January/ February Community Events
Updates & Covid-19 Related Information
Happy New Year
Airport Voice Is Inspired by Our Community.
We Hope 2021 Exceeds Your Expectations.
Everyone is entering the 2021 New
Year with feelings of disposing of 2020
and cautious anticipation of a better
2021. There is good reason for this anticipation
since we have come a long
way in better understanding this terrible
world disease. Our scientific community
has produced a vaccine, which is now
being distributed around our country
AIRPORT V 6 OICE, JANUARY 2021
to the anxious public. We are all keeping
our fingers crossed that this vaccine
and our social safety behavior will put
an end to our concerns and isolation.
Already our community is talking out
loud about looking at golf tournaments;
charity events, award recognitions and
organizational meetings LIVE. Yes, live,
where we can all see each other, continue
our friendships and actually hug
again. We are taking off in a new year
with a flight plan for health, family gatherings
and community togetherness.
Events
Save the Date:
April 21. virtual, Bishop Wright
Luncheon.
More details to come.
Effective Monday, January 18,
2021, the JFK AutoLink service will be
suspended until further notice. Regular
on-airport bus shuttle service will continue
with the following schedule:
January 21, 11:30am: The JFK Air
Cargo Association hosts it’s January
Virtual Meeting featuring Rick Bridges
and Zoi Fanourgiakis of Roanoke Trade.
Must register https://www.jfkaircargo.
net/
Lady of the Skies TAKEOFF podcasts:
jfkchapel.org/takeoff
March 2020: World Cargo Symposium
Istanbul March 8-11
We are pleased to announce that
the next WCS will take place in Istanbul,
9 - 11 March 2021. Mark your calendar!
July 11-14: AAAE 93 Annual AAAE
Conference and Expo, live and virtual.
Goto: www.aaae.org/annual
Monthly Awareness
January
Human Trafficking Month
Glaucoma Awareness
Poverty in America
Women’s Cardiac Awareness Month
February
American Heart Assn.
National Cancer Prevention
Black History Month
Martin Luther King Day
March
American Red Cross Month
National Women’s History Month
8th, International Woman’s Day
14th, Pi Day21st, World Down Syndrome
Cultural and Religious
Calendar
JANUARY
January 18 Martin Luther King Day
FEBRUARY
February 2-Ground Hog Day
Feb 8: Nirvana Day-Buddhism
February 12- Chinese Year of the
Ox- festival will last to February 26th
Lantern Festival
February 14- St. Valentines Day
February 15-Presidents Day
Feb16: Mardi Gras Day. Fat Tuesday
is the last day of the Carnival season
as it always falls the day before Ash
Wednesday, the first day of Lent. The
most popular time to visit New Orleans
is the extended weekend before Mardi
Gras when you can catch parades, like
Endymion, Bacchus, Zulu, Rex and all
of the festive celebrations throughout
the whole city.
February 17:Ash Wednesday, Lent
begins through April 3.
February 26: Purim
MARCH
March: Daylight Savings begins
March 15: Presidents Day
March 17: St Patrick’s Day
March 20: 1st Day of Spring
March 27-April 4: Passover
March 28: Magha Puja Day
MRCH 28: PALM SUNDAY
MARCH 29: HOLI- HINDU
APRIL
April 2: Good Friday
April 4: Easter Sunday
April 13: Ramayana-Hindu
April 12:May 11, Ramadan
April 22: Earth Day
MAY
May 5-Cinco de Mayo
May 14-Ramadan ends
May 31-Memorial Day
Covid Vaccine, Testing and
Quarantines
Covid Vaccine Centers have now
opened. Airport workers are eligible
for vaccines as transit worker under
Group 1b.
Goto: for more information and
to set up an appointment. There are
no walk-ins.
https://am-i-eligible.covid19vaccine.
health.ny.gov/
Covid Testing Centers at Airports
JFK -Terminal 1-John Adams
Health Services- PCR, Rapid Departures
917-992-4645
JFK -Terminal 4 -XpresCheck-arrivals
hall, PCR, Rapid 718-751-4640
JFK-Citimed-Building 78, above
The Ark
Newark-Terminal B, XpresCheck,
Departures Level, PCR, Rapid
LaGuardia: Health & Hospitals
Corp- Ground level Garage B, PCR ,
Rapid
JFK Airport: Health & Hospitals
Corp-T5/6 by Bus Stop, PCR
International Travel: Alitalia, British
Airways, American Airlines and
some other are using both PCR as
ell as NAAT Rapid testing as proof
of Covid testing reducing quarantine
times. Check with your carrier.
Travel testing Quarantine
Under the new mandate, travelers
both domestically and internationally
on arrival will be required to
show proof of a negative Covid test
taken 72 hours before arrival.
For any traveler to New York
State from a noncontiguous state,
US territory or CDC level 2 and
higher country, the new guidelines
for travelers to test-out of the mandatory
10-day quarantine are below:
For travelers who were out-ofstate
for more than 24 hours:
-Travelers must obtain a test
within three days of departure, prior
to arrival in New York.
-The traveler must, upon arrival
in New York, quarantine for three
days.
-On day 4 of their quarantine, the
traveler must obtain another COVID
test. If both tests comes back negative,
the traveler may exit quarantine
early upon receipt of the second
negative diagnostic test.
- The Governor said that he will
increase the number of National
Guard and Police to enforce the new
Covid-19 testing required upon landing
at NY airports.
Goto: https://coronavirus.health.
ny.gov/covid-19-travel-advisory
Mask Fines $50 fines are now in
force at all Port Authority transportation
facilities for those not wearing
masks. Wearing masks, social distancing
and hand sanitizing are key
ways to help control the spread of
the virus.
JFK January GM Stakeholders meeting
There is ongoing conversation
on the vaccines but the department
is not mandating the inoculations.
Aeronautical- Reports of ongoing
lighting cable replacements.
Security-There will be a $100 fee
for all expired ID cards returned to
the ID office. Computer based training
for authorized signators will begin
for annual recertification which
will be ongoing.
Kaamco-Reported the return of
monthly meetings in a virtual setting
for 2021.
Deputy GM Teresa Rizzuto –Expressed
happiness that 2020 was gone
and hoped for the best iin the new
year. She said that JFK will continue
improving the customer experience
in 2021 through the accreditation and
certifications currently underway.
She said these recognitions are very
important for confidence for those
journeying through our airport.
Next Kaamco and GM meetings
February 10th.
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