One World together at JFK
Alaska Airlines welcomed to One World at JFK Airport. Teams from American, JAL, Cathay , Iberia Finnair and British Airways were on hand to celebrate the occasion. Alaska became the
14th full member of the global alliance, Photos by Jeff Yapalater
Congress money for airports
AIP funds to be increased
Legislation, introduced by U.S.
Rep. Garret Graves (R-LA), ranking
member of the House Transportation
and Infrastructure Committee.,
designed to expedite airport infrastructure
projects passed through the
U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure
Committee Wednesday.
The legislation, The Expedited Delivery
of Airport Infrastructure Act
of 2021, would allow airports to use up
to $1 million in Airport Improvement
Program (AIP) funds to incentivize
public agencies and other organizations
to complete the planning, development,
and execution of projects at
airports early. The goal is to deliver
projects like runways and taxiways
quicker and cheaper to the American
people.
“Now that vaccines are being distributed
and administered across
the country, we need to make sure
our airports are ready to handle
the pent-up demand from decreased
travel over the last year – whether
vacations, leisure, or business trips.
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This legislation takes successful, existing
road project programs and implements
the same efficient practices
to get airport improvement projects
completed faster, meaning we will
improve the efficiency and capacity
of our airports while handling a runway
or taxiway that is temporarily
out of service,” Graves, the ranking
member of House Aviation subcommittee,
said. “Overall, this is a winwin
for airports and taxpayers alike.
I’m looking forward to seeing this
bill result in more efficient use of taxpayer
funds, better flight options, and
improved aviation safety.”
The bill would optimize airports’
ability to leverage the AIP to improve
their facilities up and running faster,
Graves’ office said in a release. Under
current law, airports cannot use the
AIP fund to incentivize early completion,
even if the early completion
results in significant capacity or efficiency
gains for the airport. Early
completion incentives are common in
surface transportation projects.
PORT airports
are a STAR
Awarded coveted GBAC
accreditation
JFK, EWR, LGA, SWF and TEB, the
five airports operated by the PANYNJ
have received the Global Biorisk Advisory
Council (GBAC) STAR
Facility Accreditation effective April
15, 2021. The GBAC STAR Accreditation
Program is the gold standard for demonstrating
adherence to best practices
for cleaning of facilities and employs a
rigorous risk-based assessment to tailor
cleaning and disinfecting regimens
to specific spaces within each facility or
conveyance. The following terminals and fixed based operators have
achieved the GBAC STAR Facility Accreditation at our airports:
JFK: Terminals 1, 4, 5, 7, 8, Sheltair, General Aviation Building
LGA: Terminals A, B, C, D, Sheltair
EWR: Terminals A, B, C, Signature Flight Support
TEB: Atlantic Aviation, Jet Aviation, Meridian, Signature Flight
Support
SWF: Terminal, Atlantic Aviation, Signature Flight Support