Ground broken on new $4.6bn terminal project at JFK

ground-breaking ceremony has been held for the development of the new international Terminal 6 (T6) at the John F Kennedy International Airport in New York, US. This ceremony was held at the JFK maintenance hangar of US-based budget carrier JetBlue Airways and attended by New York Governor Kathy Hochul, as well as other partners and leaders. Entailing a $4.6b investment, the T6 project achieved financial close last November. It will involve the creation of a new terminal on the airport’s north side with a 1.2m square foot area featuring ten gates. The project will be developed in two phases, with the first new gates scheduled to open in 2026. Construction work is planned to complete in 2028. During the construction phase, the project is expected to create 4,000 jobs, which includes 1,800 union construction jobs and direct wages of $1.9b. The project is a public-private partnership between the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, in addition to JFK Millennium Partners.<br/>