The overhaul of JFK includes the creation of two new more centralized mega-terminals and the demolition of others. New York JFK’s Terminal 8 (Photo by Ryan Patterson/The Points Guy). “Changes to the terminal will include additional stands, enhanced state-of the-art baggage systems, new lounges, premium check-in areas and upgraded concessions,” British Airways said in a release. A rendering of JFK’s upgraded Terminal 8 include long jet bridges to accommodate additional widebody jets. A remote stand and transformed regional jet gate will serve as two of the new widebody gates. Renderings released don’t show much of an actual footprint expansion, but show long jet bridges to accommodate new aircraft at Terminal 8. That includes five more gates that can handle wide-body aircraft. British Airways and American Airlines are Oneworld partners but also operate a joint-venture for transatlantic flights, along with Iberia and Finnair.Īmerican and British Airways will invest $344 million to expand Terminal 8 by 70,000 square feet and refurbish an existing 57,500 square feet of the terminal, which currently measures in at 1.58 million square feet according to the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. Today it’s announced that it will be moving to Terminal 8, American Airlines’ busiest terminal in the New York area and home to many long-haul and transcontinental flights. Over the last decade its invested more and more cash into the terminal and recently announced a $65 million injection in the dated building to update its lounges among other upgrades to the general terminal. Last October New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced a $13 billion dollar overhaul to New York’s JFK Airport, and today major airlines and the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey revealed details of how some of those renovations will look once they’re completed over the next seven years.įor the last 50 years, British Airways has called New York’s JFK’s Terminal 7 its home base in the Big Apple.
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