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People’s Alliance
Federal Credit Union
Cash Services Located in the JFK Airport
Building 14 West Wing • Room 4A
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JFK Redevelopment Advisory Council
Quarterly meeting outlines opportunities
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Interested firms must be certified
and pre-qualified to participate.
Both the Port and American
have channels for this information
some of which can be found on
www.anewjfk.com, Holt construction,
the Port virtual events and webinars
and through seminars held
that specifically deal with helping
companies get aboard for inclusion
in actual bids. They have spoken
with 270 different firms through 17
events and roundtables. These include
associations with York College,
Council for Airport Opportunity.
ASDO and RDRC.
Upcoming projects open for participation
include skills in ares of
electric, concrete, steel, plumbing,
carpentry, HVAC, engineering, renovation,
painting , branding and signage.
According to Aiken, some bid
packages are imminent and more
in the first quarter of 2021, so she
stressed the requirement to be pre
qualified to work on projects.
We Soar quarterly awards given out
EWR, JFK, LGA workers recognized
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Winners exemplifying We Soar
goals and awarded from all airports
included:
Newark-Jorge Ruiz, ABM Parking,
Mohammed Qureshi of WFS, Sabrina
Taylor of ABM
LaGuardia-Rosemarie Reyes of
ERMC, Talia Espinal of ABM Parking,
Indranie Ramkisson of ABM
Parking
JFK-Zia Ahmed Syed of ERMC,
Ramiro Rojas of Swissport, Deyanira
Gomez of ABM Parking
Port Reward and Recognition Program
Manager Susan Judge is a big
fan of the We Soar program that she
feels gives people a chance to shine.,
She said, “Supervisors come with
their winners and winners often
have family on the call with them.
It’s a bright light in the midst of this
crazy time. A $500 award in these
times means more that ever.”
Port managers Christina Kiley,
Renner Rachel and Pat Bonner believe
that because of Covid, there is
never a bad time to recognize, but it
is especially important now to win
back the hearts and minds of customers
with behavior above and beyond.
Bonner said. “ Port wants to
recognize our folks every day.’ Christina
added, “ We want to elevate and
share the good stories. Rachel added,
“Above and Beyond truly exemplified
We Soar standards by surpassing expectations
to provide passengers and
fellow employees with exceptional experiences.”
GM Gill said that this is a great
program, and that he challenged every
person to nominate someone for
the net We Soar awards ceremony
and to help make the airports a first
class experience for everyone.
Zero-Emission Buses
Service JFK, LGA, EWR
ABM Aviation
GM Gamal Hussein
“fills” one of
the new busses up
at JFK.
Join Port Authority
Executive
Director Rick Cotton
recently gave
a tour of tour of
the Port Authority’s
newest zeroemissions
bus,
which is part of
the agency’s fleet
that services the
region’s major airports–LaGuardia,
John F. Kennedy International,
and Newark Liberty International.
Ahead of its target date, the
agency transitioned 36 shuttle
buses to electric. This is part of
the Port Authority’s ongoing commitment
to sustainability and
achieving the aggressive greenhouse
gas emissions reduction
targets as outlined in the Paris
Climate Agreement. Vehicle
electrification is one of several
components of the Port Authority’s
far-reaching sustainability
agenda, which includes innovative
and industry-leading strategies
in seven key areas, including
clean electric vehicles.
$77 billion burn Airlines suffer
The International Air Transport
Association (IATA) warned that the
airline industry will burn through
$77 billion in cash during the second
half of 2020 (almost $13 billion/
month or $300,000 per minute), despite
the restart of operations. The
slow recovery in air travel will see
the airline industry continuing to
burn through cash at an average
rate of $5 to $6 billion per month in
2021.
IATA called on governments to
support the industry during the
coming winter season with additional
relief measures, including
financial aid that does not add
more debt to the industry’s alreadyhighly
indebted balance sheet.
To date, governments around the
world have provided $160 billion in
support, including direct aid, wage
subsidies, corporate tax relief, and
specific industry tax relief including
fuel taxes.
“We are grateful for this support,
which is aimed at ensuring that the
air transport industry remains viable
and ready to reconnect the economies
and support millions of jobs
in travel and tourism. But the crisis
is deeper and longer than any of us
could have imagined. And the initial
support programs are running
out. Today we must ring the alarm
bell again. If these support programs
are not replaced or extended,
the consequences for an already
hobbled industry will be dire,” said
Alexandre de Juniac, IATA’s Director
General and CEO.
IATA estimates that despite cutting
costs just over 50% during the
second quarter, the industry went
through $51 billion in cash as revenues
fell almost 80% compared
to the year-ago period. The cash
drain continued during the summer
months, with airlines expected to go
through an additional $77 billion of
their cash during the second half of
this year and a further $60-70 billion
in 2021. The industry is not expected
to turn cash positive until 2022.
“Government support for the entire
sector is needed. The impact
has spread across the entire travel
value chain including our airport
and air navigation infrastructure
partners who are dependent on
pre-crisis levels of traffic to sustain
their operations. Rate hikes
on system users to make up the gap
would be the start of a vicious and
unforgiving cycle of further cost
pressures and downsizings. That
will prolong the crisis for the 10%
of global economic activity that is
linked to travel and tourism,” said
de Juniac.
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