JetBlue readies new post-9/11 terminal at JFK by Radka Konkolova

People use all of the means of transport to reach their destination. All of them want to use the most advantageous possibility. Recently travelling by planes is very popular, especially in America. It is quite cheap and very fast. And the current offer from airways' side is also very interesting. But sometimes can the terminals cause the problems. There can be many people, little space and kind of chaos. Even in some special cases passengers have to stay there because of bad weather conditions or so, what is really unpleasant.

So some airways wanted to improve some terminals. So JetBlue wanted. Terminal 6, which is part of the biggest US airport of John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York was out of duty for four years. It needed a change. Now it is completely different and modern. It includes more and better security elements. The new terminal features a 20-lane security checkpoint, the largest screening area as well as fully automated bag screening and wide open spaces to maximize efficiency of passenger flow. The new space is now connected to the landmark Trans World Airlines terminal, designed by architect Eero Saarinen, which was built in 1962 and closed in October 2001. This terminal was built in futuristic spirit and the connection of this historic and new one is really interesting and unique. It is predicted that this terminal will be quite busy because JetBlue expects approximately 250 flights daily.

But at first JetBlue will welcome an invited group of more than 1,000 frequent fliers to try whether everything is going alright. It will be kind of simulation, while these people will be handed a list of details about their simulated flight, including even the pseudonym.
This terminal is now very large and besides various recesses it includes also huge "Marketplace" in the middle of it. This place is wide open space with many airport "restaurants" and kiosks which offer the possibility for passengers to eat and lounge. There are also several stores with clothing, books, souvenirs as well as rest rooms and free wireless access. JetBlue is already prepared to install touch-screen food orders to the gates.

Other advantage, or thing to meet the passengers, is rubber floor in security space. This solution is antiskid and it is not as cold as tile for example, and mainly it is quite comfortable for shoeless feet. Behind this zone there are several benches you can use for taking your socks and shoes back. The parts of this terminal are also new x-ray machines which are more effectual and faster than metal detectors, so that is the reason why there are twice as many x-rays than metal detectors.

I have never been to JFK Airport or even to this terminal, but in the picture it seems truly huge and well managed. And probably stay at this terminal, Terminal 6, could be quite pleasant and maybe also good experience. You have to judge it by yourselves!

related story: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap_travel/20080806/ap_tr_ge/travel_brief_jetblue_terminal;_ylt=AsAU5hMvWfqNLM1AMbyQPjGs0NUE

by Radka Konkolova for PocketNews (http://pocketnews.tv)

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