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NOVEMBER 2019 NEWS AND VIEWS FROM NEW YORK'S AIRPORT COMMUNITIES

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Vol. 3, No. 11

EWR T1 SoarsTo New Heights

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey acted as one as the Port and New Jersey lawmakers gathered at New-ark for the ‘Topping out’ ceremony fea-turing the lifting of the final exterior steel beam to Newark Airport’s (EWR) new Terminal 1, the largest design-build project in New Jersey history. This girder topped the new Terminal One which is re-placing current Terminal A at Newark.

On had were many Jersey officials, workers, labor unions, architects, build-ers and service companies all involved up to this point to produce the huge metal framework.

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JOBS, MWBE,A NEW JFK

Economic Initiatives Great for all of Queens

Port Authority Rick Cotton and Port Aviation Di-rector Huntley Lawrence take turns in traditional signing of the last piece of steel.

BY JEFF YAPALATERThe first of a series of initiatives

targeting job opportunities, busi-ness opportunities, and training and education initiatives to benefit the local communities around JFK Airport as part of the $13 billion air-port redevelopment program was announced on October 15 at the JFK Redevelopment Community Office on Jamaica Ave.

Port Authority Executive Di-rector, Aviation Director Huntley Lawrence and a host of other Port ersonnel, elected officials, commu-nity leaders and stakeholders were there to hear the new initiatives an-nounced.

The initiatives–the first of many under consideration as part of the airport’s redevelopment–were de-veloped by the JFK Advisory Coun-cil and cover three of the Council’s main areas of focus: jobs in con-struction and airport operations for local residents in Southeast Queens, business opportunities for local businesses in Queens, and job training programs and educational opportunities for the community.

“As we move forward with the

modernization of JFK Airport, we want to ensure that the historic transformation of the airport will also lift up the surrounding Queens communities,”Governor Cuomo said in a prepared statement. “These initiatives will support

businesses and help the local com-munity find new jobs, providing an additional regional economic boost as we enter the next phase of the air-port redevelopment.”

The JFK Redevelopment part-

Assemblyman Clyde Vanel, CAG Chair Gerrard Bushell, York College Interin President Dr. Berencea Johnson Eanes, Congressman Gregory Meeks, Port Authoority Executive Director Rick Cotton, Queens Boro President Melinda Katz, Advisory Council Dr. Stacie Grant, Advisory Council Philippa Karteron.



Exciting times for LaGuardia as Delta opens its new wings part of larger

expansion.Terminal B is on schedules to open next year transforming the iconic NY airport.

Shear Power exhibited by Kevin O'Toole, Rick Cotton, Noah Syndergaard, Governor Cuomo, Ed Bastian, Melinda Katz.

Delta opens new wing. Huge growth at LaGuardia Airport

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JFK Redevelopment Council promises MWBE and CBA job opportunities

BY JEFF YAPALATERThe full JFK Redevelop-

ment Community Advisory Council met for the fourth time on October 21 at York col-lege to provide updates on the JFK Redevelopment project. Port Authority, terminal rede-velopment personnel and in-vestors shared information on progress from all fronts. Mat-ters discussed included time line construction, MWBE workforce goals, airport con-cessions opportunities, over-all community benefits, ed-ucational programs, new JetBlue investor team mem-ber, upcoming Port Authority Board of Commissioners up-coming plans, redevelopment center partner hours, upcom-ing Rockaways CAO office, construction opportunities, NYCAR concerns, environ-mental assessments, airline community initiatives. There was a great deal of talk about opportunities, 30% minority levels of participation, com-munity benefits and promises by all to include local busi-nesses as a priority.

The Council meeting was conducted by Dr, Stacie Grant calling upon the various rep-resentatives reporting to the group of council members, elected officials and local stakeholders on recent im-portant redevelopment mile-stones.

Suzette Bather-Taylor of the Port Authority (Port) shared update on the Queens Concessions Symposium and opportunities held in early October. Over 200 attendees interested in having an air-port concession listened to concessions requirements overview, procurement, pro-cedures, design and build out info0rmation and partnering with prime vendors. Accord-ing to Taylor the symposium was positive received by the attendees with many seeking more information and seeking MWBE certifications in order to participate in any opportu-

nities. A follow up symposium would-be held at Newark Air-port on November 14 where subject matter experts will give overview of RFPs and an-swer questions. This opportu-nity enables MWBEs to meet and network with some of the primes that will be respond-ing to the RFPs and discuss their capabilities to perform on the contract a part of the Port’s continuing commit-ment to minority opportuni-ties at the airport.

Taylor also spoke about MWBE capacity programs through the regular Round-tables bringing information from the developer to the com-munity. These roundtables area attended by terminal developers looking for par-ticipation by the community. Monthly sessions are held by industry and bimonthly. She also gave notice that MWSBE certification workshops will be held in November and De-cember to insure local partici-pation in projects.

Port’s Nantasha Williams spoke about overall develop-ing initiatives such as hir-ing, education, job recruit-ing, workforce development plans such as the opening of Council for Airport Opportu-nity (CAO) office the Rocka-ways with participation by the Rockaway Development & Revitalization Corporation (RDRC) as a pathway to air-port opportunities, and Port to support capacity at the CAO office in Jamaica. As part of the workforce development, Port and partners have com-mitted to the “2nd chance” em-ployment, .targeted to those formerly incarcerated by to “Carving out” specific oppor-tunities for these individuals.. The 2nd chance employment initiative program involves a commitment by the Port, ter-minal operators and other em-ployers in the redevelopment program to interview indi-viduals from local communi-ties for jobs associated in both

airport construction and air-port operations. The office for Second Chance Employment (OSCE) at CAO will work with employers who have experi-ence in this area such as the The Fortune Society,100 Suits, Exodus Transition Services and others. Contractor Cow-Bay has implemented a plan for 2dn chance applicants.

She also mentioned that the Port will focus on support-ing STEM program at York College, originally funded by NASA but now focused on aviation with Initiatives to in-clude a new science and tech-nology program for 300 lo-cal students grades 1-12 from Queens to generate interest in aviation and aeronautics.

Williams stressed that the Workforce development plans will increase long term em-ployment opportunities for previously unemployed, and under employed and vulnera-ble populations including sec-ond chance citizens.

Responding to questions about PLA’s and need for workers to be part of a union, she said that a pathway for lo-cal residents to join unions.

increase participation of local and/or MWBEs in under discussion =on several fronts to ensure linkages with job seekers through all phases of the redevelopment program.

On the environmental side of the redevelopment, it was reported that American Air-lines Terminal 8 Environ-mental Assessment under re-view and they expect to hear shortly and the JFK prelimi-nary draft EA has been sub-mitted and awaiting response in next few months.

New CAG Chief for Ter-minal One redevelopment Dr. Gerrard so=poke, extol-ling the vision of the project. “This is a once n life time op-portunity for all of us. It will create new opportunities for all of and how we think. This airport must signal the jobs for the 21st Century”. Bush-

ell spoke about the concerns about impact and “our respon-sibility is that we capture all of that. It is Important to lis-ten, I have learned, transform-ing infrastructure projects, that we have to listen to com-munities;” We are here to en-gage that. I am here to hear.” I want to bring to the Terminal One team corroboratively suc-cesses from my experiences,; to be competitive with an exe-cutable plan for minority par-ticipation, abort partnership which is necessary for our business model. Need to build a better capacity to engage communities.”

Our procurement founda-tion is on diversity and inclu-sion; equity and inclusion. Will look at metrics and out-comes. Making the possible from the impossible. We must be bold. “ he said in a passion-ate voice.

Kimberly Hardy of the McKissack& McKissack Group, for new T1 team, was pleased to announce the many events held over the summer as ways to form linkages with members of community and neighborhoods. She detailed the monthly info sessions, job fairs participation , and spe-cial events such as100 Suits for Men and other like opportuni-ties for the communities. She noted that there are events on November 12 and December 11. Contact the Community Redevelopment Center in Ja-maica or email: [email protected]. She was happy to an-nounce that the RCGA archi-tectural firm that won to de-velop design project of Green Garage at JFK with a diverse team.

Jeremy Watson, Manager development JetBlue. was candid in explaining that many people are wondering about when actual opportuni-ties will materialize and con-tracts open to bid. He said that things are moving forward and that a design/ build con-

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KAAMCO FOD DAYAIRPORT SCOURED FOR POTENTIAL DANGERS

Several representatives from Kaamco Cargo Com-mittee and ground handlers conducted an equipment FOD inspection at JFK in early October. FOD being Foreign Object Debris which is any item that is not a ne-cessity to aircraft which has found its way onto the run-way and taxiways poten-tially dangerous to the ac-tive aircraft areas. FOD is not new but the increase of larger, damaged or improper equipment is seen as a threat to safety.

The purpose of this visit was to provide an updated status of the number of pieces of apparently ”abandoned”

ground handling equipment which had been previously documented back in June of this year.

Port Authority’s Guillio Minguillo has been working with Phil Jensen of WFS and the Kaamco Cargo Commit-tee as well as other ground handlers, airlines and Ops personnel in trying to iden-tify the owners of pallets, dol-lies and ULD’s which have been found lying in various areas throughout the air-port.

The presence of this equipment provides a poten-tial hazard to aviation and the operations at the air-port so it has become a mis-

sion by those involved to find the ownership and make ar-rangements for removal or as a last resort, being towed by the Port and held for future claims.This hazard to avia-tion has been discussed at a few Kaamco meetings, and notices have been sent to the apparent owners for removal. Right after the push in June to remove these items, it ap-pears that again, additional pieces of equipment have been left behind and now also need to be removed.

The results were shared with the full Kaamco Cargo Committee that appear in an accompanying article in this issue.

The FOD inspection team with representatives from all operational areas of the JFK Airport. Photopage by Jeff Yapalater

Phil Jensen of Worldwide Flight Services and Anthony Corcione of Unilode inspecting the dollies that are being moved by dnata.

Michele from WFS stands by FOD debris requiring removal.

Port AirTrains, development approvedEpansion at JFK, LGA, EWR airports

On October 25, The Port Authority held its October Board Meeting and autho-rized important AirTrain and airport development for New-ark International, LaGuardia and JFK Airports.

The Board action continues ongoing progress to rebuild existing airport legacy facili-ties and to build new aviation infrastructure by formally au-thorizing new AirTrain LGA program subject to ongoing environmental review; project to replace existing AirTrain Newark system authorized; approved planning work to begin for new Terminal Two at Newark Liberty Interna-tional Airport; approved early action work to commence as part of $13 billion rebuilding of John F. Kennedy Interna-tional Airport.

To accommodate continu-ing record passenger growth at the Port Authority’s three major airports, the Board of Commissioners today moved aggressively forward to invest approximately $4.5 billion in critical transportation proj-

ects to rebuild legacy airport facilities to 21st Century, cus-tomer-friendly standards and to build new infrastructure such as AirTrain LaGuardia and a new AirTrain Newark that are needed to provide travelers with a convenient, time-saving mass transit op-tion to the airport.

-Authorized $2.05 billion to develop AirTrain LGA, which would connect the air-port with a new station at Wil-lets Point linked to enhanced Long Island Railroad service to and from New York City.

-Authorized $2.05 billion to develop a new AirTrain New-ark to serve Newark Liberty International Airport. The new AirTrain would replace the existing 3-mile monorail system that opened in 1996 and has outlived its useful life.

-Authorized $35 million to pay for vision and mas-ter planning initiatives that would allow for the future re-placement of Terminal B at Newark Liberty International Airport with a new world class Terminal Two.

-Authorized $445 million to provide for early work items to facilitate the development of the $13 billion JFK Redevelop-ment Program, including the creation of new aircraft hard-stand parking.

Details on the projects au-thorized by the Board, all of which are subject to the appli-cable environmental review processes, are as follows:

THE AIRTRAIN LAGUAR-DIA

Currently in the environ-mental review process witrh scoping report just relesed, – would allow for the first time a rail mass transit connection to the airport via a new station at Willets Point. It would provide travelers with a 30-minute trip from midtown Manhattan.

The proposed project would connect customers to the AirTrain via the Long Is-land Railroad’s Port Washing-ton line or the MTA’s No. 7 line subway. The project includes three stations – two on-airport and one serving the two rail Mets-Willets Point stations – and an Operations, Mainte-

nance and Storage Facility ad-jacent to the station at Willets Point that would also provide parking for roughly 500 La-Guardia Airport employees.

AIRTRAIN NEWARKThe existing AirTrain sys-

tem opened in 1996 and has outlived its useful life. It re-quires extensive maintenance and repair and cannot effi-ciently meet current or fore-casted demand.

Various options will be considered with respect to the program delivery, including a Design, Build, Operate and Maintain (DBOM) contract. Future Board approvals will be needed to award the final design and construction of the system and supporting infra-structure, and to operate and maintain the system. Final design and construction of the new AirTrain is targeted on 2021.

NEW TERMINAL TWO – NEWARK AIRPORT

With the first redevelop-ment phase for Newark Lib-erty International Airport un-derway – construction of the

new Terminal One Terminal B – which opened in 1973 – is not designed to meet the needs of 21st century air travelers and already exceeds capacity for the number of passengers it can handle.

The future development of a new Terminal Two necessi-tates a comprehensive assess-ment of the infrastructure and facilities needed to ac-commodate long-term passen-ger growth.

JFK REDEVELOPMENT EARLY ACTION WORK

The reimagined airport will be anchored by two new world-class international ter-minal complexes on the air-port’s north and south sides with JetBlue Corporation and the Terminal One Group As-sociation L.P. To support the new terminals, the Port Au-thority’s 2017-2026 Capital Plan includes $2.9 billion to be spent on Port Authority in-frastructure, including road-ways, airfield improvements, a ground transportation cen-ter, and utilities and electrical substations.


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JFK air cargo improvements

Port seeks to develop out areaBY JEFF YAPALATER

We had an opportunity to speak with Rick Cotton, Executive Di-rector of the Port Authority about cargo at JFK.

This was an impromptu conver-sation bout the stat of the cargo fa-cilities at JFK.

Many cargo companies feel that there is little emphasis on the cargo area when compared to the vast re-development set to happen at JFK Airport.

They see many buildings va-cant, decrepit and in need of demo-lition or complete renovation.

So, it was opportune to meet Cot-ton at a recent redevelopment event and ask a few questions.

You will see that he refers to the Vision Plan. You can see the recom-mendation of the plan at the bottom of the conversation.

Q-There is some concern by the cargo community people that they have been left out of the cargo de-velopment plans.

Cotton: Look at the Vision plan by the Airport Advisory panel by the Governor’s set up. You will see a significant discussion about cargo. Their (Vision Plan) conclu-sion about existing cargo facilities is that they are not well organized; they are disparate and therefore they operate on a sub-par basis. And what the panel recommended, and the direction the airport is moving, is to reorganize the cargo facilities around what is called the North Cargo area, which they have identified in their report. We have actually put out two RFPs on this point and actually awarded 2 con-tracts so there are two cargo facil-ities that are building warehouses facilities where we are building new taxiways for them. What re-mains to be done is to fill in the rest of the cargo picture.

And so, that hat has two focal points that is, new facilities where planes can come in, but as least equally to try to solve the problem of truck congestion.

So, the airport has that on its plate; the thought and planning process is under way but a problem that is very much on the table and airport is trying to address.

Q-The GatewayJFK has major community concern with truck traffic. Any short term mitigation in the works?

Cotton: All I can say is that the airport is looking at it at it and one

of the main elements of terms of planning and thinking about the construction that is going to take place out there and how to mini-mize the amount of truck traffic.

Well, so we are looking at whether barges and a waterway ca-pability might be a way to address this.. No

Q-Is that in the immediate plan?C-Not in the plan, but it is one of

the things we are looking at.Q-cargo would like to be in-

cluded is be included in the process.Cotton: Well, that is a good sug-

gestion.The two developments Cotton

referenced are the Aero and Air-Cargo LLC.. warehouse facilities. Neither facility has broken ground yet.

Phase one of the cargo modern-ization effort was authorized by the Port Authority board in 2017, with a long-term lease with Aero JFK II LLC for a 346,000-square-foot han-dling facility. The Aero building is on the site of current, unused build-ing 260 and 261. Reconstruction of Taxiways CA and CB authorized by the 2017 vote are already in progress are those referenced by Cotton in his response to one of the questions.

A second project is long-term lease with JFK Air Cargo LLC to develop a state-of-the-art handling facility at the airport authorized with a 31-year lease agreement; a deal expected to bring $152 million in rentals and a $70 million invest-ment by JFK Air Cargo. It is to be located behind the FedEx building off Hangar Road and not from the other two buildings.

According to some members of the JFK Air Cargo Association and the KAAMCO Cargo Committee, cargo improvements are necessary but have not received the same at-tention to detail as the passenger terminal plans. Generally cargo tonnage has increased at JFK, but due to lack of facilities some com-panies are finding space off-airport or using other airports that are less expensive and less difficult to reach by truck on slow roadways into the airport. The improvement on the Van Wyck Expressway will hope-fully help but this is years away and increased transfer times.”

So, the intent and over arch-ing thoughts are well received but the cargo community would like a more detailed plan and input into the future of cargo at JFK Airport.

KLM TURNS 100 YEARS OLD CELEBRATES BIG AT JFK AIRPORTKLM, Dutch Royal Dutch Air-

lines celebrated its 100 birthday worldwide and especially at JFK Airport. It first flew on October 07, 1919.

Station Manager Ajay Dhawan and KLM V.P. Stéphane Ormand proudly represented the airline to the leadership at JFK with a visit and performance of the Royal Con-certgebouw Orchestra Amster-dam, a large sheet cake cut into hun-dreds of pieces for sharing with trav-elers. In addition, A randomly cho-sen nonagenarian and partner were upgraded to first business class to co-incide with being roughly the same age of KLM.

On hand were top KLM execu-tives, aircraft crew, staff colorfully dressed as tradi-tional maidens, and many former long-term employees

of KLM who got together to cele-brate the “good old times .” It was evident that with this celebration and announcement of the new 787-10 just deployed that KLM is look-ing back with good memories, but also working hard to create a bright future as it is currently working with TU Delft on plans to develop a “Flying V” aircraft for the future.

Former KLM employees with decades of work under their belts. John Kieling, Walter Luber, Paula Ostuni, Karan Deswal, John Grasser, Stewart Gormal, Udaya Pathak, Chris Tyson and Pete Campo. Photopage by Jeff Yapalater

KLM JFK workers prepare treats for departing passengers on the celebratory flight.

KLM celebrates 100 years of flying. (L) Deputy General Manager Teresa Rizzuto, KLM V.P. Stéphane Ormand, KLM JFK Station Manager Ajay Dahwan, JFK FAA David Siewert, JFK Airport General Manager Charles Everett, JFKIAT President Roel Huinink partake in festivities celebrating 100 years of KLM in the air.


Veterans Day We celebrate This November 11, e celebrate Veterans Day. It is with great respect and gratitude we all recognize the service and sac-rifices our military men and women have given to our country. Acording to veteran Jerry Biscardi there will be many events around Elmont to cel-ebrate this day.

Sleep Out America is an event by the Covenant House that has been supported by Delta. Delta will participate at JFK Airport. To be part of this event On November 22, to create awareness of the plight of many youth, sign up at: www.sleepoutamerica.com or call (2120727-4990

National Drone Safety Week – November 4-10. During this weeklong campaign, the FAA will be highlighting how key sectors use drones for good. Many of our stakeholder communities are planning local events that engage and educate the general public about drone safety. For more informa-tion: faa.gov/go/DroneWeek

November Recognitions: Down Syndrome Awareness

Airport Redevelopment NewsBookmark https://www.anewjfk.com/community-events/ for all im-

nportant events for the communityJFK Redevelopment Advisory Council Meeting summaries can be

found at https://www.anewjfk.com/advisory-council-meetings/Bid OpportunitiesBusiness RFP's found here: https://www.panynj.gov/business-oppor-

tunities/bid-proposal-advertisements.html Professional Services tab.Upcoming JFK Redevelopment & Partner Job Fairs and Advisory

Council Committee Meetings updates goto: https://www.anewjfk.com. Airport . Investors and opportunities can be reached at: Terminal One is the TOGA Group along with CAG, McKissack & McKissack, Their contact email is [email protected] 6,7 is the JFK Millennium Partners comprised of RXR, Vantage Airport, JLC. Their contact information is [email protected] or [email protected]:

Upcoming Events Calendar

SAVE THE DATESNOVEMBER 7: Vaughn Col-

lege Gala. Honoring William Flynn, Atlas Air. Call 718-429-6600

NOVEMBER 15: KAAMCO Annual Black Tie Gala. The Sands, Atlantic Beach. Reser-vations: [email protected], [email protected]

NOVEMBER 14: 17 Annual Cradle of Aviation Air & Space Gala. Port Aviation Director Huntley Lawrence to be honored. Reserve your seat online at www.cradleo-faviation.org/gala

NOVEMBER 22: Sleep Out America.

NOVEMBER: LGA Kiwanis holds Thanksgiving party. Contact [email protected] for details

DECEMBER 3: Boys Scouts Salute to Women. Russos on the Bay. Reservations:

DECEMBER 6: December 6: JFK Air Cargo Associa-tion Annual Holiday Dinner Dance. Person of the Year Joe Morra. Remember-ing Joe Badamo. Lawrence Country Club. Reservations.

DECEMBER 12: JFK Air Cargo Assn. Toys for Tots Holiday Party. Russo’s on the Bay.

NOVEMBERNOVEMBER 7: Vaughn Col-

lege Gala. Honoring William Flynn, Atlas Air. Call 718-429-6600

NOVEMBER 11TH-VETERANS DAY

NOVEMBER 9: 90th Anniver-sary of the Ninety-Nines International Organization of Women Pilots celebration at the Cradle of Aviation. Gar-den City.

NOVEMBER 10: Mawlid cel-ebration

NOVEMBER 14: Vaughn Col-lege Fall Internship Fair 10am-1pm.

NOVEMBER 14: Cradle of Avi-

ation Museum, Air & Space Gala. Leadership Award to Huntley A. Lawrence, Direc-tor, Aviation Department, Port Authority. www.cradleo-faviation.com.

NOVEMBER 14: Installation of new officers for LaGuardia Kiwanis Club. LaGuardia Air-port Marriott Hotel.

NOVEMBER 14: Caribbean Life Impact Awards. 5:50pm. Reservations, Paradise Ca-tering

NOVEMBER 15: KAAMCO Annual Black Tie Gala. The Sands, Atlantic Beach. Contact: [email protected],

NOVEMBER 19: JetBlue “Vets in Blue Career Expo” Long Is-land City. Vets, military mem-bers invited. 8:00AM-1:30PM for Pilots & from 12:00PM-4:00PM for Non-Pilots.

NOVEMBER 20: Health &

Wellness Day. Chapel area, Terminal 4, JFK Airport. Sponsored by JFKIAT, Citimed, Christ for World Chapel

NIOVEMBER 21: Thursday. JFK Air Cargo Assn. Novem-ber Luncheon. Crowne Plaza. Guest Speaker Andy Kirch-ner, Delta Air Cargo. www.jfkaircargo.net

NOVEMBER 22: COSAB MOVE Thanksgiving Din-ner. The English Evan-gelical Lutheran Church of theRedeemer.11am—2pm, 11601 204 St. ST, Albans, NY 11412. COSAB: 718-291-4867

NOVERMBER 28-HAPPY THANKSGIVING

DECEMBERSDECEMBER 3: Tuesday. Inter-

national Air Transport Asso-ciation meets at Building 14 to discuss wheelchair access

issues at JFK Airport.DECEMBER 3: Boys Scouts

Salute to Women. Russo’s on the Bay. Lifetime Achieve-ment Award Melinda Katz, Aviation Industry Woman of the Year Erin King Sweeney, Reservations: [email protected]

DECEMBER 4TH: Queens Chamber of Commerce Busi-ness Business Person of the Year Awards honoring Port Authority Rick Cotton. Res-ervations, (718) 898-8500

DECEMBER 6: LAAMCO Cargo Committee Holiday Gala.

DECEMBER 8: Bodhi Day. Bud-dhism.

DECEMBER 10: JetBlue Rotary Kids Christmas Ball

DECEMBER 12: JFK Air Cargo Assn. Toys for Tots Holiday Party. Russo’s on the Bay.

DECEMBER 14: Sat. Christ

for World Chapel Christmas Concert. T4 JFK Airport. Ar-rivals Hall.

DECEMBER 21: Winter SolsticeDECEMBER 23-30: Happy

ChanukahDECEMBER 21: Winter Sol-

stice.DECEMBER 21-25: Pancha

Ganapati: five-day Hindu festival.

DECEMBER 25: Merry Christ-mas

DECEMBER 26: Boxing DayDECEMBER 26 TO JANUARY

1: Kwanzaa

AVIATION CONFERENCES

NOVEMBER 13: Logitrans, Tur-key. International Transport Logistics Exhibition.

NOVEMBER 20: TIACA Execu-tive Summit and AGM. Buda-pest Airport.

JANUARY 26-AIR CARGO 2020. 'EVERYTHING COUNTS', NASHVILLE. RESERVATIONS: [email protected]

IATA UPCOMING SYMPO-SIUMS:

SUSTAINABLE AVIATION FUEL, NOV. 14-15, NEW ORLEANS.

LEGAL, FEB. 19-21, NYWORLD CARGO, MARCH 10-

12, ISTANBUL TURKEYSAFETY & FLIGHT OPS CON-

FERENCE, MARCH 31-APRIL 2, BAKU, AZERBAI-JAN

MONTHLY EETINGS3RD TUESDAY KAAMCO IN-

TERLINE 11AM, GROUND OPS NOON.

3RD THURSDAY SECURITY 10AM, BLDG 14.

2ND WED MONTHLY- KAAMCO GENERAL MEET-ING

2ND WEDNESDAY 11AM- JFK GENERAL MANAGERS MEETING

Having fun at the PanAm Gala at the Cradle of Aviation. 2nd from right our JFK Rosie Rosenstein with friends (R-L) Leigh Skinner, Capt. Tommy Carroll, Tori Werner, Anne Rosenstein (behind) Mary Lou Bigelow, Al Gilbert and Toanne


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BREAST CANCER AWARENESS MONTH

AWARENESS AND ACTION FIGHT THIS DISEASEOctober was Breast Cancer

Awareness Month. One of my friends, Donna Cioffi gets made at me for saying this. She and Linda run the’

1st Company Pink. It is a Long Island based business that fights for action; they wants action, not just awareness. They hold regular events sharing the in-formation that women and their families need to know to bet-

ter understand methods for early detection. They fight for insured mammograms and for check ups for all and especially younger women who catch catch things before they go very badly.

This photopage shows the var-ied support demonstrated through the month by caring people who just want to create awareness, fight and end this horrible condition. Every-one does their part.Antonella Lombardi, JFK Sheltair Customer Service Manager.

Steve Carbone of TransInternational freight proudly with daughter Christine A. Guarino, founder of A World of Pink which provides women with the opportunity to regain their confidence, breast symmetry, and positive body image. Photopage by Jeff Yapalater

Heather Ford and Nanette Egerton raise awarenss and donations for Breast Cancer Awareness Month at T4, JFK Airport

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ASDO NETWORKING AT NEWARKBRINGING BUYERS & BUSINESS TOGETHER

NJ Air Services Development Office Annual Aviation Network-ing Conference, October 18th at the Ramada Plaza Hotel Newark Airport, brings opportunities to businesses surrounding the air-ports by matching the needs of aviation industry buyers at New-ark Liberty and Teterboro Air-ports with the expertise of busi-nesses in Bergen, Essex, Hudson and Union Coun-ties. This year’s annual “reverse” trade show hosted over 100 Aviation R e p r e s e nt at ive s and approximately 300 Area Busi-nesses who spent the morning shar-ing information on products and ser-vices locally avail-able. Businesses also were able to meet directly with staff members from PANY&NJ’s Union and Essex County Outreach Offices for infor-mation on opportu-nities at EWR Ter-minal One Project and ConRAC, the new Car Rental Fa-cility.

Bill Huisman, Executive Direc-tor, Aviation De-velopment Coun-cil opening speech stated that over one billion dollars($1B) has been generated into area business communities since the Program’s in-

ception in 1988. Helene Gibbs, NJ ASDO Program Manager, said that contacts become contracts through the economic link that ASDO provides with events such as these. ASDO is funded by the Port Authority of NY&NJ and ad-ministered by the Aviation Devel-opment Council.

Aviation Development Council Bill Huisman, Port Ralph Tragale, Teterboro Airport Man-ager Maria Sheridan, ASDO's Dolores Hofman & Helene Gibbs, Port Renner Rachel, Port Christina Kiley.

Rene Beites representing VRH Construction meets with event attendee Janet.

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FAA conducts JFK safety trainingProgram seeks to minimize dangers

BY JEFF YAPALATERJFK Airport Runway

Safety Action Team (RSAT) mandatory annual meeting was held at JFK and attended to a wide range of tech ops, air-line managers, federal agency partners and airline repre-sentatives. This is a federal mandated annual meeting Federal Aviation Administra-tion’s (FAA) Runway Safety Program at each federally op-erated tower.

The Runway Safety Pro-gram is intended to improve runway safety by decreasing the number and severity of runway incursions, runway excursions, and other surface incidents.

The program was moder-ated by John Rodriguez who is responsible for training at 14 ATC towers, overseen by FAA Dave Siewert, and at-tended by Deputy GM Teresa Rizzuto. Rodriguez said that airports are where aircraft are the closest and can be dan-gerous, so safety is of utmost importance. The training is to help Identify and mitigate

risks based on human errors. “Safety is the overriding con-sideration for all procedures at the airport, “ he said

This safety program en-compassed major areas of con-cern that make up the overall safety at the runways from runways construction, air-craft maintenance, wildlife interactions, and to outside influences such.

Reports were given by the JFK workers including topics of air traffic control, runway construction, human factors, runway safety, human fac-tors impacting safety, wildlife strikes and updates, aircraft hot brakes scenarios, laser and drone activity,

and comments from the ARFF unit by Deputy Fire Chief Josh Cole who reminded people that is important to re-member personal safety and check fire alarm batteries.

Jim Cicardo of JFK Main-tenance spoke about the prog-ress and near completion of the runway 13l 31R, taxiway widening and electrical im-provements and replacements

at JFK. He said that the up-graded taxiways will allow for wider lanes for the A380 to move along more of the air-port.= and the wider lanes an extra space buffer to mitigate close encounters with other aircraft or vehicles.

Dr. Harriet Lester spoke about the human factors that can negatively impact personal performance. She pointed out that fatigue is most critical to watch for.

Laura Francoeur of the JFK Wildlife department, gave an overview of the type of birds, raptors and other liv-ing creatures whose habitat is the airport area and can be a potential hazard to aircraft, To track and understand the behavior and movements of these animals the department uses sensors affixed to them. She described the GPS track-ing sensors placed on some of the areas birds and reptiles fort department tracking and later analysis as how best to manage movement in the busy airport.

Cap Len Gold share some

information on the potential dangers of “hot brakes” . When aircraft brakes reach a cer-tain temperature, it is possible that they can heat up the tires to create a =n explosion. He de-scribed ways for pilots to ease on the braking, differentiating between steam and fire in tires, and necessity of keeping air-craft with overly hot tires away from the ramp area to avoid any literal flare up and threat to the passenger terminals.

FBI Agents Janet Am-brisco and Shawn Russell shared information on the use and dangers of laser strikes

( laser lights hitting planes) and drones in the NY area air-space. According to the FBI, there are certain areas identi-fied by the authorities where a higher number of lasers seem to originate. They said that these unauthorized.

Samantha Karanioloos, JFK Tower Front Line Man-ager, presented a short video on Runway safety during high profile events such as visits from Air Force One. This was an interesting overview of the management that the FAA has during VIP movement and busy times at the airport.

Annual FAA Safety TEAM Report. Speakers of the event include: JFK Chief Wildlife Biokogist Laura Francoeur, JFK ATC Ops Manager Claude Vieira, Delta Line Safety Captain Len Gold, JFK ATC Front Line Manager Saman-tha Karmaniolos, FBI Agent Janet Ambrisco, Port Authority Maintenance Jim Ciccardo, JFK General Manager Charles Everett, JFK ATC Manager Dave Siewert, FAA Regional Flight Surgeon Dr. Harriet Lester, FAA Runway Safety and ACAC Raymond German.

Port Celebrates diversityHispanic Heritage Month at LGA

The Port Au-thority’s LaGuar-dia Airport cel-ebrated the rich history and many contributions of women of the His-panic commu-nity during His-panic Heritage Month. On Octo-ber 23, an inter-active Hispanic Heritage Month art exhibit featur-ing work from 14 community lead-ers from Queens was on display at the Marine Air Terminal rotunda at LaGuardia Air-port. LGA General Manager Tony Vero was on hand with many of the local “Queens Latinas” whose con-tributions to the community were celebrated by large posters of these women throughout the Marine Air Terminal. These women included community activists, lawyer, doc-tor , educator and women recog-nized for their involvement in the

nearby Hispanic communities. The Port fosters opportunities to share Latin American traditions and to reinforce inclusion through a va-riety of workshops, exhibits, and activities with steadfast commit-ment to diversity and inclusion in hiring.

Southwest Cargo is now at JFK

Drop off & pick up locallySouthwest Airlines has begin

a new local cargo service at JFK. Customer, freight forwarders, now have the convenience to drop off and pick up at Southwest JFK.“ We know that JFK is the hub of cargo, so we have provided a better ser-vice for them”, said Southwest Seth Keffas. They like our service, con-venience and time savings by using the local JFK airport.

According to Keffas, Southwest customers now have the option of dropping off and picking up cargo from JFK. Using JFK Cartage as its local delivery to LGA, custom-ers can save money and time by us-ing the JFK drop off for connecting with all of the same Southwest fast delivery services.

Keffas says, “Dropping off at JFK also saves our customer money by not having to send their trucks to LaGuardia and facing traffic slowdowns and congestion. Using the southern shore JFK drop off and consolidation point is faster

and more convenient for many our the Nassau and Suffolk shippers.

Freight forwarders here at JFK and When you have a truck ready for JFK customers it saves about three hours rather than sending a driver to LGA.”

LGA Vero holds commemoration from Governor Cuomo. Latina Queens: L to R: Yoselin Genao-Estrella, Executive Director, Neighborhood Housing Services of Queens, Helen Arteaga Landaverde, Assistant VP, Queens Network and Executive Initiatives at Urban Health Plan, Maria E. Pena, M.D., Mt. Sinai Hospital Queens, Vilma Daza, Manager, Co-rona Branch, Queens Borough Public Library, Anahi Vilad-rich, PhD., Queens College and CUNY, Nathaly Rubio-Torio, Executive Director, Voces Latinas, Tony Vero, GM, LaGuardia Airport, Emanuela Sanchez, MWBE Compliance Specialist, LaGuardia Redevelopment and Joanne Feltman, Sr. Commu-nity Outreach Specialist, LaGuardia Redevelopment.

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KAAMCO, GM meetngsSIDA badging major issue

KAAMCO members complain of delaysClaim employees lose valuable work days

Both the Kaamco and JFK General Manager’s stake-holder meetings were held on October 9. On the top of the list from Kaamco were the con-cerns over delays and proce-dures of security credentials badging.

Members were concerned over delays in the SIDA badging process during the transition from paper to digi-tal procedures in the depart-ment. This issue had been building for weeks and Pres-ident Ana Lemos asked the Kaamco members how this impacted their operations.

Many members said they were frustrated by the length of time that the security office is experiencing in badging both new employee and re-newal SIDA badges. Con-cerns over the delays, which reached 90 days according to one company, hampered the process of hiring new employ-ees who need to work and can-not wait months for badge au-thorization. The delays also impacted those with expiring badges that were unable to get renewed thereby leaving some employees without work for an number of weeks until the appointment calendar opened up. There were calls by mem-bers for priorities for expired badges, faster badge pick-up and faster appointments that otherwise that might nega-tively impact the worker who has two jobs and has con-strained time.

With a concerted voice, members voiced that with the upcoming busy holiday travel, winter weather, terminal re-tail operations, increased cargo and security needs, the prospect of not being to hire enough people in a reason-able time to provide a satisfac-tory customer experience was daunting.

Another big issue shared by the members is the one year validity of a SIDA badge. Several members felt that a longer time validity would make it easier for workers and companies to handle the “pa-perwork”. Currently the Port Authority security mandates a yearly renewal. According to other familiar with other airports, some have 2-3 year

badge life spans. One port security manager said that these are Port regulations. There was a lot of back and forth between Port and mem-bers as to why this could not be changed.

One airline said that not only does the extreme log wait hinder proper staffing up dur-ing peak times but the short-age of workers negatively im-pacts the airport operations and also the travelling public who have might be inconve-nienced due to a worker short-age. Another said the it has been a priority to provide su-perior customer experience and this situation hurts that goal. It was also said that mil-lions of dollars would be saved by moving to a 2 year expira-tion. One member called for the Port Director of Security and Aviation visit Kaamco to attend a Kaamco conference to hear of the community con-cerns.

It was agreed to pursue this idea with Port at the up-coming meetings.

Recommendations for improving the badging pro-cess ranged from temporar-ily changing expiration to 18 months during this perceived crisis, permanently extending validity to 18 months; make it two years; put expiration dates on worker birthdays to spread out crunch times; bet-ter appointment setting pro-cedures. One knowledgeable said that Port does have a 2 year potential but has not in-creased expiration. Kaamco members overwhelmingly would like a two year period.

President Ana Lemos was pleased with all the support for this effort and their con-cerns .” We understand that there are some of the hiccups “ she said and added, “We are united in something im-portant for us , to share con-cerns and to collaborate with Port. She said that she would draft a letter to the Port Au-thority and present the en-cumbrances which burden the companies that need to their workforce and maintain ef-ficiency in everyone’s opera-tions. She said that the Port is doing things to improve and they are in middle of transi-

tion process but we must give them feedback. Port will pro-vide updates in the GM meet-ing. Questions raised as to what can kind we do to work together to avoid this.

One commented that on the impact on employees with increased AirTrain rates. “While we give better wages then increase other costs, how does this impact them?” Lemos asked.

On other matters, the cargo committee reported that they had a FOD cargo area inspec-tion. According to the report there was a lot of new equip-ment found in areas that are prohibited by the Port.

A more extensive break-down of the FOD inspection was to be given at the Kaamco Cargo Committee meeting later in the month.

Julie Emond reported that the Interline and Ground Ops will now be on same day fol-lowing each other beginning at 11am on the 3rd Thursday monthly.

A Deicing meeting was scheduled for October 18 with some procedure changes. There are also some qualifi-cation changes for drivers in tugs and cockpits with is a suspension list for those who have not been trained. In some cases their ID will be deacti-vated.

It was reported that the months long runway con-struction is going as planned with an expected November 16th completion date.

Phil Jensen of WFS re-ported that the current mail season has been slow. Over the past couple of years the air-port has experienced surges of air cargo volume necessitat-ing additional space and labor to handle to uptick. Jensen at-tributes this lightness to peo-ple not buying enough on Am-azon and therefore not filling as many aircraft from China to the U.S. There is no back-log as in past years he pointed out. Looking forward to the increasingly busy holiday sea-son he said “We should be in good shape” with the USPS op-erating from two buildings.

The matter of electric con-version of airport vehicles continues to be a subject being

discussed in conference calls to the community. There have been conversations to discuss waivers and time lines for compliance for transitioning to electric. It was noted that there Port has put in place a new registration fee of $75 per piece of equipment. One member thought this num-ber could be staggering since many ground equipment oper-ators have thousands of pieces in use around the airport and costs to taking the time to in-spect them all. This additional cost factor rubs some opera-tors the wrong way since each time Port imposes a new charge some company has to absorb it. It was said that some airlines have yet to reimburse the ground operators for the additional costs incurred for the minimum wage increases and now this new fee is an-other area of contention and potential non-payment by air-lines.

Jim Bliku of the security committee said that there have been remedies put in place by Port security to mit-igate the delays for SIDA badging and that at the up-coming Port meeting this would be discussed. What is a surprise is that the long de-lays for months in Customs’s seal processing has actu-ally improved as the overall badging has slowed down. No explanation was given for this. The customs seal process has improved as the overall workforce slowed.

It was mentioned that the current Interline baggage handling agreement expires in 2021 there is there is time to discuss the future of the agreement.

Lemos reminded everyone that the Kaamco dinner dance is on November 15th. She also spoke about the unity that or-ganizations provide when fac-ing potentially difficult situ-ations such as the runway reconstruction. She stressed the importance to have air-port organizations represent the diverse needs of the com-munity.

The JFK General Manag-ers Stakeholders Meeting fol-lowed the Kaamco Meeting.

General Manager Charles Everett said that they are busy preparing for the FAA part 139 certification in addition to considerations for approved fare changes and the transi-tion of the credential system.

ARFF Deputy Fire Chief Cole mentioned that it is Na-tional Fire Prevention Week by suggesting that the air-port community take safety steps by “plan your Escape.” He suggested that smoke de-tector batteries be changed yearly and the change to East-ern Standard Time on No-vember 3rd, is a good time to remember to do so. Cole said that we would be =gin to see smoke from the end of the air-port field as the department as training begins fire tests.

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Bill Huisman (far right) of ADC presents checks for Outstanding Service to Nitchel McNeil of JetBlue and Manjit Kainth of Of Summit Security with (left) Port Security Mervin Peter and JFK General Manager Charles Ev-erett.

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Sheltair helicpoter partnershipBlade flies out of JFK, Republic

Sheltair Aviation and Blade an-nounce a strategic partnership that enhances NY metro options for the aero commuter.

The partnership will bolster existing air mobility access while building the foundation for the coming shift to Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing (“eVTOL”) aircraft

[Sheltair, Inc.] (“Sheltair”) and BLADE Urban Air Mobility, Inc. (“BLADE”) have announced an alliance to expand Urban Air Mo-bility opportunities for the New York metro “aero commuter” while working to build the infrastruc-ture necessary to support the fu-ture arrival of electrically powered vertical takeoff and landing (eV-TOL) aircraft.

Sheltair is the sole operator of helicopter landing sites at New York’s JFK and LaGuardia air-ports while BLADE is the larg-est arranger of helicopter flights for civilian travel in the United States. It maintains approxi-mately 90% market share for by-the-seat helicopter travel in New York City.

“The combination of Sheltair’s exclusive presence at both of New

York’s commercial airports and BLADE’s leading market share cannot be replicated by any other companies in existence today,” said Rob Wiesenthal, BLADE’s CEO, “New York City is the largest Urban Air Mobility market in the world and, together, we can enable new, cost-effective offerings that will be competitive with app-based ridesharing prices while deliver-ing massive time savings and pro-ductivity gains to commuters.”

Sheltair’s Regional Vice Presi-dent, Robert McAdams, stated, “Emails, texts and video calls haven’t eliminated our need to get from point A to point B in the fast-est, smartest way possible. That is why Sheltair has teamed up with BLADE to ensure that peo-ple whose time is precious can ac-cess safe, reliable helicopters from our strategically located termi-nals that provide access to desti-nations throughout the New York metropolitan area. We haven’t re-invented the dynamics of flight but we have made it far easier to ben-efit from the considerable experi-ence and extraordinary service commitment of this ground/air service team.”

Know where to go.Traffic lights in bathrooms

Bathrooms are big news in the airports this year. LaGuardia Gate-way Partners are proud of their new, large and accommodating bathrooms at LaGuardia; the Port is please with their new facilities at Jamaica Station, the LGA Marine Air Terminal has spiffed up theirs, and now Delta’s Terminal D-east follows suite.

“Smart Rest rooms are growing and here to stay”, said Allen Klev-ens, President and CEO of Modus Systems (inventor of Tooshlights). “When passengers walk into a Smart Rest room at an airport, most of the “smarts” are behind the scenes. Passengers are not sur-prised to see soap and water come out automatically with a wave of their hands any longer. However, with Tooshlights, we are able to not only bring the WOW factor back into the rest room with our red and green indicator lights (occupied vs available stalls), we will ensure that the lines in the rest rooms are ef-ficient and passengers will easily KNOW WHERE TO GO!”

If you have been keeping up with the latest airport renovations and designs, you most likely already

know about the complete re-design of New York’s LaGuardia Airport. With the latest technology being designed in to these new facilities, Tooshlights has played an integral role within the Smart Rest room space. Partnering with TRAX, a Smart Rest room integration com-pany based out of Atlanta, facility teams will be able to gather more in-sight and data regarding rest room usage, assisting their staff to know when the rest rooms need to be ser-viced.

LGA is just one of the latest in-stallations for Tooshlights in the airport space. Earlier this year,


This fall over 50 community members and business owners gathered together to share their concerns with leaders from the Queens 105th Precinct NYPD.

Seven Neighborhood Coor-dination O�cers (NCO) from the precinct addressed questions about how policing is practiced in the GatewayJFK neighbor-hood.

Neighborhood concerns included operating illegal businesses, illegal dump-ing, tra�c concerns, loiter-ing, abandoned vehicles, lighting needs in commer-cial areas, and a lack of com-munity facilities to engage youth. GatewayJFK will continue to work on addressing these issues with the NYPD and will work to help the precinct and other government

GatewayJFK is working to help businesses in our area hire local quali�ed help. We want to identify and address hiring challenges in the Air Cargo Industry and other industries in our area. In order to match up our businesses with local work-force development agen-cies we need to know more about your current and future hiring needs. Please take the survey on our web-

site at www.gatewayjfk,.org to help us make sure there will be quali�ed applicants in the pipeline when your businesses is looking to expand.

In addition to the online survey GatewayJFK is going door to door this fall to engage the largest employ-ers in our district and collect information about their hiring needs.

agencies plan for both policing e�orts and long term solutions.

If you would like to report a non-emergency issue that GatewayJFK can work with the NYPD to solve please visit our website at gatewayjfk.org and report it using our Quality of Life online form. The tool helps track the problems in the community and improve response times from gov-ernment agencies.

NYPD hears community & local businesses concerns at GatewayJFK event

GatewayJFK is a Business Improvement District in Southeast Queens that is home to over 600 businesses and 150 single family households. Our mission is to create a space in New York where the air cargo businesses can expand, thrive and be a good neighbor.

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NYCAR meeting futileQuestions go unanswered

BY JEFF YAPALATERNew York Commu-

nity Aviation Round-table (NYCAR) met on Wednesday, October 23, 2019, from 7:00–9:00 PM at The Com-munity Bridge Home, in Cambria Heights chaired by Barbara Brown and Warren.

The main agenda items were an update by the FAA on the Re-authorization Act on Key Items and an up-date on the Part 150 Studies for JFK and LGA Airports.

U n f o r t u n a t e l y the FAA individual who had prepared responses to many questions was unable to attend so the mem-bers present had many questions and very few answers. FAA representatives on hand were helpful in answering some questions but were not able to answer many. It appeared that there is a defi-nite lack of communication between the headquarters and regional offices since the local office deferred and came back repeatedly with a “we’ll get back to you on that.”

A couple of the members expressed deep degrees of doubt on the results of the Part 150 study since it was noted that the study did not include com-munity members and there is suspicion of a bias. This distrust seems to rear its head at each meeting since there appears to be communications barriers and lack of forthcoming answers to many often asked questions. from the FAA.

As of this meeting, there is a list of questions that were not answered be-cause the FAA individual familiar with the details was sick. However one question was partially answered: The FAA had selected Boston University and MIT to conduct the health studies that were included in the Provisions of the Bill. But when further asked why and if studies available, the answer remained incomplete.

Below are a List of follow up questions for FAA reps on Reauthorization Bill of 2018

Section 173a.What are some of the alternative metrics proposed?Section 176- What kind of criteria are they using to determine when to

engage with the community in Section 176?The FAA isn’t fulfilling the definition of an ombudsman. An ombuds-

man is supposed to be a third party between the FAA and the community. Major concerns about this.

b. Can we see the job description of the Community Engagement Officer?Section 179- Is there an end date to this study? What is this end

date?Section 182-Is there anyway the FAA would revisit studying a manda-

tory alternate route over water along the south shore of Long Island, with flotation devices?

a.The North Shore helicopter route is not mandatory, is the review sup-posed to make it mandatory?

b.When will the FAA make a ruling about making the North Shore route mandatory?

c.Please ask FAA to investigate all helicopter routesd.Is anyone watching to make sure these helicopters don’t crash into

planes, how do ATCs work with helicopter flights?Section 189-Generally, there’s some kind of RFP etc. for grants like this

can we get this if the info is public? a The FAA Center of Excellence, what steps/measures do you take that

their findings are independent, and not bound in anyway to the interests of the FAA?

General=Low-flying flights over Addisleigh Park area, is this because of temporary JFK runway construction?

Nick Dmytryszyn of the Port Authority discusses Part 150 study as NYCAR Chairs Warren Schreiber and Barbara Brown listen.


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LGA AirTrain progressMoves forward with scoping report

The LGA Access Improvement Project EIS, Scoping Report is now available

The process began on May 3, 2019, when the Federal Aviation Ad-ministration (FAA) published in the Federal Register its Notice of Intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Request for Scoping Comments for the Port Authority of New York and New Jer-sey’s (Port Authority) proposed La-Guardia Airport (LGA) Access Im-provement Project. (AirTrain) .

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DELTA OPENS NEW TERMINAL WING BEGINS HUGE GROWTH AT LAGUARDIA AIRPORT

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo an-nounced the opening of the first new concourse and gates at Delta Air Lines’ Terminal D-east as part of the ongoing $8 billion transformation of LaGuardia Airport.

Hundreds of supporters gath-ered to hear the Governor, the Port Authority and Ed Bastian, CEO of Delta share the excitement of the first of four new additions at LGA. These seven new gates opening on November 4th, will host a variety of restaurants, shops and spacious bathrooms. Ultimately with the re-development, Delta Air Lines’ new $4 billion Terminal C will replace the current C&D terminals. When complete, the new terminal will fea-ture 37 gates across four concourses connected by a centralized and

streamlined check-in lobby, secu-rity checkpoint and baggage claim; dual taxiways reducing gate con-gestion and taxi times; a Delta Sky Club with a Sky Deck; larger gate areas and more concession space; and more efficient airport roadways. Each new facility will be equipped with electric ground service equip-ment charging facilities to accom-modate an electric fleet.

Building State’s promise to de-liver jobs and diversity, LaGuar-dia Airport contracts with certified minority and women-owned busi-nesses (MWBE) have now exceeded $1.3 billion. At Terminal B, LaGuar-dia Gateway Partners has over $853 million in contracts with commit-ments with 279 MWBE firms to date, and at Terminal C, Delta has nearly

$510 million in contracts and com-mitments with 154 MWBEs for a to-tal more than $1.36 billion awarded to MWBEs. Combined with the new hires anticipated at the progress-ing Terminal B rebuild, 55 percent are Queens residents. These num-bers will grow as the LaGuardia Redevelopment program has part-nered with Vaughn College and

LaGuardia Community College to create internship programs and fund scholarships for local youth. This summer, LGA Redevelopment funded a 6-week STEM education program for 50 middle school stu-dents at Langston Hughes Library in Corona to create awareness, and desire for opportunities within the field of aviation.

Delta CEO Ed Bastian greets Port Authority Executive Director Rick Cotton.

Governor Cuomo brightens up the group from Sunnyside Community Services.

LaGuardia Airport General Manager Tony Vero with Mets Noah Syndergaard,Jim Tiefenthaler, Susan Jenkins, George Guiillaume of the Delta real estate construction team. Photopage by Jeff Yapalater


NEWARK’S TERMINAL 1 “TOPPED” LAST STEEL BEAM PLACED ON NEW TERMINAL

“A modern Newark Liberty Inter-national Airport is crucial to both the millions of passengers and tons of cargo that move through our state and to the economic vitality of our region,” said Governor Phil Murphy. “Not only will Terminal One provide travelers with a fully functioning, 21st century air travel experience, ad-ditional investments in a modernized AirTrain and an all-new Terminal Two will make us more competitive on the world stage. I thank the Port Authority for their able leadership in shepherding this project through its construction, and working with our Administration to ensure that this airport remains a transportation hub into the future.”

Port Chairman O’Toole said, “This structure is the first physi-cal representation of the thoroughly modern terminal we are in the midst of building,Today is a celebration of achievement and pride, particularly for the trades workers who are creat-ing what will be a world-class facility upon completion.” He also said that this is the beginning of the redevelop-menw with ad annidtional

Port Executive Director said t“The Port Authority is committed to trans-forming our airports into top quality, 21st century facilities,” said Port Au-thority Executive Director Rick Cot-ton. “At Newark Airport, replacing the old Terminal A with a new world-class Terminal One is a key step in achiev-ing that goal, and today’s topping out demonstrates the forward momentum of the exciting Terminal One project.” He cibntiuued by saying that the Port is committed to change ans it is hap-pening as quickly as pissble.. Th” The project is on time and budget and only the beginning with a new Airtrain and Termonalo 2 which is being seeded by the Port for Munich Airport’s EWR Terminal One LLC for development of Termnal Two. “ We are committeed to benefits accuring to community around jobs, businesses. and to pursue this. We Promise to complete and with community benefits.”

APort Aviation Director Law-

rence said that the three metro air-ports represent $30billion in public, [rivagte partnerships (PP3) invest-ments transforming these airports into world class facilities. He made sure to lemphasize that these partner-ships are working with the commu-nity with jobs and business oppys. in-cluding the new ConRac facility and upcoming T2.Represent heart and spirit of NJ. And new Conrac facility and new T2.

Of specialc economic vbalue as the largest design-build project in Garden State history, designed and built by Tu-tor Perini/Parsons employing 21,000 workers especially benefitting New-ark and Elizabeth areas, the capacity of pasengers will increase, and a minu-mum of 30% MWBE will be included ina all aspects of the redevelopment.

Governor Murphy proudle stated that with all the improvement and cloness to Nerw York City, Newark will increasibngly become the airport of choice ffrom Manhattan.

Additional guests at the ceremony included Aviation Program Director of Redevelopment Catherine Cronin, New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney, Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, State Senator Theresa Ruiz, State Senator Joseph Cryan, local officials, union leaders and the workers critical to construction of the new facility.

New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy, Port Authority Chairman Kevin O’Toole, Executive Di-rector Rick Cotton,Aviation Director Huntley A. Lawrence, New Jersey Senate President Steve Sweeney, Assembly Speaker Craig Coughlin, State Senator Theresa Ruiz, State Senator Joseph Cryan, local officials, union leaders and Iron workers Local 11workers celebrate the “Steel Topping” of new Terminal One Newark Airport partnering with EWR Terminal One LLC, designed and built by Tutor Perini/Parsons.

PANYNJ Commissioner Chairman and formerNew Jersey legislator Kevin O'Toole stands next to Governor Murphy who congratulted all involved in Termonal One project which will be totally completed in 2020. Photopage by Jeff Yapalater

PANYNJ Chair Kevin O'Toole with Rick Cotton and Huntley Lawrence touring the new T1 framework.

Local steel workers stand behind their final piece of the one million square foot terminal.

The final Topping of the steel rises over the heads of Port Authority personnel Executive Director Rick Cotton, Chief of Government and Community Relations Jennifer Davis, Dep-uty Chief Staff Agency Initiatives Tobi Mettle, and Aviation Director Huntley A. Lawrence


NEWS FROM FREIGHT HANDLERS GLOBALLYCARGO SHORTS

Swissport has appointed Frank Mena as Swissport new chief execu-tive, North America.

Mena, who was previously chief commercial officer of Swissport Amer-icas, replaces Dany Nasr with immedi-ate effect. He will report to Eric Born, president and chief executive of Swis-sport International. Mena has held several executive management roles, among them as chief operating officer, ground handling US. More recently, he served as chief commercial officer Americas.

Kenya Air celebrated its first year of cargo and passenger service through JFK Airport Terminal 4 with customers and ground handler opera-tor WFS, at the Bayhouse restaurant.

PayCargo has announced the ap-pointment of Lionel van der Walt as president and chief executive of its Americas business.

“My focus at PayCargo is to fur-ther strengthen the company as the world’s leading and fastest growing online payment platform for the ship-ping and cargo industry,” said van der Walt. “The Americas is an exciting re-gion and a hub of technological devel-opment, which aligns with our values as an innovative technology solutions provider.

Digital technology and online pay-ment systems are no longer just pre-dictions for the future of freight, they are already here, and we are proud to provide best in class solutions to our partners and clients as the industry continues to evolve.”

FEDEX completed its first drone Oct. 18, 2019 for the first time in the United States, a drone completed a scheduled commercial residential de-livery to a home in Christiansburg, Virginia. The drone delivery was con-ducted by Wing Aviation, in collabo-ration with FedEx Express, as part of the U.S. Department of Transporta-tion’s Unmanned Aircraft Systems In-tegration Pilot Program (IPP). Today’s delivery of a FedEx Express package marks the launch of the first sched-uled, commercial residential drone de-livery service and the first scheduled e-commerce delivery via drone deliv-ery trial in the United States.

For the duration of the trial, Wing drones will transport select FedEx packages to qualifying homes in Christiansburg, demonstrating the benefits of drone delivery for last-mile delivery service. Wing has received the first authorization from the FAA to conduct scheduled, commercial drone package delivery to residences.

John Menzies, the holding com-pany of Menzies Aviation, has an-nounced changes to its senior manage-ment.

Alvaro Gomez-Reino is its new CFO, Mervyn Walker to COO and it has also created a new executive management board chaired by Philipp Joeinig, ex-ecutive chairman. The other members of the board are: Giles Wilson, chief ex-ecutive; John Geddes, corporate affairs director; Claire Hall, executive vice president of people; Alvaro Gomez-Re-ino and Mervyn Walker. Gomez-Reino has previously held senior financial po-sitions with Amey plc, Ferrovial and Swissport where he was chief financial officer. He will take up his role at John Menzies and join its board of directors on December 1.

JFK Customs Outreach. On Wednesday, November 20, at 10:00 AM, representatives from the Office of Trade, Trade Transformation Office will be providing outreach to Custom-house Brokers, Importers and other members of the trade community on the recently deployed Automated Com-mercial Environment (ACE) Entry Type 86 functionality in ACE Cargo Release, for Section 321 clearances. Members from Partner Government Agencies will also be in attendance. The meeting will be held in the Main Conference Room, 2nd Floor, Building 77, JFK Airport, Jamaica, NY.

Please contact Trade Branch Chief Kathleen Currid via email at [email protected]. RSVP for this presentation by November 15,2019, or if further information is re-quired.

Air cargo is now in its longest slump in demand since the global fi-nancial crisis in 2008.

According to IATA, US-China trade war has significant effect on air cargo. North American airlines saw demand decrease by 2.4% in August 2019, com-pared to the same period a year ear-lier. Capacity increased by 1.3%. For the 10th consecutive month of year-on-year decline in freight volumes is the longest period experienced by airlines

since the global financial crisis in 2008. Air cargo demand, measured in freight tonne kilometers (FTKs), con-tracted by 3.9% in August 2019, com-pared to the same period in 2018.

Global trade volumes are 1% lower than a year ago.

“The impact of the US-China trade war on air freight volumes was the clearest yet in August,” said Alexan-dre de Juniac, IATA’s Director Gen-eral and CEO.

“Not since the global financial cri-sis in 2008 has demand fallen for 10 consecutive months. This is deeply concerning. And with no signs of a dé-tente on trade, we can expect the tough business environment for air cargo to continue.

“Trade generates prosperity. Trade wars don’t. That’s something govern-ments should not forget.”

Emirates, the world’s biggest long-haul airline, started an online shop-ping package delivery service between the US and the UAE to capitalise on e-commerce growth and cope with a decline in global air freight. Emirates SkyCargo, the largest international air cargo operator globally, launched

Emirates Delivers, a service that will allow UAE residents and businesses who shop online at US stores to get par-cels delivered to their doorstep within three to five working days, said Nabil Sultan, Emirates’ divisional senior vice president.

ASL Airlines Belgium has chosen Jettainer to manage and maintain its fleet of ULDs over a five-year contrac-tual period.

ASL Airlines Belgium, based at Liege airport, is a member of the ASL Aviation Holdings Group. It special-izes in the express freight market and also offers scheduled, charter and ad-hoc flights with aircraft including the Boeing 747-400F and the Boeing 737-800F and 400F.

ASL Airlines Belgium’s exist-ing fleet of ULDs consists of approxi-mately 1,500 units. These are used across an extensive European network and on flights to the US, China and the Middle East.

Delta Dash. Delta Air Lines part-ners with Roadie, an Atlanta-based same-day delivery service, to launch DASH® Door-to-Door – an industry-first for a U.S. passenger airline. The 24/7 pick-up and delivery service, from your business or home, is now avail-able from Atlanta to over 55 cities in the United States. The companies plan to expand the service to dozens more cities before the end of the year. DASH Door-to-Door pairs TSA-approved drivers with air cargo to create the fastest cross-country door-to-door ser-vice available in the U.S., with compet-itive prices.

FAA Certification of UPS Flight Forward as an Air Carrier. U.S. De-partment of Transportation Secre-tary Elaine L. Chao today announced the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) awarded air carrier and opera-tor certification to an unmanned air-craft system (UAS, or drone) delivery company, UPS Flight Forward.

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ners–consisting of the Port Authority, The New Terminal One, Jetblue-JFK Millennium Partners, and Ameri-can Airlines–alongside the Advisory Council announced the following four new initiatives:

- A job recruiting program to match job seekers in the local com-munity with jobs in construction and airport operations; the program will be carried out by dedicated staff at of-fices in Jamaica and Far Rockaway focused on filling open positions with qualified Queens residents.

• A second chance employ-ment initiative targeted on provid-ing jobs to formerly incarcerated individuals and others with past involvement in the criminal justice system. This program involves a commitment by the Port Authority, terminal operators, and other em-ployers in the redevelopment pro-gram to interview individuals with a justice touch point from the local communities for jobs associated with both airport construction and airport operations.

• A new science and technol-ogy education program for 300 local students grades 1-12 in Queens to en-courage them to seek out jobs in avi-ation; this program will be carried out through a local partnership with York College building on a successful prior STEM program.

• A two-part initiative fo-cused on providing concession oppor-tunities to local retailers and restau-rants. First, The New Terminal One has made a major commitment to re-serve at least 50% of food and bever-age venues for New York City-based restaurants which will include a sig-nificant focus on Queens-based busi-

nesses. Second, the Port Authority and JFK Airport will roll out an ex-tensive training program to enable and equip local small businesses to qualify and compete for other future concessions opportunities as part of JFK redevelopment.

In addition to these four initia-tives, the JFK Redevelopment part-ners will continue to work with the Advisory Council and the community to advance additional community-fo-cused programs throughout the re-development specifically related to a variety of community benefits includ-ing: job opportunities, small business outreach and development, education for local residents, and environmen-tal stewardship.

The JFK Redevelopment Commu-nity Advisory Council was created in October 2018 by Governor Cuomo. It is co-chaired by Representative Gregory Meeks and Queens Borough President Melinda Katz and is com-posed of elected officials, community boards, nonprofit organizations, civic organizations and clergy leaders in the targeted communities of South-east Queens, Southwest Queens, the Rockaways and Western portions of Nassau County.

The Advisory Council meets quar-terly in public settings throughout the targeted communities. Four commit-tees–Business Development, Career/Workforce Development, Education and Environmental Stewardship–also hold public meetings on a regu-lar basis at which the Port Authority, the terminal developers, committee members and other community mem-bers discuss strategies and programs to provide opportunities for local businesses, jobseekers and students interested in aviation.

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Announcing KAAMCO`SCargo Operations Committee

Annual Holiday Dinner DanceFriday December 6, 2019

At: Lawrence Yacht and Country Club101 Causeway, Lawrence NY (516) 239-1685

COCKTAIL PARTY, DINNER, RAFFLE, DOOR PRIZES,GIFT, DJ & LIVE BAND 7PM TO 12:30AM

Tickets $160 Per Person RSVP by November 22Reserved tables receive branding recognition

Honoring Joe Morra2019 Kaamco Cargo Committee “Person of the Year"

Chief Operations Manager Royal Waste Services.VP JFK Chamber of Commerce, Past President JFK Rotary.

Special Tribute to Joe BadamoPresident JFK Air Cargo Association.

May he Rest in Peace.

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Southwest has a truck that leaves JFK at 11pm daily dropping off at LaGuardia to be placed on any of their cargo 48 flights out of LGA daily. Shippers can also route it out from LAX or anywhere else for ex-ample for delivery to JFK. The Cus-tomer can pick up at 6am from JFK having arrived from any world lo-cation that Southwest has connec-tions to.

Keffas explains that they have taken the hassle out of truckers hav-ing to go to LGA when they have a convenient, no extra cost, depot right at JFK.

Those that prefer to do business

with Southwest will find this store-front a closer and time saving con-venience Southwest works with a lo-cal JFK cartage company to do local NY five boros handling Southwest cargo and brings it to JFK since it is the freight hub of convenience and the center of the metro NY cargo network.

Keffas is excited to have this new facility and service . He says, “We are shipping from JFK to anywhere our planes fly with the same tail-to-tail system that has made South-west so successful in the cargo end of the business. We look forward to making our customer’s life easier and more profitable with our new JFK location.”


Port Celebrates diversityPort Emanuela Sanchez, MWBE

Compliance Specialist, praised the activities of the gathered women and their ability to connect positively with members of the community and

provide assistance to others.The special exhibit is hosted by

the LaGuardia Airport Redevelop-ment Office, the Port Authority His-panic Society and the Queens Histor-ical Society.

Southwest Cargo is now at JFK


JFK Redev Initiatives announced


AirportAirport Faces FOCUS ON THE PEOPLE THAT MAKE OUR AIRPORTS FLY

Photos by Jeff Yapalater

(1) Christie Morrie, Director, Global Talent Acquisition at Atlas Air.

(2) Daniel Charmant, American Airlines Customer Service Agent says, "This is how I find out what is happening at the airports," referring to reading the Airport Voice.

(3) Wing Y. Chan, Deputy Chief JFK CBP cargo.

(4) Paramdai Persaud, Allied Universal Security at Termonal One JFK.

(5) Erick Avila, JFK Delta Station Manager

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JFK WORKERS STRIKEOVER RIGHT TO ORGANIZE

Employees of Eulen America, a subcontractor at Terminal 8 at John F. Kennedy International Air-port, walked off the job to demand that their employer, Eulen Amer-ica, treat workers with respect. The baggage handlers, FIS (Fed-eral Inspection Services) agents, passenger verification agents and wheelchair agents went on strike to protest the company violating workers’ right to organize by in-timidating, coercing, disrespecting and spying on workers on the job.

“Managers, when they sus-pect we have been organizing, cor-ner and interrogate us,” Lasonia Whervin, wheelchair agent for Eu-len said. “They say bad things about the union. But we know the truth: a union is our best path to good health insurance, better pay and paid vacation.”

Eulen employees at JFK held public events on Monday October 21 with Council Member Adrienne Adams, Council Member Francisco Moya, Council Member Jimmy Van Bramer, Assembly Member Brian Barnwell, Assembly Member Ara-vella Simotas, Assembly Member Michelle Solages, Assembly Mem-ber Jaime Williams and Alicia Hyn-

dman. The group called on Eulen to respect workers’ rights.

Elected officials addressed work-ers at the picket line. “When we stood on the steps of City Hall a few weeks ago, we told Eulen we’d be back,” said Council Member Adri-enne Adams during a rally. “We don’t want to be back under these horrible circumstances, but we’ll fight until they hear us and do right by the workers.”

“It’s shameful that this company comes here and doesn’t respect the right to organize by using intimida-tion tactics.

WFS uses sustainable plasticCargo handler goes biodegradable

Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) is the first major air cargo industry company to begin convert-ing the majority of plastic products used in its cargo handling opera-tions over to the BioNatur™ Plas-tics line of sustainable products manufactured by M&G Packaging.BioNatur™ Plastic is a growing line of biodegradable plastic products manufactured with proprietary for-mulations that make them the most sustainable plastic options avail-able. Investing in the new products is part of WFS’ global sustainability programme.“Worldwide Flight Ser-vices is excited to be the first major customer of these environmentally-friendly products in the air cargo industry,” said Mike Simpson, WFS Executive Vice President for the Americas. “WFS uses the equiva-lent of more than 27 million plastic water bottles a year in protective plastic sheeting and wrap so with this commitment we can make a significant contribution to the envi-ronment. We are thrilled to finally have a product that ensures this plastic will not languish in a land-fill for decades.”BioNatur™ Plas-tic is manufactured with a blend of resins including traditional LDPE

and a propriety, natural, plant-based biopolymer. The resulting blends are biodegradable in a land-fill environment and significantly reduce fossil fuel-based plastic us-age and greenhouse gas generation. Performance testing demonstrated the BioNatur™ product to have a long shelf life with higher strength and puncture-resistance than poly-ethyleneplastic alone. This propri-etary blend also uses significantly less oil-based resin than current plastic products, using less mate-rial overall while maintaining or improving performance.“M&G Packaging has always been a leader in developing ‘green’ products that the air cargo industry needs,” said M&G president Charles Rick.

JFK Air Cargo Association LuncheonAir Canada’s Tim Strauss talks AI, Drones.

The November JFK Air Cargo Association (JFKACA) luncheon began on a somber note as members shared mo-ment of silence for past Pres-ident Joe Badamo who re-cently passed. Joe was an air cargo professional at JFK for decades and amassed many friends and ran the JFKACA for years. He will be missed.

VP Mike Bednarz of the Port Authority moderated the luncheon Which guest fea-tured Tim Strauss of Air Can-ada cargo who spoke about a couple of new initiatives at Air Canada: artificial intelligence and drones, both of which are being tested for effective-ness and new directions in air cargo deliveries.

Strauss told the guests that AI is being used at Air Canada to more accurately analyze the air cargo scheduling in or-der to maximize the available space aboard aircraft and also to pinpoint the cargo cancella-tions. Having this information helps the sales people at Air Canada assist their customers in determining why this hap-

pens and figuring out ways to help their customers smooth out their needs. He said that his company has done initial testing with AI and antici-pates that will increase the bottom line by about $30 mil-lion dollars when rolled out.

Strauss spoke about drone air cargo that is currently taking place in Canada with Air Canada as a partner with Drone Delivery Canada (DDC).

DDC is a pioneering tech-nology firm based out of To-ronto, Canada with a focus on designing, developing and implementing a commercially viable drone delivery system within the Canadian geogra-phy. Air Canada has obtained the rights for commercial drone air routes in Canada and will work with DDC to help market and sell drone delivery services. Under the terms of the deal, Air Canada Cargo will market and sell drone delivery services across Canada.The initial term of the agreement with Air Canada is for 10 years.

Air Canada is collaborat-ing with DDC on this pro-gram that will bring deliv-eries from a few pounds to a thousand pounds to custom-ers with differing types of drone aircraft which include larger fixed wing models. Strauss said , “ this delivery system is outside the normal scope of what we normally

consider air cargo” but sees incredible growth moving forward. Strauss sees the ac-tual implementation of the program in the third quarter of 2020 and sees 80% growth for Air Canada over the next 7 years. Air Canada will partner with forwarders to bring this new type of deliv-ery to the marketplace.

At the close of the meet-ing moderator Bednarz re-minded everyone that the next meeting on November 21 will feature Andy Kirch-ner of Delta Cargo as guest speaker at the Crowne Plaza Hotel, 9th fl.. The JFKACA holiday party will be on De-cember 6th at the Lawrence Country Club.

The October JFK Air Cargo Assn. luncheon with guest speaker Tim Strauss, VP Cargo Air Canada ( middle) with board members (from left) Mike Peza, Phil Jensen, Laura Cascino, John Ryan, Tim Strauss, Mike Bednarz, Dayna Harap, Pete DeBenigno, Jim Burnett.

WFS goes sustainable with biodegrad-able plastics.

32BJ VP Shirley Aldebol interacts with the crowd as Manual Silva from Council-man Donovan Richards office and Lisa George from Senator Sanders office of-fer support.


American Triple I PartnersATI joins JetBlue redevelopment

ATI group joined the Jet-Blue Millennium Partners team as an minority owned and managed business( MBE) investor. They develop and manage infrastructure assets. Mr. William Thompson is Chairman of American Triple I Partners’ Industry Advisors’ Committee and was recently introduced as a JetBlue Mil-lennium Partner (JMP) at the JFK Redevelopment Commu-nity Council meeting this past October. JetBlue is in the pro-cess of procuring the services of a Design-Build team to pro-vide all planning, design and construction services for the program which includes the New Terminal 6-7, supporting roadways, utilities, and air-craft apron. We are partner-ing with experienced teams with a track record of deliver-ing large-scale airport termi-nal projects and the capacity, financial strength and exper-tise to deliver a project esti-mated at more than $2 billion. To this end, makes equity in-

vestments in U.S. transporta-tion, knowledge and informa-tion, and smart city projects. The firm’s professionals have decades of experience in proj-ect development and finance.

American Triple I’s MBE status permits response to public or private incentives and mandates. They make equity investments in infra-structure projects that ei-ther due to size or location have historically been under served and larger projects to which the firm brings unique value. They use structures and controls to implement in-novative project plans that re-alize risk-adjusted and largely uncorrelated returns. Accord-ing to their profile, their objec-tive is to align stakeholder in-terests while mitigating risks and enhancing asset values, liquidity, and exit opportuni-ties. The firm’s professionals have decades of experience in project development and fi-nance.

According to the Chairman

Cisneros, ATI intends to look at the Private Public Partner-ship (P3) platform and look at unifying this concept nation-wide. “We created American Triple I to invest in smaller transactions across the coun-try in specialized areas such as transportation, smart city tech and knowledge and info .” as we see the next phase of in-frastructure . We focus on the $25 to $50 million equity or se-lect debt investments in proj-ects which either due to size or geography – secondary or ter-tiary markets – have been his-torically under served.

ATI is comprised of expe-rienced individuals from the Siebert , Cisneros Shank & Co., L.L.C. which is a major-ity woman-owned firm, and ones of the most diverse bank-ing teams in the industry (in-cluding approximately 57% minority employees). full-ser-vice investment banking and financial services company, founded in 1996. They pro-vide municipal and corporate

investment banking, fixed-income and equity sales and trading, corporate share re-purchase, mergers and acqui-sitions, and advisory service headed by founder Suzanne Shank , Henry Cisneros, Wil-liam Thompson, Gary Hall & Sean Duffy.

Co-CIO & Chairman, Da-vid Cibrian, Co-CIO & CEO, William Thompson, Jr, In-dustry Advisor’s Committee Chair and other experienced individuals from Siebert, Cisneros Shank. Email them: [email protected]

Washington – U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Elaine L.Chao today announced that the Federal Aviation Administration(FAA)

has established the Women in Aviation Advisory Board.

“Our nation is facing a shortage of pilots and aviation profession-als; there are great opportunities in this sector and we want to encourage more women to enter these exciting professions,” said U.S. Secretary of Transportation Elaine L. Chao.

The FAA is accepting nomina-tions for qualified candidates to serve on the Women in Aviation Ad-visory Board at the Federal Regis-ter through October 29, 2019. The objective of the Board is to provide independent advice and recommen-dations to the FAA in supporting women’s involvement in the aviation field.

The Department of Transporta-

tion and the Federal Aviation Ad-ministration are committed to work-ing with industry, academia and government to find ways to address the shortage of female professionals entering aviation careers by recruit-ing women through this committee, and providing them with clear path-ways to aviation careers.

The work of the Board will focus on analyzing industry trends; coor-dinating efforts among airlines, non-profit organizations, and aviation and engineering associations to fa-cilitate support for women pursuing aviation careers; expanding scholar-ship opportunities; and enhancing training, mentorship, education and outreach programs for women inter-ested in aviation careers.

“We must find ways to inspire women and young people to enter the aviation profession,” said FAA Administrator Steve Dickson. “We need pilots, mechanics, engineers and many other professionals to en-ter the aviation profession pipeline, and I look forward to working with the Secretary to boost the number of aviation professionals and keep our nation’s aviation industry strong and vital.”

The FAA is also accepting quali-fied nominations to the Youth Access to American Jobs in Aviation Task Force, which was established to de-velop and recommend initiatives to the FAA for encouraging high school students to enter aviation careers. Nominations may be submitted through October 30, 2019.

The FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018 required the FAA Adminis-trator to establish and facilitate a Women in Aviation Advisory Board and the Youth Access to American Jobs in Aviation Task Force.

The membership will be fairly balanced in terms of points of view represented and the functions per-formed. The stakeholder groups to be represented on the Board will in-clude:

a. Major airlines and aerospace companies.

b. Nonprofit organizations within the aviation industry.

c. Aviation business associations.d. Engineering business associa-

tions.e. United States Air Force Auxil-

iary, Civil Air Patrol.f. Institutions of higher education

and aviation trade schools.

All Board members serve at the pleasure of the Secretary of Trans-portation. Other membership crite-ria include:

a. Members shall be appointed for the duration of the existence of the Board.

b. Members will serve without government compensation or reim-bursement.

c. Representative members must represent a particular interest in em-ployment, education, experience, or affiliation with a specific aviation-re-lated organization.

d. Members must attend at least three-quarters of all Board meetings (estimated two meetings annually).

Qualifications: Representative member candidates must be in good public standing and currently serve as a member of their organization’s core senior leadership team. In some circumstances, membership will be granted to uniquely qualified indi-viduals who do not meet this latter requirement.

https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2019/10/08/2019-21962/solicitation-of-nominations-for-ap-pointment-to-the-women-in-aviation-advisory-board

William Thompson of ATI


The new public “Prime Class” lounge at JFK Terminal One is now open and ready for the traveller. The Prime Class staff awaits your arrival with a wide assortment of food and beverages in lush and comfortable seating areas with a great view of aircraft. The lounge is less than a two-minute walk to any gate in the terminal and convenient to all boutique shopping in the terminal wings. Prime Class also operates in Terminal 4 with Air India. Passengers can access both lounges via LoungeMe. Priority Pass, Lounge Key, Diners Club, Dragon Pass cardholders and Lounge Buddy customers will also soon have access to both lounges. Developed by TAV OS and operated by Airist of NY.

Sukkot at the AirportSpirituality in the air

Sukkot, known as the Festival of Ingathering or in some translations the Festi-val of Shelters, is a biblical Jewish holiday.

Sukkot celebrates the gathering of the harvest and commemorates the miraculous protection God provided for the chil-dren of Israel when they left Egypt. Sukkot in cel-ebrated by dwelling in

a foliage-covered booth (known as a sukkah) and by blessing ceremony of the lulav (palm) and etrog ( citron).

The Sukkot tent at JFK was neatly tucked into an outside corner of Termi-nal 4 away from the tens of thousands of travelers pass-ing by each day. Rabbi Yosef Rapp of the Chabad of the Airport presided over the

habitation bringing those of the Jewish faith travel-ing inside the Sukkah for holiday refreshments and blessing.

Rabbi Korenblit of the Terminal Synagogue, the Port authority Rabbi Mendi and friends of the Rabbi joined in the festive occa-sion and shared in the spir-itual and joyful autumn event.

Lance Bryer receives Sukkot blessing from Rabbi Rapp with lulav and etrog.

Rabbi Rapp (far left) of the Chabad of the Airport with friends during Sukkot festivity at JFK Terminal 4.


Port Authority Customer Experience Team, Neyive Alfonso and Keshia-Elaine Johnson, Port Authority operations Matthew Ede and Lina Londono with JetBlue customers customers participating in National Customer Service Week celebrated this year, from October 7, 2019 through October 11 and provided an ideal opportunity for all airport employees to come to-gether and show their appreciation to our customers. LGA management and staff participated in a week-long celebration at each terminal, between the hours of 10:00am – 12:00pm and 12:30pm – 2:30pm providing gifts and snacks to arriving/departing customers as tokens of appreciation for their patronage at the airport. Front line contract staff will also receive these tokens for their hard work and dedication to the customer experience. Na-tional Customer Service Week was established by the International Cus-tomer Service Association (ICSA) in 1984 and proclaimed a national event by the U.S. Congress in 1992.

2020 JFK Rotary officers include Joe Morra, Katie Bliss, Frank McIntyre, Nancy Vargas and Dennis Klainberg.

Deputy GM NJ Airports Sarah McKeon with Academy Bus honorees Oscar Ortiz and Randolf Williams with NJ Airports Interim General Manager Douglas Stearns at the quarterly Rewards & Recognition Ceremony for airport employees.

Flight or fright? Swissport workers make the most of Halloween with Swiss airlines travelers at JFK Airport.

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Here is a collection of photos of people in organizations and events contributing to their companies, sharing in social respon-sibilities, participating in volunteer activities and just “plane” having fun.


CONGRATULATIONS

CONDOLENCES

Joe Badamo-Joseph Badamo passed away on Sunday, October 13, 2019. As many of you know, Joe fought a brave battle with cancer. He passed peacefully, surrounded by his lov-ing family. Joe had a long, successful career at JFK Airport having worked most recently as VP Silkway air-lines, after a tenure at both KLM and Evergreen airlines.In his role as President of the JFK Air Cargo Association, Joe worked diligently to promote air cargo, while also tirelessly rais-ing funds for various charitable organizations notable the Toys for Tots.

-Ed DoughertyEd was an active member in the JFK organizational community with the JFK Rotary and JFK Chamber of Commerce. He owned PEM electrical business working at airports then became associ-ated with UNITY Electric who he represented during the recent redevelopments at JFK & LGA. Ed was always seen at community golf outings, the Rotary Airport Run and JFK Chamber of Com-merce events helping in any way. Ed was a loyal and good friend and business associate to many at the airports.Ed passed unexpectedly due to health complications.

IN MEMORY

Sandra Johnson Seymour served as an Administrative Assistant for the NJ Air Services Development Office (ASDO). Sandra was well known and respected for her work in the Newark Liberty AirportCommunity as well as her volunteerism in NIAMCO and other Airport events.

Happy Faces. CBP Officer Benzie and Chief Redes married to and on the job.

American MomentsAmerican Airlines provides a wide range of support to deserving orga-

nizations and prides itself with invaluable employees. Here are two stories.

Anatalia (age 6) and her mom Belkis thrilled to pet Jana at American Airlines, which, collaboration with the Something mAAgic Foundation® , flew 30 Make-A-Wish® kids in Need program children and their families from all over the globe to the Give Kids the World Village® in Orlando, Florida for an unforgettable vacation experience meeting Disney characters, airport security team and dog and fun activities.

Airport workers came together at American Airlines terminal to help an arriving pas-senger who fell down the escalator had a cut on her head and nose was bleeding at the bottom of the down escalator. Eneydi Correa from @yourgate, Eulen’s Customer Care Anowa Benjamin, Shaquille and Noel Reece ( not pictured) helped and comforted the Armenian speaking woman on her first visit to NY and waited until the Port paramedic arrived who assured them that the passenger was shaken but fine.


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tractor will be in place next month. Money for construction is expected is summer 2020. Watson and Icema Gibbs of JetBlue said that their long-stand-ing involvement would continue in the community as evidenced by Gibbs be-ing on board of the CAO and her work at YORK College.

Gibbs announced that JetBlue started a foundation specifically for aviation initiatives. The company is partnering with organizations and accepting proposals to “Lift Up” com-munities and the aviation industry. “We know there is a pilot shortage and this foundation is taking applica-tions from under-represented groups such as veterans, women and people of color for opportunities. If you have an idea or community initiative sub-mit it to the foundation ,” she said Goto www,jetbluefoundation.org.. Gibbs reminded the guests that Jet-Blue has been in the community for over 20 years. “ We have been here and continue to do things we have done. “ She gave a example of placing book machines in locations to give away 100,000 books to the community, to kids in need all summer long and at the Queens Public Library.

Watson reiterated that when the design build contractor is announced we will arrange a time for everyone to meet with them.

Watson announced MWBE in-vestor ATI Partners LLC. Chair Bill Thompson of the ATI Partners as in-vestor. He mentioned the largest elec-tric ground service fleet at JFK means less noise and less pollution and oppor-tunity with modernizing the future.

Darryl Towns of American Air-lines said that negotiations are mov-ing rapidly with British Airlines as part of the terminal expansion. He said that this redevelopment opportu-nity was a time for individuals to get involved. He said the AA expansion is not a billion dollar project but it will give businesses an opportunity to get in on a smaller project then grow into larger projects. He encourages going to www.anewjfkcom for all project opportunities for terminal build outs and to meet with AA at the redevelop-ment office during their office hours.

Bill Thompson of American Triple 1 (ATI) announced that ATI is now an investor partner with the JetBlue, JFK Millennium Partners. He said “we are 100% minority owned and come together as an historic opportu-nity. “ As equity partners we will work with them in Qeeens and SE Queens and make sure we get to the 30% mi-nority level that people talk about. “We will get the 30%”,; To change the future.”That is what this is about.” He stressed that ATI will work with the Port and Governor’s office to make sure there is going to be an opportu-nity.

State Senator Sanders took a few minutes to strongly assert that, “ I am concerned that we have spent a lot of time as consumers but how commu-nity can become owners? How we can achieve parity? “Lots of time talking MWBE but not time about Commu-

nity Benefits Agreement (CBA) . Not confuse MWBE with CBA. I believe we need time to talk CBA and what are they going to own at the end of the process. How will vocational schools differ or incubators? Need to use this for wealth that will stay in this com-munity. Need to work CBA. I am eager how we get to where we need to be. See how this unique and unprecedented CBA attempt; will see what happens. Want to hear how we go from charity to parity, “ he orated.

Echoing the words of Senator Sand-ers, Barbara Brown of NYCAR said there is a need for real conversations about redevelopment around the air-port and need robust conversations about environmental issues impacting the local communities. Brown says there needs to be discussion about air pollution, cancer ,low birth and chil-dren’s achievement levels around the airports but we also need studies and measures to be taken. “Need to be con-cerned about noise and increasing ca-pacity. Things need to be done to mit-igate., “ she said . She appointed to CBAs to study these impacts.

Assemblyman Clyde Vanel talked about workforce development jobs and careers at the airport. He said , “I pre-sented before the council regarding workforce training specific to avia-tion. We believe that more commu-nity members could participate in all aspects of aviation including profes-sional pilot, air traffic control and air-craft mechanic. “ He introduced Cap-tain Kelvin King,34 year old, who is from Southeast Queens, a United air-line pilot who briefly addresses the group. King has created and is open-ing up an African American flight school in SE Queens to train individu-als as pilot, and mechanics “ right here in SE Queens.”

Port Director of Airports Redevel-opment Hersh Parekh said that Port is committed to share information with the Advisory Council and stakehold-ers.. He pointed to announcements made that night before released to the general public as an indicative of the Importance “we come here first , that we commit to 30% in all levels of rede-

velopment. This advisory council is serious effort, that we bring informa-tion and hear from you for the commu-nity.” In response to a question about the lack of unionization in the local communities ostensibly blocking lo-cals for competing for redevelopment projects, Parekh said that they are in discussions about workforce develop-ment with trades for pre-apprentice programs to make opportunities ac-cessible to communities not having them before by connecting local resi-dents with unions to work on projects.

CAG Bushell commented that, “ we

have got to support capacity building and work closely with trades to talk about apprenticeships with commu-nities, as a pathway for union labor jobs; driving a PLA for MWBE firms. We Need to focus on capacity where firms working on projects ,how to le-verage, that is, to give them more work through capital. He said that T1 looks at capital need infrastructure.

Parekh closed by saying that it is important to attend advisory Coun-cil four committees meetings because “the real work and initiatives come from them.


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Rev. Dabee of the Christ for World Chapel of Terminal 4, blesses the animals at The Ark in honor of St. Francis on October 4. Members of the community brought their pets to participate on this day of love.


Manager Aeronautical Ser-vices John Arancio reported that DR3 audit info is due with the need to have some agree-ment modifications. Snow sea-son planning is under way, there are some EOC action items in process, and 3- day Keets training available to terminal operators.

Manager Physical Plant Manny Ciminielllo reported on the following: that there is a General Manager’s Bulletin on NYC elevators modifying for safety closing doors and to keep aware of updates to each area. He encouraged all ten-ants to use the project initia-tion form before kicking off a TAA so there is a minimal number of comments leading to a more efficient and quicker alteration. He said the goal is to minimize the amount of comments to speed the pro-cess. He reported that all ter-minals will have improved wifi by year end.

He added that his depart-ment is working on garage re-pairs to seal leaking joints.

Manny reported that the Jamaica Station bathroom project would have a grand opening Tuesday October 15 to show off the new facilities.

He concluded saying that on the runway projects that the renovation are in the stages of electrical installa-tions, asphalt paving, under-ground electrical commis-sioning on all installations, and other checks enabling the North Cargo Redevelopment project with an August 2020 completion date. There was no mention of the two new cargo facilities development that have been approved by the Port in the same area.

General Manager of the Airtrain Sanchita Baner-jee-Jimenez said that the AirTrain fare increases have remained the same for 16 years before the recent change from $5-$7.75. She said that careful consideration was made for employees to keep

the monthly $40 fare and the $25 10 trip. The change would effect the general traveling public.

Manager Properties Laura Garland said the department needs responses to the audit letters from Maureen Gallo.

Assist. Security Manager Mervin Peter spoke on behalf of the airport on the status of the badging office. He apolo-gized for the current condi-tions. He said that the de-partment has employed may changes so that badging can be sped up. Peter said that the transition has been a bit harder than expected for var-ious reasons, but the depart-ment is working hard to make corrections and once the pro-cess is fully implemented the system will work better than before gong from paper to digi-tal in many cases. We “ Under-stand and appreciate the ques-tions regarding the credential office. It Went live August 26 to streamline the process. We’ve had stumbles along the way. We apologize definitely and underestimated the impact on the community.”

He said there has been a learning curve. Mixing elec-tronic and paper applica-tions has significantly slowed down the process. ” We were swamped”. he admitted.

He said they have tried to remedy this by transitioning to an appointment-only system.

Peter exhaustively detailed the number of transactions per day, and improvements from 6 weeks ago by running reports to review expirations and get quicker appointment. “We can expedite when possi-ble with expiring and new ap-plications being treating with importance.

Peter explained that they have added tons of resources: three more counters, over-time, longer hours, four new employees, quicker on site badging after training, and more other airport assistance.

When questioned about the appointment procedure,

Peter asked that the commu-nity held by having all peo-ple keep their appointments. Missing appointments creates gaps that need to be filled. He stated that however, their new system will be updating the appointment calender in real time so he recommended that individuals keep gong on the reservations system because spots open and close all the time.

He stated that they have a time directive to meet but have not done so as of now.

Kaamco’s Ana Lemos spoke about the various is-sues that the Kaamco Meeting brought to light especially the time validity of the badges. She asked why the expiration could not be extended.

Port responded that this process works and that it would take time for any change to occur. Peter said that the Port limited the life to one year for accountability,

that when badge violations exceed a certain number then the entire worker base must be renewed. This did not seem to make sense to the audience. Kaamco members did not feel that the entire community should suffer because of a few violators and pressed for an18-24 month badge life.

Aer Lingus Andrew Hal-ley if we are no where near the percent number of unre-turned badge we can work to-gether to resolve this point and move to a longer expira-tion. TSA said it is legally pos-sible to extend to 2 year but it’s not their role to consider; it is up to the airport.

Peter said that this is “ No decision I can make but have spoken with them and looking into the matter. It would be system wide”, meaning effec-tive at all Port airports.

“Will take away as an ur-gent issue” he said.

We need to work collabora-tively” said Lemos and again pressed for a change to a 2 year badge with a date of birth used to spread renewals.

General Manager Everett said “ We are working cur-rently on this, its where we want to go”.

It was suggested since downtown is responsible for making policy changes, that the Chief Security Officer CSO to come here and under-stand all the variables since it is Important ti make deci-sions with good information. Everett said that this has been under discussion for several months now. He said “we will get back to you with info.”

One member prodded for a reply time line. Everett re-sponded that “Can’t get you a time line today. When we are able we will get back to you. “

Lemos stated that Kaamco will put suggestions into a form and deliver to Security for their consideration.

Peter concluded this part of the discussion stating, “We are all part of making history-going through trials and trib-ulations-we will get through it.

PAPD Lt. Santos, AOC. re-ported that airport larceny is down 32%. stating that 90% of the crime is on unattended property and shop lifting.

He said that there will be a Have couple more cops at JFK.= since the academy graduated more police.

There are joint operations between the Taxi Limousine Commission and the PAPD weekly to reduce improper ac-tivity. Airport hustling is up and hack summonses are in-creasing. “Cops are out there working.” There have been complaints about union work-ers and hand billing. But San-tos said that this is allowed in the public access areas. It is Constitutional protected as long as not in the private areas of the airport.

FAA Dave Siewert was brief in his remarks. He said that the 13L runway project is in its final stages. “We have had good cooperation with occasional single lane opera-tions but , we were ready for

it.”TSA Transportation Secu-

rity Manager David Mark was introduced who will be assist-ing TSA/DHS Stakeholder Manager Mohammad Sid-diqui at JFK.

JFK Port Director Frank Russo gave a brief rundown on the UNGA meeting. He said there were 3000 diplomats, 147 high level dignitaries and 100 motorcades that Customs and other agencies had to man-age and protect. He reported there were no incidents. Ear-lier in the season his Customs unit had to deploy some to the Southern Border for immigra-tion purposes, He said that was over and in fact, there are 100 new officers in various stages of the pipeline. Will be dedi-cated to passenger operations an much as possible he said.

Director Cargo Investiga-tion Deborah Bernardi de-scribed d the responsibili-ties of her little known work which is inspecting con-sumer imports and making sure they meet our U.S. safety standards. Lot more She said they regulate 15,000 consumer products that can be unsafe or dangerous. Most are chil-dren’s products she said and referred the group to www. “Keeping America Safe”. Ber-nardi offered to show any in-terested individuals what she does and provided her infor-mation so those could make an appointment to see the pro-cess.

Aviation Development Council (ADC) Director Bill Huisman took this meeting opportunity to recognize the merits of excellence by Jet-Blue and Summit Security workers. Both were awarded handsome check for their work in deterring misconduct at the airport as part of the Airport Community Watch Program. Airport employees are rewarded for their service and stepping up when it is nec-essary. If you have a recom-mendation for such an award, contact the ADC.


Soccer Ballet at the JFK ballfield

Last seasonal competition between LGA and JFK football Teams


OUR LADY OF THE SKIES JFK AIRPORT AVIATION LUNCHEON AWARDS

WINGS OF PRAISE ON HONOREES

JFK’s Terminal4 Our Lady of the Skies annual Aviation Luncheon was held a the new TWA Hotel to honor JFKIAT CEO Roel Huinink, Swis-sport Passenger Service Manager Pa-tricia Brennan as Man and Woman of the Year respectively, and Rev. Msgr, Kieran Harrington of the Brooklyn Archdiocese as Clergy of the Year.

The luncheon was also the event where two young people from fami-lies that work at JFK are awarded the Yolan DePhillips scholarships to be used for further educational goal.

The vent was packed with friends, colleagues and supports of the honor-ees as well as supporters of the work that Our Lady of the Skies does on behalf of travelers through JFK and LGA Airports.

The Yolan DePhillips Memorial Scholarship was awarded to Tiana Marie Gerard and Gianela Teresa Campos. This scholarship is in honor of the woman of the same name who worked at JFK and set the standard for professionalism, compassion and camaraderie during her days at JFK. Her legacy continues through her son and daughter in law who are both chil-dren of veteran airport workforce.

Both Roel and Patricia can be seen at a multitude of airport events and Contribute to the bonding that exists within this very large, diverse family of workers at JFK. Both individuals

are respected by their colleagues for their involvement in the community with both companies philanthropy contributing to good causes with both Roel and Patricia as the faces of their commitments.

As is Father Chris’s penchant for positive surprises, a special services award was given to Noreen Carro,

of LMN Printing, for her years of service to the airport community, contributing her time to organiza-tions and providing resources for the printed word.

Our lady of the Skies thanked all who contributed to making this event a success and to the airlines who pro-vided ticket for the raffle.

(Center) JFK Airport's JFKIAT CEO Roel Huinink and Swissport Passenger Service Manager Patricia Brennan recognized as Honorees at the annual Our Lady of the Skies Aviation Lun-cheon. Left of Our Ladyof the Sky's Father Piasta is Rev. Msgr. Kieran Harrington also honored as Vicar of Communications for the Diocese of Brooklyn. To the far right is President of the JFK Chamber of Commerce, Airway's Al DePhillips, son of Yolan DePhilips in whose honor the event's scholarship is named, and to the far left is Aer Lingus Station Manager and event emcee, Andrew Haley. Photopage by Jeff Yapalater

Honoree Roel Huinink thanks the airport community for this recognition.

Noreen Carro of LMN Printing with Yolan DePhillips Outstanding Example of Services award. Honoree Patricia Brennan (center with sunglasses) with her mother, son and 8 siblings all on hand to celebrate.

Honoree Roel Huinink with wife, his team and partners at JFKIAT Terminal 4, JFK Airport.

Honoree Patricia Brennan with friend and man-ager Joe Pereira Vice President NY Airports Ground Handling.


AIRLINE BRIEFS NEWS FROM AROUND THE AIR INDUSTRY

Homeland Security. Chad Wolf has been selected as Acting Secretary of Home-land Security by President Trump following the resigna-tion of Kevin McAleenan.

100 years old. KLM was the first airline to celebrate its 100th year anniversary. Next to be a centenarian is Avianca which will celebrate its 100th birthday on Decem-ber 5th, 2019. The Colombian firm Avianca was founded in the form of SCADTA at the end of 1919 and is the second oldest airline in the world and first airline in the Amer-icas. Soon Qantas will begin to celebrate their 100th anni-versary in 2019 leading up to the 2020 100th year of service.

Qantas Dreamliner com-pletes longest ever com-mercial flight Airline hails achievement after 19-hour New York-to-Sydney flight carrying 50 passengers and crew.

In other news from Qan-tas, one or more of the Boe-ing 737’s has been grounded after finding hairline cracks. Despite it’s union call for all 737’s to be grounded, Qantas says the others are not yet mandated for inspection and will do so when scheduled.

IBERIA Airlines, subsid-iary of IAG, has announced plans for the acquisition of Air Europa which currently offers service from JFK T4 to Madrid, Spain. Commenting on today’s announcement, Willie Walsh, Chief Execu-tive of IAG, said: “Acquiring Air Europa would add a new competitive, cost effective airline to IAG,”

KLM Royal Dutch Air-lines president and CEO Pi-eter Elbers said connecting regional UK airports to Am-sterdam Schiphol Airport is the carrier’s “bread and butter” He added the carrier won’t be drawn into giving up regional connections to gain slots at Schiphol Airport. “If you want to fly from Car-diff to Sao Paolo or Osaka or Hangzhou, we are your best choice… The moment we stop doing Cardiff and reallocate that [slot] to a new destination in the US, you start to disrupt the system and the wheel”.

Security settlement. An

amended class action settle-ment between Allied Univer-sal Security Services LLC and airport security work-ers at John F. Kennedy In-ternational Airport obtained preliminary approval from a New York federal judge. The $2.5 million hybrid set-tlement resolves overtime claims brought by more than 100 security workers under both the Fair Labor Stan-dards Act and New York la-bor law. Class and collective members will divvy up $1.6 million of the total settle-ment fund, after certain de-ductions.

Thomas Cook, Chinese company Fosun Tourism Group which held a stake in Thomas Cook, picked up as-sets from the bankrupt com-pany for a reported $14 mil-lion.

Fosun says it will take over the main brand name as well as the hotel brands Casa Cook and Cook’s Club. The firm had been negotiating as a white knight before the liquidation in September but the deal was never finalized.

Into the night: More than 30 Delta leaders across the country will spend a night spent a night on Nov. 22 in an effort to raise awareness

and funds to combat home-lessness among young people in partnership with the Cov-enant House for their annual executive sleep out. www.sleepoutamerica.com

Air Canada Air Canada employees will be told to start their announcements with “hello everyone” or “good morning everyone. Cur-rently Air Canada’s flight at-tendants, gate agents, and pilots, refer to passengers as “ladies and gentlemen” when making announcements, but they’ll soon be updating their phrasing to be more gender neutral. Air Canada has also entered into an agreement with Drone Canada to test air delivery of good via drones.

El Al Israel Airlines last Boeing 747 revenue passen-ger flight from JFK to Israel took place in mid October, and the last for all passenger routes was on November 3 from Rome to Tel Aviv.

The ubiquitous Boeing 787 Dreamliner will replace the “Queen” on most U.S. direct flights to Tel Aviv.

Norwegian Air and Jet-Blue have signed a Letter of Intent for an interline agree-ment. The partnership will allow customers to combine

low fares in a convenient sin-gle booking for connecting flights between the Americas and Europe. Customers will have the possibility to book connecting flights on both airlines’ websites by combin-ing the best of the comple-mentary and expansive net-works. The partnership is planned to launch in early Summer 2020 and bookable in early 2020.

“We are very excited to partner with JetBlue as this will make international travel even smoother and more available for our customers. JetBlue is the largest airline at several of our key gateways in the United States, specifi-cally New York JFK, Boston and Fort Lauderdale, and this partnership will create a plethora of new route connec-tions for customers on both sides of the Atlantic” said a Norwegian spokesperson.

In the Spirit. Spirit Air-

lines continues to use Air-Bus as it has signed an MOU with Airbus for the purchase of 100 A320neo family air-craft. Spirit said the order will include a mix of A319, A320 and A321 models, with deliveries scheduled out to 2027. Spirit currently oper-ates 138 Airbus A320-family aircraft, with another seven due for delivery by the end of the year. The ultra-low-cost carrier expects to receive another 48 A320neos during 2020 and 2021.

AA down under. Ameri-can Airlines becomes the first U.S carrier to fly to the North Island of New Zea-land. Services between Dal-las Fort-Worth and Auckland will commence on October 25

next year through to March 25, 2021 on a three times per week basis.

Air New Zealand has an-nounced that they’ll start flying nonstop between Auckland and Newark as of October 2020.

This ultra long haul flight will cover a distance of 8,810 miles in each direction, and will be blocked at 15hr40min eastbound and 17hr40min westbound. This will be Air New Zealand’s longest route, and the fifth longest flight in the world by distance.

Hong Kong flights re-duced. Cathay Pacific is cutting 3x weekly flights between Hong Kong and New York. Cathay Pacific’s Hong Kong – New York JFK CX846/845 service is closed for booking on 3 of 7 weekly flights in winter 2019/20 sea-son

Effective 10/29/19, 3 of 7 weekly CX846 HKG-JFK and CX845 JFK-HKG flights cut. CX846 flights on Mondays, Wednesdays and Saturdays and CX845 flights on Sun-days, Tuesdays and Thurs-days are the ones cancelled.

Boeing more troubles. Some nexgen 737-800 have been grounded due to hairl-line cracks. This adds to woes for the giant aircraft maker as the Boeing Co.’s chief ex-ecutive Dennis Muilenburg testified before Congress taking responsibility for the two737 Max crashes while de-fending its right so sign off on aircraft designs. Meanwhile Southwest Airlines and Air Canada has extended the re-moval from service of their Boeing 737 MAX aircraft un-til early in 2020.


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