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www.MetroAirportNews.com Serving the Airport Workforce and Local Communities December 2018 INSIDE THIS ISSUE LaGuardia Airport’s Rebuilt Terminal B Opened 11 of 18 New Gates New York’s Governor Mario Cuomo visited La- Guardia airport to announce the opening of 11 gates located at the new Terminal B concourse as of December 1st. The Governor Cuomo was joined by local of- 03 ficials, representatives of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and LaGuardia Gate- Queens or Bust , way Partners (LGP), the private consortium re- the Connie Is Here! building and operating LGA’s Terminal B to unveil the new 250,000 square-foot airport concourse. The concourse will have a total of 18 gates when fully opened by 2020. Passengers will ac- cess their flights operated by Air Canada, American Airlines, Southwest Airlines and United Airlines. The concourse will feature New York based restaurants Shake Shack, La Chula, and Osteria Fusco managed by HMS Airport in 2015, and the project broke ground in gates at Terminal B marks another significant Host. There are retail opportunities by FAO 2016. When completed, the new 2.7 million square milestone in the transformation of LaGuardia 14 Schwarz, MAC and more. foot LaGuardia Airport will be the first new air- Airport into a modern, global gateway that is dnata Continues to Governor Cuomo first unveiled the vision for a port built in the U.S. in more than 25 years. worthy of the State of New York,” Governor ■ Expand and Invest In U.S. comprehensive redevelopment of LaGuardia “The opening of the first new concourse and Cuomo said. location just moments before boarding Jet- JetBlue Takes Its Mission of Blue’s newest special livery – JetBlue For Good. Nearly 100 volunteers took off for the Do- Inspiring Humanity to New Heights minican Republic to participate in a four-day JetBlue Debuts Its Latest Branded Aircraft, service trip alongside some of JetBlue’s crew- members and non-profit partners. Reinforcing Its Commitment to Community Service Volunteers were surprised with a special In celebration of #GivingTuesday and Jet- were so committed to good, they agreed to join send-off at JetBlue’s Terminal 5, as the airline 36 Blue’s commitment to community service, the JetBlue on a volunteer trip without knowing also revealed its new JetBlue For Good aircraft. airline flew a plane full of do-gooders to “Des- the destination. This plane celebrates the hundreds of thou- Vending Machines At EWR tination Good,” the Dominican Republic. Win- Volunteers arrived at JFK International Air- sands of hours JetBlue crewmembers have Sell Locally Made Gifts ners of JetBlue’s #CheckInForGood contest port and were surprised with the reveal of the dedicated to doing good in the airline’s 100+ communities. “We’re excited to celebrate and empower our customers and crewmembers to join us in do- ing good,” said Icema Gibbs, director of corpo- Your Best Source rate social responsibility, JetBlue. “We picked Giving Tuesday, the international day of giving, for Airport Jobs to send volunteers on a service trip to give back in one of our key communities – the Dominican Republic – to symbolize all of the good we do PAGE 34 throughout the year.” Continued On Page 2 2 Metropolitan Airport News | December 2018 www.MetroAirportNews.com JetBlue Takes Its Mission of Inspiring Humanity to New Heights PUBLISHER Kathryn Bliss Continued From Page 1 [email protected] On the ground in “Destination Good” volun- EDITOR-IN-CHIEF teers took part in three days of volunteerism Joseph Alba with each day dedicated to one of JetBlue For [email protected] Good’s pillars: youth and education, commu- nity and the environment. Activities included CREATIVE DIRECTOR Raymond F. Ringston projects ranging from renovating a local school, [email protected] to beautifying a community play space and building buoys to protect coral reef beds. ASSOCIATE EDITOR - LIFESTYLE & “Our mission and focus on giving extends well COMMUNITY RELATIONS beyond just one day,” said Gibbs. “The new Jet- Roberta Dunn Blue For Good aircraft was designed to inspire [email protected] our customers and crewmembers throughout ADVERTISING our network to think about what they can do to airline’s unique culture and many of the causes than 40,000 entries from customers who were Edward J. Garcia make their community a better place.” JetBlue and its customers and crewmember eager to share why doing good and volunteer- [email protected] The Airbus A320 aircraft will spread the are passionate about including: ing is important to them. Tanya Austin message that JetBlue is up for good as it travels JetBlue launched its second annual contest JetBlue selected the Dominican Republic as [email protected] throughout the airline’s network in the U.S., in October, inviting U.S. customers to #Check- the surprise destination to build upon the vari- BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT Latin America and the Caribbean. The livery InForGood for the chance to roll up their ety of efforts it has conducted over the years in MANAGER depicts crewmembers peeling back a curtain to sleeves and volunteer with JetBlue and its non- the five destinations it serves throughout the Laura Mannino reveal an array of illustrations symbolizing the profit partners. 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Articles presented in this publication are for general From all of us at the Metropolitan Airport News, we wish you a wonderful holiday season surrounded by family and information and educational purposes and do friends. We hope that 2019 meets you with good health and success. We’ll see you around the airport! not constitute legal or financial advice. Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa! ©Copyright 2018 by Metropolitan Airport News All rights reserved Printed in the USA KATIE BLISS, Publisher www.MetroAirportNews.com December 2018 | Metropolitan Airport News 3 Biometrics to Speed Security Lines at Terminal 4 CLEAR, the company using biometrics to build time doing what they love, and less time wait- a connected, secure and frictionless world, an- ing in line.” nounced a new partnership with Terminal 4 at “Accounting for one-third of all JFK Airport John F. Kennedy International Airport – one of traffic, Terminal 4 is the premier international the world’s most modern and efficient air ter- gateway to New York City and we are thrilled to minals – that will enable the more than 21 mil- be able to now provide our passengers with the lion travelers passing through the terminal latest innovation to further ensure a seamless each year to verify their identity and get to their travel experience,” said Roel Huinink, President flights with the tap of a finger or blink of an eye. and CEO of JFKIAT – the company which oper- This is the latest introduction of CLEAR ates Terminal 4. “In addition, with its biometric technology at New York area airports. CLEAR capabilities, CLEAR will also add a heightened has been integrated into facilities at JFK’s Ter- layer of safety and security to our terminal.” minal 2, LaGuardia Airport’s (LGA) Terminals Seidman-Becker and CLEAR President Ken C & D, and domestic Delta Sky Clubs since 2017.