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Airport Press Inside Vol. 35 No. 8 Serving New York Airports August 2013 JFK EWR LGA METRO EDITION SWF Solar Impulse at JFK Airport Photo by Peter Carbonaro FIRST SOLAR-POWERED AIRCRAFT LANDS AT JFK Port Authority facility is host to pioneering aviation and environmental endeavor Solar Impulse completed its pioneering months. The aircraft averaged a speed of voyage as the fi rst solar-powered aircraft to 28.8 knots for the journey across the conti- fl y coast-to-coast with a late night landing nental United States, according to the Solar at John F. Kennedy International Airport on Impulse team; it averaged 15 knots for the Saturday, July 6, touching down on Runway fi fth and fi nal leg, a distance of about 267 22L. The craft started its voyage May 3 in nautical miles. San Francisco, with subsequent stops in Various dignitaries and well-wishers, in- Photo by Peter Carbonaro Phoenix, Dallas, St. Louis and Washington, cluding Port Authority Executive Director Yankee Manager Joe Girardi and Mariano Rivera NY Yankees at dedication of a Delta D.C. Pat Foye and JFK General Manager Jerry Aircraft in his name. Solar Impulse uses four electric engines Spampanato, welcomed the arrival of Solar powered by more than 11,000 solar cells Impulse co-pilots Bertrand Piccard and An- on the wing and horizontal stabilizer. Its dre Borschberg at an event at JFK commem- DELTA AIRLINES HONORS 3,511-mile Across America mission from orating the completion of the journey. The San Francisco, Calif., to New York, N.Y., clean-energy aircraft contains thousands of MARIANO RIVERA WITH took a total of 105 hours and 41 minutes fl y- COMMEMORATIVE BOEING 757 ing time over the course of more than two See SOLAR page 2 Mariano Rivera received another parting That’s right, the airline dedicated a 757 gift during his retirement tour, but this one plane to Mo, placing his number and signa- inside didn’t come from a Major League Baseball ture near the cockpit of the plane. team, it came from Delta Airlines. Airport Press JFK CHAMBER OF COMMERCE Airport News................................2 Classified..................................22 Aviation News............................10 Comic........................................21 MARKS MILESTONES Airline News...............................16 Name That Plane........................20 stones: the 50th anniversary of the naming Cargo News.................................6 Focus on the Customer...............23 of John F. Kennedy International Airport to honor the memory of President John F. Security News............................19 Feature................................12-15 Kennedy assassinated in November, 1963, 50 years and 50 Million passengers and the achievement of 50 million passen- August 2013 • Vol. 35 No. 8 The JFK International Airport Chamber gers to travel through JFK International Air of Commerce will hold a commemorative airportpress.us luncheon to celebrate two remarkable mile- See CHAMBER page 2 2 • August 2013 • Airport Press Metro Edition Airport News SOLAR From Page 1 CHAMBER From Page 1 David Neeleman, silicon solar cells and is equipped with state- port in 2013 and equally impressive the vast of-the-art batteries that store power, making number of air imports; 6th in the United Scheduled Guest Speaker it possible to fl y thousands of miles without States and 17th worldwide. at Chamber event. fossil fuel. A commemorative journal will be published “We applaud the pioneering spirit of So- to memorialize the occasion. lar Impulse’s copilots and their commitment The scheduled guest speaker at the lun- to sustainable air travel,” said Executive Di- cheon is David Neeleman, an aviation mav- rector Pat Foye. “JFK Airport has been the erick and industry pioneer, whose career site for many memorable moments in avia- encompasses building fi ve airlines, returns tion history and with this landing, we reaf- to JFK to speak about his experiences. As fi rm our commitment to making this airport, a founder of JetBlue, New York’s hometown and all of our airports, leaders in environ- carrier, David spent a decade growing an air- mental sustainability.” line right here at JFK. The Port Authority seeks to reduce the agency’s environmental footprint where JFK Airport – A short history: possible, and already has embarked on sus- In 1942, construction of the airport be- tainability initiatives at its airports and other gan on the Idlewild Golf Course. Initial facilities. Airport-wide efforts include use of plans called for only 1,000 acres to relieve green vehicle fl eets, installation of energy- the overcrowded LaGuardia Airport but by saving LED lighting and reduction of jet fuel completion, it had grown to fi ve times that port Chamber of Commerce, a member of David Neeleman Bio use at JFK by keeping planes longer at gates size. Originally named Idlewild Airport, the the U.S. Chamber of Commerce, was char- David Neeleman is that rarest of entrepre- until departures are imminent. airport was rededicated John F. Kennedy In- tered in March 1978 and is the only airport neurs, a man who has created and launched The arrival of Solar Impulse at JFK marks ternational Airport on December 24, 1963 in in the nation to have its own Chamber of four successful, independent airlines, includ- the latest time that the airport has served as memory of the nation’s 35th president, who Commerce. ing the USA’s JetBlue and Canada’s WestJet. host to major green initiatives. Earlier this was assassinated one month earlier. The Chamber’s objective is to create an Brazil’s Azul, just fi ve years old, has already year, the Port Authority was the site of the In 2012, the airport handled 49,292,733 environment in which businesses work to- boarded tens of millions of customers. fi rst series of transatlantic fl ights, coming in passengers making it the 13th busiest airport gether to share common concerns and en- Born in Brazil while his father was Re- and out of JFK, powered in part by advanced in the world and the sixth busiest in the Unit- hance the growth, welfare and economic uter’s Sao Paulo Bureau Chief, David has aviation bio-fuels, made from used cooking ed States by passenger traffi c and 1.4 mil- development of the airport community and always had a deep love for the country. After oil. lion short tons of imported cargo. In 2013, the aviation industry it serves. Chamber his family moved to Utah while he was still For more on the agency’s green initia- 50 million passengers are expected to travel membership is varied, refl ecting the char- a child, David would return to Brazil many tives, visit www.panynj.gov/about/environ- through JFK International Airport. acter of business at the airport. Among its times throughout his life. mental-initiatives.html. For more informa- many activities, the Chamber sponsors sev- Azul serves more than 100 destinations tion on Solar Impulse, contact: Alexandra About the JFK International Airport eral scholarship programs for students re- with an operating fl eet of more than 130 Gindroz, Solar Impulse at (408) 609-0034 or Chamber of Commerce lated to airport business employees to foster aircraft comprising Brazilian-built Embraer via e-mail ? The John F. Kennedy International Air- continuing education. 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