JetBlue Begins JFK Terminal Expansion

JetBlue broke ground on an expansion of its terminal at John F. Kennedy Airport in Queens, Oct. 1. The slated 2015 opening will help the New York-based company add trips to more international destinations.
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JetBlue Begins JFK Terminal Expansion
A rendering of JetBlue’s terminal expansion at JFK Airport, New York. (PRNewsFoto/JetBlue Airways)
Zachary Stieber
10/1/2012
Updated:
10/1/2015
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A rendering of JetBlue's terminal expansion at JFK Airport, New York. (PRNewsFoto/JetBlue Airways)

NEW YORK—JetBlue broke ground on an expansion of its terminal at John F. Kennedy Airport in Queens, Oct. 1. The slated 2015 opening will help the New York-based company add trips to more international destinations.

The expansion will include six international arrival gates and a separate hall for U.S. Custom and Federal Inspection Services. Temporary jobs from the expansion are estimated by the airline at 1,000.

“We designed this addition to T[erminal] 5 to welcome people to New York, greeting them with natural daylight and a view outside,” said Bill Hooper, principal of Gensler, one of the partners of the project, in a statement. The expansion will have an environmentally friendly focus, as well as increasing efficiency for passengers. 

Terminal 5 is the newest terminal at the airport. JetBlue carried more than 2 million passengers from JFK last year.

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