BA terminal at New York JFK airport to close

BA is to leave its own terminal at New York’s JFK airport and move in with its alliance partner, American Airlines. The move from Terminal 7 to 8 will take place in 2022. BA is the only non-US airline to have a terminal at New York’s premier airport. It has occupied Terminal 7 for decades, including through the Concorde era. It is the main tenant but shares the terminal with its sister airline, Iberia, and eight other airlines. The move to Terminal 8 will allow Terminal 7 to be demolished to accommodate a much-expanded presence for the “home town” airline, jetBlue. BA and the airport owner, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, are investing GBP250m “to recreate and customise” Terminal 8, with additional stands, improved baggage systems and new lounges. Yet BA is to pump another GBP52m into the existing facility to see it through the next three years, to provide “brand new lounges for First and Club World customers and an upgraded customer experience for all customers”. BA’s chairman and CE, Alex Cruz, said: “We look forward to working with the Port Authority and American Airlines to continue building a world-class transatlantic travel experience in our new home from 2022.”<br/>