officials community board members, religious leaders and chaired by Con-gressman Meeks and Queens Boro President Melinda Katz. In fact, he pointed to an upcoming first public meeting of the Council to be held on November 13 at York College.

He said there are still plans under development such as the central mall which may be open to Port working with other developers or terminal op-erators already at the airport. Accord-ing to Steven, the redevelopment will also include a major improvement of the Van Wyck Expressway with the addition of an another lane with mod-ified ramps to allow for better traffic flow in and out of the airport area.

The issue of aircraft altitude and noise was also brought up. A rep-resentative from Suozzi’s office re-marked that it seemed clear that may flights are much below FAA stan-dard guidelines when approaching the airport. He repeatedly asked that the FAA consider alternate paths or higher altitudes to minimize the dis-ruptive noise that occurs when this happens. An FAA representative promised to look into this for hi,

, Gloria Boyce-Charles chair op-erations subcommittee and gave her report on discussions with JFK Gen-eral Manager Everett who gave her assurances that he would include stakeholders in noise and cargo issues affecting the community. Boyce-Charles asked if here was land within the airport to accommodate the large number of freight trailers that overwhelm the adjoining neigh-borhoods with their presence. She was referred to Mike Bednarz of the Cargo area to follow up.

Brown closed the meetings stat-ing that the Committee needs pri-oritize issues and to share concerns with the Advisory Council which will be the interface between the communities and the JFK develop-ment in all areas.

JFK NYCARGrapples with area issues

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JOIN US AT THE AERODROMELike the airfields and air-

craft hangers that also serve as gathering areas for fes-tivities and community get-togethers in rural areas, our

Aerodrome page is also a gath-ering spot for images of the various slices of aviation life.

Here is a collection of pho-tos of people in organizations

and events contributing to their companies, sharing in social responsibilities partici-pating in volunteer activities and just “plane” having fun.

Mariana Serrano celebrates achieving her private pilot degree at the Academy of Aviation ( AOA) at Republic Airport. She plans to continue her education here to reach Certified Flight Instructor certification through the AOA career pilot program.

Giurpreet and Nerita from Virgin and Karen Holmes and Julius Ellis having a little winter fantasy in the Virgin Atlantic SnoGlobe at JFK Airport Terminal 4.

Santa meets Will,Tyler, William and Matt of the Drumatics at T5

Members of the JFK KLM team gather for a holiday photo.

The team of Hudson News having fun at their holiday party at JFK Terminal 4.


T4 SOUNDS OF HOLIDAY

MUSICThe 2018 Christ for World

Chapel and Terminal 4 con-cert took place at the arrivals hall alongside the beautiful 25 foot tall white Christmas Tree during the Holidays. The concert was open to the public, and it drew wide at-tention from travelers who were surprised to hear the sounds of the holidays in a busy public space. Arrivals hall was filled with hundreds of arriving passengers look-ing for a family member, or ride to their destination so it was odd to hear the melodies of the season in the midst of all the business But this ca-cophony of terminal noise was blocked out by the sounds of voices, guitars, and soft percussion of holiday music along with sights of seasonal red and white stocking hats, festive dresses and smiling faces singing the praises of the holidays.

Student choirs from the Aviation High School and the A Cappella group 7:10 Down-beats from Valley Stream North High School sang popu-lar tunes while the Huismans duet was more calming and melodic. The God Centered family group sang more reli-gious oriented songs. Young and old, citizens and foreign-ers occasionally stopped by to listen and to contribute a bit of change to the contribution basket to help support the Chapel’s mission at the air-port which is to provide spir-itual and even physical aid comfort for travelers.

Eva goes over song list with her family.

Liz and Bill Huisman duo performing at the Christ for World Chapel Christmas Concert.

Members of the Aviation High School Choir who performed at the JFKIAT Christ for World Chapel Holiday Concert at the arrivals area of Terminal 4, JFK Airport.

Eva Boyce-Leonard and her family of the God Centered singing group performing again at the T4 Christmas Concert.

The Aviation High School Choir under Music Director Elizabeth Park.


Airport Faces

Photos by Jeff Yapalater

(01) Rick Cotton, Executive Director of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, is Queens Courier’s 2019 Person of the Year.

(02) Lionel Roseval, General Manager JFK Global Elite Security.

(03) Maliha Sultana, Jetway customer service representative for Serbia Arlines, JFK Airport

(04) Doreen Danielson, AVAirPros Director LaGuardia Airport.

(05) Easton Murrille, Etihad Area Manager Cargo Delivery Americas-South

(06) Congrats to Sean Holland, JFK Airport Manager, Airport Ops Center.


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(07) Elizabeth Park, Music Director for the Aviation High School.

(08) Pastor Skip l'Heureux, Jr. Executive Di-rector of CCCNY for Christ for World Chapel JFK Airport. Good luck on your new page in Life. Thank you for your Chapel service.

(09) Lisa Diffenback, concessions consultant.

(10) Marcy Beam, Director Marketing Laguardia Plaza Hotel.

(11) Rainer Brenner, Deputy Consul, Consulate General of the Federal Republic of Germany in NY.

(12) Michael Piza of Apexlogistics, newly elected to JFK Air Cargo Association Board of Directors.

(13) Bill Lachnicht, Manager, JFK Airport Main-tenance.

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SANTA WITH A CAUSEEvery year Santa Claus

takes a JetBlue flight to JFK to meet the hundreds of special needs children that eagerly await his arrival at the Jet-Blue hangar at JFK Airport.

In partnership with the JFK Rotary, these children have a class trip to the fasci-nating JFK Airport and to wonder at the magic of the Santa and the immensity of the JetBlue plane sitting yards away from their party tables.

Princesses from fairy tales dressed in their color-ful dresses flit around the room adding special mo-ments to the astonished look on these childrens’ faces. The looks get even more wonder-ful as Santa, Ms. Claus and their elves descend from the airplane waving and greet-

ing everyone. They then sit down and greet each child personally, smiling, laugh-ing, asking what they want for Christmas, handling out gifts, and taking photos with the school groups.

Volunteers and friends of the Rotary dress up as elves, give out donated snacks and drinks and helping to line up all the waiting children for their turn to spend spe-cial time with Santa and his North Pole friends.

Begun by Rudy Auslander decades ago, this Christ-mas party has endured and grown with the help of Mark Klein of 90.1 WUSB radio, community businesses such as Russo’s on the Bay, Air-line Vending, HMS Hosting and many others.

Rotary President Sonia Saleh greets Santa and Mrs. Claus at the Rotary JetBlue Childrens party.

Children of the Mill Neck School with Rudy Auslander (mid-rear) hav-ing fun at the party.

Rotarian Frank McIntyre is in the Christmas and Holiday spirit.

The princesses of the Rotary JetBlue party plant a kiss on Steve Carbone of Trans Air International Freight.

Sonia Saleh with Mark Klein, of WUSB radio, who has produced this event for years, with some of children who are receiving gifts and having a great time with Santa and friends.


T1 BRINGS ON HOLIDAY

FUNTerminal One held it an-

nual Holiday Party and it was a great one for celebrating. The Terminal One Group As-sociation proposal for rede-velopment of its terminal and expansion as one of the JFK Airport anchors terminals was recently approved by the Port Authority as part of a $7 billion dollar investment in the future of JFK.

So there was a lot of cheer and buzz about the future of the this terminal by the ter-minal airlines, their suppli-ers, concessionaires, local and federal agencies at the party. Board members of the terminal management and their investors introduced themselves to the guests as others admired the large ren-dering of the new terminal displayed in the party area.

Great care was taken in the preparation of the event. Food was excellent with a full range from fowl to fish; pork to pasta; roasts to sushi, with wine, a celebratory cake and delicious desserts. Real Christmas trees were deco-rated with colorful peppers, and beautiful seasonal Ama-ryllis were placed through-out adding warm to the ambi-ance.

Gift bags containing an Amaryllis or tiny fur tree with a gift from Victoria’s Se-cret and Terminal One were give out as a favor for attend-ing.

CBP Port Director, Isabel Galan-tino wearing festive tree earrings that blend well with the Christmas trees.

Ana Lemos of Brussels with PAH Baggage of Terminal One Neil Lott in traditional Scottish garb livens up party conversation.

T1 Duty Manager Rubina Ahmed hands holiday gifts to Claude Vieira and Dave Siewert of JFK Air Traffic Control.

Some of the women who drive the business at Terminal One JFK Airport gather for a holiday photo.

Fred Catanese of Airway and Klaudia Fitzgerald of Terminal One.


CARGO FULL OF TOYS FOR TOTS The JFK Air Cargo Asso-

ciation held its Annual Toys for Tots Luncheon at Russo’s on the Bay in Howard Beach with hundreds of air cargo and related companies gath-ered to support this yearly function.

Each guest brought a new gift which created a beautiful display of colorful toys in the

dining area for all to see the results of their contributions.

As in the past Oyster Bay Town Supervisor Joe Sala-dino was the guest speaker on behalf of the county wide Toys for Tots collection pro-gram. He and JFK Air Cargo President Joe Badamo and fellow Board members are un-wavering supporters of bring-

ing good will and cheer to the many children who may not be fortunate to have Santa drop down their chimney. These gifts go a long way to making their holiday special Saladino remarked.

Children were not the only recipients of Yule tidings as the members of the Associa-tion and friends enjoyed a sumptuous cocktail hour, hearty lunch and the famous Italian pastries dessert the restaurant had to offer.

The luncheon guests were also treated to a super raffle in which several pairs of air-line tickets were given out to the lucky winners. The jovial gathering, which is generally quite conversational, sud-denly turned silent as guests eagerly awaited the calling out of their raffle numbers. While luck played a big role in winning prizes, the real lucky ones were the children.Cargo veterans,Tony, Barry, Steve, Rich, Joe, Steve.

Toys for Tots luncheon with JFK Air Cargo Association board members: From left, President Joe Badamo, Dayna Harap, Jim Burnett, Pete Debenigno, John Ryan, Laura Cascino, Mike Peza, Jim Erickson, Mike Bednarz.

Center, Ana Mendoza of Amerijet (center) with friends.

Andy Mendoza of Gold Eagle Transportation (standing right) with guests.

Guests at JFK Air Cargo luncheon United Cargo Kadi Suarez, Christine Suarez, Southwest Seth Keffas, Mobile Air Andy Montero.


KAAMCO CARGO CONGRATULATES

The Kaamco Cargo Oper-ations Committee 40th An-nual Holiday Dinner Dance was held at the Lawrence Yacht & Country Club and honored Richard Burkhardt, General Manager Cargo Ser-vices, of American Airlines, as 2018 Kaamco Cargo Com-mittee Person of the Year.

Tables of groups from supportive cargo compa-nies were there to catch up with friends in the business and to toast this year’s Per-son of the Year. Burkhardt of American Airlines, had been the Chair of the Cargo Committee for years but recently turned to reigns over to Brian Cooley of AA so Burkhardt could devote more time to traveling for his job.

Cooley presented the Per-son of the Year award to Bur-khardt on behalf of Kaamco

cargo with words of appre-ciation from the community. Cooley also presented flow-ers and the guests applauded his wife for being supportive and helping him be a better person.

The annual dinner is a big draw for many people involved in all areas of the JFK Cargo community with airlines, freight forwarders, ground handlers and friends of Rich’s for years attending the event that signified an-other year of business and person to honor.

Burkhardt gave a short speech and spoke from the heart recounting all his cargo friends and his love of the job, which he said did not feel like a job. He said he was fortunate to have mentors, and work for such a great company like American Air-lines for so many years.

Honoree Rich Birkhardt with friends (from left) David Vance of American Airlines (AA), Brian Cooley of AA and John Gemmell, Transborder Aviation.

Alex Pruno of WFS, Stefan Kalinkov, Sigma Techni-cal Solutions, Michael Pruno, Nippon Cargo Airlines, Ada Pruno, Theresa Sisson, WFS having fun at the Cargo dinner.

Phil Jensen of WFS, Rich Shea of Shea Trucking, Peter Debenigno of Mobile Air Transport.Jacques Le Vaillant, Kaamco Cargo Business administrator and formerly with Air France for many years with his wife, Elizabeth.

Brian Cooley's wife Karen (right) with friend Ariana Pinheiro beautifully work the dance floor.


CLAUS AND THE KIDSCommunity Mayors special day

The Community Mayors, an organization which has been providing recreational therapy for children with spe-cial needs from the New York metro area for more than 50 years annually teams up with Delta Air Lines and JFK Air-port to bring joy to thousands of special needs children.

Dozens of buses are driven in with children from schools throughout the area for a fun time of music, food, appear-ances by costumed charac-ters and of course the arrival of Santa Claus.

Hosted by the Community Mayors, sponsored by Inves-tors Foundation with support of many agencies and airport companies, these children are treated to a spectacle of sight and sound. Bagpipes and canines from the Police Department, storybook char-

acters, clowns and all kinds of Santa’s helpers rove around making sure all the kids are having fun.

The highlight of the event though was when Santa ar-rived popping out of the cap-tain’s window of a large mov-ing Delta plane, waving and shouting out “Hh, ho, ho’s” to everyone. He then descended down a long flight of stairs then hopped aboard his Santa Train to be driven all around the huge hangar with clamoring kids.

Santa bellowed with laughter, kids got on their toes to see him, and the taller ones reached out to try to touch the jolly man in red.

This Santa is the best. He was constantly moving, reaching out, bouncing and twirling to entertain the kids while ending with an on-stage

performance of dancing with elves and Mrs. Claus. It was a great event with holiday magic in the air.

Santa reaches out to greet one of the hundreds of children at the Community Mayors party at JFK Airport.

Shelley Della Rocca, Chief Mayor, President & CEO holds sponsor check from Investors Foundation forthe Community Mayors for Special Children, Inc. Elected officials from Queens participate in support.

Children of PS 56, school for Adapted Physical Education, participat-ing in the Pledge of Alligiance at the Community Mayors.

Katie Artz, her husband and other members of Global Elite Security team make cotton candy for the kids.

Drake the Retriever with his family enjoying the festivities.

JFK Airport Interim General Man-ager Charles Everett was on hand to greet Santa at the Community Mayors Childrens party.


ROARING 20S AT CROWNE PLAZA

It was a trip back in time as the theme for this year’s Crowne Plaza Holiday Party. Men strutted in their spats and women’s sequins glittered from the flashing lights that made the Crowne venue an exciting party night. An open bar accompanied by a wide selection of dinner choices followed by grand table of miniature cheese cakes and a wide choice of delectable. Left many guests smiling and dancing off the holiday feast.

INFAMOUS FBI PARTY THRILLS GUESTSThe FBI Holiday

party is considered as the absolute best by many veteran airport partygoers. Maybe it is because the party has the highest number of airline tickets as raf-fle prices with one air-line giving Business Class this year to the lucky winner. The raf-fle giveaways last al-most an hour with ev-eryone there trying to hear their numbers announced for a great prize. over the enticing dance music. It is too bad that everyone has to wait another 340 days to try to win a free flight!

TSA Roaring 20’s agents party incognito at the Crowne party.

Murielle Bedard (center) of Flying Food Group with friends at Crowne Plaza Party.

Crowne Plaza suffragettes Josephine Cavaliere , Jennifer Salazar and Darlene Marion.

Carol Wade is just a little excited winning her large screen TV.Joe Morra of Royal Waste almost gets run over by an ex-cited winner of a raffle prize getting hi-fives by friends.

Vivian Tunnicliff, with Egypt Air Station managers, wins a pair of Eqypt Air tickets in addition to a second pair from another airline. Big winner.


CHANUKAH CELEBRATION AT JFKIATThe JFK International

Synagogue celebrated Cha-nukah at JFKIAT Terminal 4. This annual event was open to the airport workforce and travelers who wished to take some time and participate in the service and celebration which was highlighted by the lighting of several Menorahs. Rabbi Korenblit spoke emo-tionally about what the light-ing represented and what it was like for one woman who tried to celebrate Chanukah during the Nazi reign of ter-

ror. She managed to write a story which was read to the guests by the teary eyed Rabbi. Every guest, Jewish or not, was invited up to light a candle and share in the both the cherished moment of re-membrance and celebration of the Jewish Holiday.

Two choirs from nearby schools performed with charged emotions singing Jewish songs as well as more recognized tunes that drew the attention of the guests which included the spiritual

heads of the other Chapels, the President of JFKIAT and staff. To make the celebration complete a raffle of a variety of prizes donated by the con-cessions at Terminal 4 was held with delighted winners taking home a holiday gift.

The end of the celebration included refreshments in-cluding the traditional potato pancakes, apple juice and do-nuts. Holiday gifts of “gelt” , chocolate money, and little dreidels for spinning were also given away to all guests.

LAGUARDIA AIRPORTLaGuardia Airport and LaGuardia Gateway Partners of the new

Terminal B got into the holiday spirit with many events designed to en-tertain and comfort the holiday travelers. Santa roamed the terminal spreading good cheer and received some love from Ziggy the therapeutic dog who also was receiving love from departing passengers. Other ac-tivities included live music and speed painting in the food court. Airline representatives dressed up as Elves helping to move the along the large number of travelers on their way to their holiday destinations.

Rabbi Korenblit of the internional Synagogue Cjanukah party emo-tionally recites a passage from a Jewish woman who lit the Menora during during Nazi control of Germany.

Ziggy, the miniature greyhound Bidewee therapy dog working on behalf of LaGuardia Gateway Partners Terminal B, comforts St. Nick, James Chen, and Miguel Camacho of American Airlines during a very hectic Christmas travel rush.

T4 community leaders gather at the Chanukah celebration: Rabbi Ko-renblit, Father Chris Piasta, Manny Weiss, Synagogue President, Rabbi Rapp, Pastor Dabee, JFKIAT President Roel Huinink.

Synagogue President Manny Weiss presents award of recognition for Fred Rosenberg, founder of IS Duty Free shops and supporter of

the airport synagogue to family members Scott and Elliot Halpern.

Rock band Teto performs at LGA Terminal B during Christmas week. Mary Ann and John Teto , guitarist, and drummer Harvey Rubin.

Central Terminal at LaGuardia holds free speed painting class run by Moe Qadiri of Pinots Palette and budding artist Dhava Patel participating as she waits for her Delta flight.


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Gatwick scareEngland’s Gatwick Airport shut down all air

traffic during the busy holiday week because of unauthorized drones flying in their airspace. Hap-pening at the height of the international travel sea-son, these drone flights stranded over 100,000 trav-elers on their way to family reunions, resorts or business travel. How would the US airports, and the FAA handle such a situation here on our soil? Do we have the technology tools to located the pi-lots of thee drones and are we prepared to deal with possible terrorist attacks with such seem-ingly innocent devices?

Moxie in air 2021“After years of U.S. airline consolidation, the

conditions are improving for a new generation of U.S. airline to emerge, focused on passenger ser-vice and satisfaction,” David Neeleman, majority investor in the new venture, said in PR statement. “The A220 will enable us to serve thinner routes in comfort without compromising cost, especially on longer-range missions with deliveries starting in 2021, having ample time to assemble a world-class team model.”

JetBlue’s bluesJetBlue voiced further concerns against pro-

posed joint venture AF-KLM-Delta-Virgin and asked for a full review of the three airlines proposal.

JetBlue Airways has filed a second motion with the US Department of Transportation (DOT) urg-ing a thorough review of the proposed transatlan-

tic joint venture between Air France-KLM, Virgin Atlantic, and Delta Air Lines. JetBlue had been mulling the expansion into the lucrative and busy transatlantic market and argues that this merger would hamper its own plans to begin across the pond service by competitors tying up too many of Heathrow slots.

Moxie againAs David Neeleman makes progress on his

industry disruptive Moxie Airlines, he has the moxie to consider his Azul Airlines potential ac-quisition of recently bankrupt Avianca Brasil. Although he publicly denied this, Neeleman said that Azul had considered the short-term possi-bility of acquiring Avianca Brasil adding that any potential acquisition would be done using existing resources. In addition, Azul said that Neeleman must consider the fiduciary respon-sibility of evaluating market opportunities. It is clear that all potential opportunities to amplify his holdings will not go unnoticed.

Air Moroc OneWorldRoyal Air Maroc joined oneworld, adding one

of Africa’s leading and fastest growing airlines to the world’s premier airline alliance. To celebrate, they had a water cannon salute at JFK for their new 787-9 aircraft.

Its election as a oneworld member designate was announced as the chief executives of the al-liance’s 13 current member airlines gathered in New York for their year-end Governing Board

meeting, just weeks before the alliance celebrates the 20th anniversary of its launch.

Royal Air Maroc is expected to be implemented into oneworld in mid-2020, when it will start flying alongside some of the biggest and best brands in the airline business. Its regional subsidiary Royal Air Maroc Express will join as a oneworld affiliate member at the same time.

Oneworld & China SouthernWith its recent addition of Air Maroc tro the

Oneworld, the organization has approached China Southern Airlines over potential membership as it seeks a mainland China carrier. Alliance CEO Rob Gurney confirmed that he had spoken with the carrier, but underlined that formal talks are yet to begin. He added that the last talks had taken place before China Southern announced that it would leave Skyteam.

Oneworld does not currently have any member mainland China airlines, although Cathay Pacific is a founding member of the alliance. Three other airlines in Asia are members so China Southern would be the first in mainland China “There are still areas where we can potentially deepen our coverage, there is no doubt about that. We are talking to potential members to help meet some of that,” Gurney said.

Oneworld carrier American Airlines holds a 2.76% stake in China Southern Airlines.

Eastern Airlines, the iconic airline of the 60’s will begin service from Terminal One at JFK in January 2019.

AIRLINE BRIEFS NEWS FROM AROUND THE AIR INDUSTRY

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RECOGNITIONSRICK COTTON, Executive Director of Port Authority is 2019 Queens

Courier "Person of the Year".

ROBERT MCANN promoted to RegionalVP Sheltair.

LIONEL ROSEVAL became the General Manager for GlobalElite Se-

curity at JFK.

MARSHA HOCHSTADT Senior Security Coordinator for the JFK of-

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BERNADETTE BROWN, Assistant Senior Security Coordinator for

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DENISA STAMOULIS elevated to Cargo Sales Manager, Air Canada

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tential delays, re-routing, tarmac hardstands, and other operational disruptions during this period. As noted, Everett reassured the group that issues would be resolved.

ConstructionPort spoke about the construc-

tion around the airport. The con-tractor meetings were concluded and final award will be made in January with complete shutdown of runways 13L, 31R which will be-gin April 1 and last through Novem-ber 15th. “Weather permitting, the construction will go smoothly but he cautioned that severe weather could prevent problems both from a traffic FAA and operations point of view.

Repair work is in progress on the air traffic control tower to be completed in the Spring.

AirtrainSanchita Jimenez from the

Airtrain reported that all the re-pairs, track work and testing has been done for the year. No more shutdowns until next year barring any significant weather develop-ment. This is a digital signage test program in place at Terminal 8. If successful, there will be a rollout n first quarter 2019.

Terry Rizzuto, JFK Operations Manager spoke about the Emer-gency Ops Center and the Airport Ops Center which will both be housed at Building #111. She empha-sized the creation of the Ops centers that will be important for weather related operations. She also com-mented that Everbridge notification is open.


KAAMCO readies for 2019

Clorinda Antonucci, Executive Di-rector JFK Chamber of Commerce ( far right) welcomes legal team of Evelyn Sahr, Timothy Coon and Sarah Morrissey of Eckert Seamans for a free public seminar on the new Sexual Harassment laws now governing employers in New York State. This is a whole new law thet supercedes anything in the past and the legal team shared details with guests of the seminar.


LGA NYCAR challenges PortConcerns over LGA growth

BY JEFF YAPALATERThe New York Community Avia-

tion Roundtable (NYCAR) is a vol-untary working-group comprised of stakeholders affected by JFK and La-Guardia Airports operations. The main purpose of the NYCAR was ini-tially established for a place for the community to address aircraft noise but has expanded to include many air-port/resident issues between the LGA Airport and residential communities.

The recent LGA Committee on December 5th, was held in Bayside chaired by Warren Schreiber of Com-munity Board 7 with facilitation by Bill Huisman and attended by Stacey Gilbert of the Port Authority. Of par-ticular interest was the recent visit by Governor Cuomo to President Trump and discussion of infrastructure. Dur-ing their conversation the topic of the length of the LGA runway came up and immediately rose the hack-les of opponents of potential new run-way construction. But according to a transcript of the meeting this was a concept riddled with environmental hurdles and public outcry that it was deemed unfeasible, More realistic and concerning items on the on the agenda were: a letter to the Port regarding the

Perimeter Rule, recent passing of the 2018 FAA Reauthorization Bill, TRA-CON flight patterns, overuse use of TNNIS, and helicopter routing

One FAA representative com-mented on the Reauthorization bill which states that an ombudsman would be selected for this Eastern Region. He said that the process is underway vet-ting applications beginning in the mid first quarter of 2019. He also noted in response to noise concerns that noise metrics are under review and will be shared with the committee.

During the meeting, Committee member Maria Becce performed a sound test. She played back taking off aircraft noises from her back yard during part of the presentation to see how loud noises would affect a meet-ing like this. One of the FAA people who listened to the demonstration while speaking said they he and his associates were there to listen to these concerns and hopefully continue the trend to provide some noise relief.

Nick Gregoriades from the Port Au-thority spoke here, and the next at the day’s JFK Committee meeting, giving his report on the state of the NYCAR website which the Port maintains. Currently the site has basic informa-

tion about the organization and mis-sions but going forward this site will contain agendas and meetings reports. He asked that the committee provide as much information to him to share on the Port NYCAR website which is https://www.panynj.gov/airports/noise-community-roundtables-ny-air-ports.html

One attendee, Peter Rutledge raised the question about the growth of LGA and seemingly foregone con-clusion that more, bigger and noisier jets would occupy the additional gates. According a Port spokesperson, this is not true especially since the new jets can carry more people and are quieter that older aircraft.

Another attendee asked if The Pe-

rimeter Rule, which limits the range of aircraft traveling from LGA, would still be valid. He expressed concern that with the overall expansion this rule would be rescinded. According to Stacey Gilbert this is not on any Port Agenda to change.

Concluding the meeting a discus-sion was held concerning the lack of a quorum and the ways in which mem-bers could be encouraged to attend instead of a punitive action against a particular member organization for non-attendance.

The next meeting announcement will be sent to committee members and to those who have subscribed to notifications on the Port Authority website.

Khalid Mouaouya shows fellow professors some of his dance moves at the Vaughn College Holiday Party for friends, faculty and employers.

Skaamco holiday partyThe Annual SKAAMCO Holiday

Party was hosted by the General Man-ager and Sales Department of the JFK Hilton Hotel and provided a fabulous buffet for the members to enjoy.

Sponsors for this Annual Holi-day Luncheon Tradition were: Air-way Maintenance, API, Golden Touch, JFKIAT, KAAMCO and

Sheltair, who made this years event even more spectacular than pre-vious years for the members with their very generous donations.

Board Members, Paula, Rose, Christina and Hope, would like to wish you and your families a very happy, healthy and safe holiday sea-son.

Hope Clarke, Virgin Atlantic, Treasurer; Rose Hickey, American Airlines, Vice President; Paula Ostuni, retired from KLM, President; Christina Kreczmann, Lufthansa Airlines, Secretary, Photo by Jeff Yapalater


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welcomed the chairs Congress-man Meeks and Quens Boro President Katz, the 42 other Advisory Council people, and York College and members of the community who attended the meeting.

The Council is chaired by both Congressman Meeks and Queens Boro President Me-linda Katz, who thanked the developers in the JFK proj-ect for their transparency and efforts to address concerns by the affected communi-ties. These concerns revolve around the business and work-force opportunities that will be available to the individuals, business and quality of life in

SE Queens.On behalf of the community

and the Council, Congressman Meeks took the opportunity to thank everyone for their hard work, progress “ off to a very good start” and transparency in what is planned for JFK. He spoke about the creation of committees within the Advi-sory Council and underscored involvement in these commit-tees. “We need real working committees; committees work-ing with communities so that they are included and their needs met. We have to be heard and successful as a commu-nity”.

Governor Cuomo has been the prime mover in this JFK

development project, and has empowered the The Port Au-thority of NYNJ to make the entire project more open to minority and women owned businesses. The Port has held a few community forums to communicate this direction partnering with the Council for Airport Opportunity for in-dividual job openings and with the Queens Air Services Devel-opment for bringing news and information to the business community.

Business opportunities are identified as professional ser-vices, investment, financing, construction and operations. The first MWBE RFQ pertain-ing to investments is going out

in the first week of January 2019.

Community OfficeIn addition, Port promised

the Community Development Outreach Office resource cen-ter which is scheduled for pen-ing in late December or early January. It is located at 144-33 135th Ave & Jamaica Avenue. This center is open to public and will have personnel on hand to answer any JFK devel-opment questions.

Of The $1.5 million dollars cost to renovate, almost $1 mil-lion was awarded to MBWE firms who are: Burhani Signs, Vurtis Partition, Dorion Nor-ton, Genrus, L. Richards Heat-ing, MME Construction, The Outfity M&J, Windsor Elec-tric, Unique Woodworking.

Program TimelineThe Port listed the program

timetable for JFK Reimagined as a six year plan.

2nd quarter 2019: Leases fi-nalized’ 2nd quarter 2020, en-vironmental approval’ 2020 Ground breaking; 2023, first new gates; 2025 completion.

December 18 Port approved additional funds.

Now the Port is moving forward with continued col-laborative dialogue with de-velopers focusing on: lease de-velopment, MWBE goals and objectives, community out-reach, landside roadway co-ordination, development of information to support envi-ronmental concerns.

Both investors teams from Terminal One (TOGA) and JetBlue were on hand to in-troduce themselves; Carlyle from T1 and RXR from JetBlue presented similar points, and commitments to the commu-nity. They thanked the Port for the opportunity and to out-line their time line for develop-ment, MWBE compliance and community considerations.

Icema Gibbs of JetBlue spoke alongside of Seth Pincky, project manager of T1 of the in-vestor partner RXR Realty. He said they are proud to have strong presence in the commu-nity through community ben-

efits. Advisor to JetBlue, Brian Simon spoke passionately about the benefits to the com-munity. “ We are=engaging the local talent pool give op-portunities to York and local schools, exceed 30% minority , hire millennials and grads. We exchange ideas and prioritize change as community part-ners. “

President of York Marcis Zwiegs supported this school initiative and suggested to RXR that a curriculum be cre-ated to collaborate with this project with her students aspi-rations.

Melinda Katz added to the jobs conversations by remind-ing the investors that the Sec-ond Chance organizations are important to include because they assist individuals (youth, adults, students, new gradu-ates) who are unemployed and out of school look for work and/or training opportunities.

There were few comments from the audience of 200 people except for two attendee ques-tions; one about “ getting com-mitments in writing” and an-other about more congestions with bigger terminals. Meeks and Katz both acknowledged that, “Yes” this will be in writ-ing”. An airline spokesman said that there will not be more traffic since the number os air-lines slots is fixed and there is not intention by Port to change this. Aviation Director Hunt-ley Lawrence took time to per-sonally meet with guests aft their presentation to discuss cargo and trucking issues

For ongoing information and updates please goto www.anewjfk.com or email: [email protected]

Email comments to either Jetblue comments shoudbe to jfkredevelopment@ jetblue.com or Business Connections: http://www.asdoonline.com/QUEENS/queens.htm

For Laguardia Airport opportunities: https://www.laguardiab.com/supplier-di-versity-

Individual Job Careers/Op-portunities: Council for Air-port Opportunity https://www.caonynj.com/


ReDev Council convenesDevelopers share visions

need. Airport companies hold employee parties. Hotels hold customer appreciation parties. Airline terminals hold their family and friends parties. And various organizations hold par-ties to make the holiday sea-son magical and rewarding for many special needs children or those children in need of holi-day spirit and love.

Inside this issue you will find many images of these smiling, dancing and friendly people and organizations cel-ebrating their success, giv-ing back to their workers and simply blowing of some energy and getting ready for the New Year. We at Airport Voice Wish you the very Best for a Healthy and Prosperous 2019.

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