JFK T4 extension now open
Jan 10, 2015, 11:54 am
#1
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JFK T4 extension now open
Just landed at JFK and took some time to walk around the T4 extension which is currently having a soft opening and has a few connection flights operating out of it before the official opening on the 14th. It's nice, looks just like the rest of the terminal and has that "new terminal smell" to it. Definitely quite the schlep to get back though!
Here are a couple pictures:
http://imgur.com/75p9e8Q
http://imgur.com/S6ygcAY
http://imgur.com/mpifMSR
Here are a couple pictures:
http://imgur.com/75p9e8Q
http://imgur.com/S6ygcAY
http://imgur.com/mpifMSR
Jan 10, 2015, 12:04 pm
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I think this will be huge. Finally a way to cross to the end of the terminal without walking the length of New York.
Jan 10, 2015, 6:00 pm
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What a bland design, akin to, say, ATL or MSP.
Not that impressive architecture earns returns, but it astonishes me the variation in how different airport commissions/markets value interior terminal design. For instance, compare DCA to this.
Not that impressive architecture earns returns, but it astonishes me the variation in how different airport commissions/markets value interior terminal design. For instance, compare DCA to this.
Jan 10, 2015, 7:55 pm
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Its for delta connection flights, you don't need an elaborate impressive terminal from end to end.
Jan 10, 2015, 10:12 pm
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ANYTHING...and I do mean ANYTHING (including a barn with sheep munching on hay) is better than the "RJ corral" at the end of T2 with the cattle chutes and the long cold outdoor walk if your little horsey (CRJ) is at the end of a chute!
Jan 11, 2015, 5:12 am
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Here now, definitely an improvement over T2, but definitely lots of walking. Looks like the bus extension isn't in service yet. Also a couple of concessions are still under construction.
Excellent views of the tarmac.
Excellent views of the tarmac.
Jan 11, 2015, 8:08 am
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Based on the DL new terminal map, it seems a bit silly that the bus stop is ALL THE WAY at the end of the terminal. You'd think you'd design it to stop somewhere between gate 42/44 to give more people use of the stop
Jan 12, 2015, 7:59 am
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Also, the terminal "steps down" twice, so at the bus stop the floor is only slightly above ground level, meaning they just need a small ramp to the bus. vs anywhere else where they'd need an elevator and probably an escalator.
Jan 12, 2015, 9:59 am
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The map is updated on DL's website:
http://www.delta.com/content/www/en_...-york-jfk.html
Were there moving walkways in the new extension?
http://www.delta.com/content/www/en_...-york-jfk.html
Were there moving walkways in the new extension?
Jan 12, 2015, 10:11 am
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