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Apr 26, 2017, 9:42 pm

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Originally Posted by LupineChemist

Are there any plans to have a T8-T7 airside connection?

It's not so bad going the other way given you have to go through immigration regardless, but that's a miserable connection and security can be absolutely awful in the afternoons at T7 for people without status. Easily a 45 minute wait.

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Originally Posted by Kumulani

This isn't happening. T7 and T8 are quite far apart and separated by the JFK Expressway.

T8 is eventually going to be approximately doubled in size; the expansion would be to the NW, bringing T7-8 closer together.

As it is, at a minimum, one solution is a dual-sided enclosed bridge over the Expressway, kind of like the link between the AirTrain and jetBlue T5 - it would be approximately twice as long, but with moving walkways and sufficient width for electric golf carts it could work. Dual-sided would allow both landside and secure area connections.

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