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NEW AEROTERM CARGO
FACILITY AT JFK APPROVED
Airport, Queens workers and residents
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The Port Authority and Aeroterm – the
leading provider of facility-related services
to airports throughout North America
– are working closely with Worldwide
Flight Services (WFS), the main cargo
handler at JFK
WFS currently occupies several buildings
at JFK, works with other ground handlers
and now will do some consolidation
with the building’s new efficiencies and
technology. “In a business that is all about
efficiency, a facility of this magnitude and
location will see WFS use its know-how as
the world’s leading cargo handler to bring
the best services to all industries that depend
on air freight,” said WFS Executive
Vice President Mike Simpson. “JFK has a
major opportunity right now to expand its
cargo operations, given its location and direct
access to all of the major airport hubs
worldwide. This new streamlined facility
will be able to handle significant cargo volumes,
ease cooperation between airlines
operating within carrier alliances and optimize
the use of technology, equipment
and resource planning.”
Working with more than 270 major airlines
and airports globally in the cargo and
ground-handling business, WFS will bring
international expertise and efficiency to
the first-class facility Aeroterm is building.
In 2020, 1.2 million tons of cargo were processed
at JFK, putting it among the top
seven airports nationwide.
The project anticipates the creation of
350 union construction jobs, and subcontracting
opportunities for MWBEs in professional
services, construction, plumbing,
mechanical and electrical work. More
broadly, the cargo industry at JFK supports
73,000 total jobs, $12.5 billion in
sales and nearly $4.4 billion in wages.
MWBEs is a critical component of the
Port Authority’s inclusionary contracting
practices, which includes a participation
goal for MWBE contractors of 30 percent.
The lease requires Aeroterm to make a
good faith effort to achieve a 20-percent
participation goal with certified minorityowned
business enterprises (MBEs) and
a 10-percent goal of contracts with certified
woman-owned business enterprises
(WBEs). Local MWBEs will be given priority
in this process and Aeroterm and its
partners are committed to working with
the local community to meet these objectives.
Said Queens Boro President Donovan
Richards, “Kennedy Airport is the gateway
to our city and a one of the largest economic
generators of the entire region. By
re-imagining how we handle cargo at JFK,
we’re investing in the long-term economic
health of Queens and the city as a whole.
“I look forward to working with the Port Authority
and all our partners to ensure local
hiring and sufficient MWBE participation
is at the forefront of this development.
“As co-chair of the JFK Airport Redevelopment
Advisory Council, I’ve seen
firsthand the commitment for community
inclusion and consideration of neighborhoods
directly impacted by these projects,”
said Congressman Gregory W.
Meeks.. “ This new cargo facility will create
new jobs as well as MWBE and local
business contracting opportunities.” This
work is vital to an equitable recovery for
Southeast Queens.” The Congressman is
currently also working with Congress and
the Biden administration to deliver sorely
needed funding for NYS and the Port Authority
to begin other economic benefitting
infrastructure for Queens.
“We applaud Aeroterm and the Port
Authority for this ground breaking development
that will bring needed facilities to
the north cargo area,” said Scott Grimm-
Lyon, Executive Director of GatewayJFK.
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