JetBlue Breaks Ground On New JFK International Terminal

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JetBlue Breaks Ground On New JFK International Terminal

JetBlue’s New York hub is growing again. The airline on Monday broke ground on T5i, the new international arrivals wing of its massive Terminal 5 at JFK International Airport. Without US customs and immigration facilities in the existing Terminal 5, JetBlue’s international arrivals currently use gates in Terminal 4. Passengers connecting to JetBlue domestic flights [...]http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/nycav...~4/kTKAKoKhEs4
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Hmmm, the picture depicts the current terminal 5... are there any renderings of the new T6?

It looks like the new T6 will be an extension of the existing T5 and is mostly located under the AirTrain connector.

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Originally Posted by gonzalu

Hmmm, the picture depicts the current terminal 5... are there any renderings of the new T6?

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There is no T6, Its T5i, its an extension, not really where the old T6 was.

Usually there is a BAW B744 or a few jetBlue aircraft parked right where T6 used to be. Perhaps jetBlue will use the area as an aircraft parking area.

As Mr. Bill would say ..... "Oh No!" I hope it's visually appealing and doesn't block the surrounding beauty.

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Originally Posted by gonzalu

Hmmm, the picture depicts the current terminal 5... are there any renderings of the new T6?

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Everything to the left of the left-most plane and behind the AirTrain bridge is new, I think. I did find some more graphics of what it'll look like, will post in a minute.

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Originally Posted by AirtrafficController

Usually there is a BAW B744 or a few jetBlue aircraft parked right where T6 used to be. Perhaps jetBlue will use the area as an aircraft parking area.

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Yup, I think this will only take up a small part of the T6 footprint.

Here are the additional images: http://www.nycaviation.com/photo-galleries/jetblue-t5i/