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  • Delta Airlines Unveil Plans for Enhancement and Expansion of Terminal 4 at JFK Airport

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    Delta Air Lines, the Port Authority of New York and
    New Jersey and JFK International Air Terminal Unveil Plans for
    Enhancement and Expansion of Terminal 4 at JFK Airport
     
     Project to create a state-of-the-art facility at Terminal 4 at Delta’s JFK hub 
     
     $1.2 billion expansion and enhancement project to begin in September 2010 
     
     JFKIAT to Manage Terminal Facility
     
    Delta Air Lines, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and JFK International Air Terminal LLC (JFKIAT) today unveiled plans for the enhancement and expansion of Terminal 4 at John F. Kennedy International Airport. The $1.2 billion project will create a state-of-the-art facility for New York’s fastest growing global airline. 
     
    “The newly expanded and enhanced Terminal 4, one of many substantial investments we’re making in New York, will provide significant benefits to our customers, employees and the city of New York for decades to come,” said Delta Chief Executive Officer Richard Anderson.  “Following a multi-year effort, we are very pleased to have reached a decision with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, JFKIAT and Schiphol USA.  This plan allows us to move forward with the enhancement of our terminal hub, one that will showcase modern, welcoming facilities and meet the needs of the world’s most competitive and largest aviation market.”
     
    “John F. Kennedy Airport, one of the world’s busiest airports, will continue its transformation into one of the nation’s most state-of the-art airports with the approval of this plan and the construction of a new billion dollar extension to the international terminal,” said Governor Paterson. “The Terminal 4 expansion will not only help increase customer service for thousands of travelers and bring much-needed renovations and upgrades to handle the demands of 21st Century air travel, but it will create hundreds of construction jobs for New York residents. I would like to thank Port Authority Executive Director Chris Ward and Delta Air Lines CEO Richard Anderson for their commitment to this project, and laying the groundwork for a new, world class terminal at JFK Airport.”
     
    “Ensuring reliable air transportation to and from New York City is crucial to strengthening our economy. And the decision by Delta Air Lines to expand its international terminal at Kennedy Airport will make it easier for even more people to travel to this City in the coming years,” said Mayor Bloomberg.  “Not only will this $1.2 billion project cement New York City’s status as the nation’s top travel destination, it will also create an additional ten-thousand jobs over the next three years.”
     
     
    TERMINAL 4 IMPROVEMENTS AND CUSTOMER BENEFITS
     
    Currently, Delta operates predominantly out of Terminal 2 for its domestic flights and Terminal 3, internationally.  The expansion of Terminal 4 – which has been successfully managed by JFKIAT for over a decade -- will replace the outdated Terminal 3 facilities to enhance the customer experience for the 11 million passengers Delta serves at JFK annually. Delta anticipates that customers will experience an improvement in operational performance through dual taxiways, resulting in reduced taxi times and better on-time performance.  They will also experience improved inter-terminal passenger connectors between Terminals 2 and 4. Delta customers will further benefit from the airline’s ability to continue expanding its international network, which currently includes non-stop service to 96 global destinations from JFK and more than 1,200 weekly departures. International service includes non-stop service to Africa, Europe, the Middle East, Asia, Latin America and the Caribbean, with new service being offered to Tokyo, Tel Aviv and Iceland among other destinations.
     
    ECONOMIC IMPACT TO THE REGION
     
    Since making a strategic decision to build New York into a hub earlier this decade, Delta has made major investments across the New York region, boosting its economic impact to more than $13 billion annually.  Delta’s current JFK operation generates 49,000 jobs in the region. The Terminal 4 expansion project will stimulate economic development regionally through direct on-airport jobs and construction related work, creating an additional 10,000 jobs in the New York Metropolitan Region by 2014. Over the next 60 months, the $1.2 billion project will generate $500 million of personal income in the region and $1.6 billion of economic output from the purchases of goods and services. 
     
    When completed, the total economic impact of Delta’s New York operation will contribute over $19 billion annually to the State.
     
     
    EXPANSION PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS
     
    Construction is scheduled to begin in September 2010, with anticipated completion of phase one and relocation of Delta’s Terminal 3 operations to Terminal 4 in May 2013.  Delta’s JFK terminal project includes:  the expansion of Concourse B at Terminal 4, including nine new international gates; the construction of a passenger connector between Terminal 2 and Terminal 4; expanded areas for baggage claim, Customs and Border Protection, and, ultimately, the demolition of Terminal 3, which will be completed for aircraft parking in May 2015. 

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