Airtrain new route to JFK.Anyone trying to get to and from JFK Airport from outside Queens has many choices, but few of them are convenient. Currently travelers have the option of shuttles, express buses, taxis or rental cars. However, with the aviation industry suffering since 9/11, creating easier access for passengers wasn't possible. Fortunately for the airlines, the Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), component of the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets standards for the air-worthiness of all civilian aircraft, inspects and licenses them, and regulates civilian and military air traffic through its air traffic control and the Port Authority have teamed up to construct a central "AirTrain" system in Jamaica, Queens Jamaica is a neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City. It was settled as a town by the English under Dutch rule in 1656 in New Netherland. The neighborhood is part of Queens Community Board 12. to transport airplane passengers and their luggage to and from JFK. The long-awaited project has already begun with the construction of the trains and should be completed in 2004, with the completion of the stations, according to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Richard Oakley, the Long Island Rail Road's director of program management. Oakley is also in charge of development and improvement o Jamaica Station, the AirTrain's central terminal. He discussed the step-by-step plans for design and construction, at a forum held by PWC (Professional Women in Construction) at the Yale Club The Yale Club may be:
The improved station will have new platforms, bridges and waiting rooms, better lighting, and an atrium with elevators, which will transport passengers from the street directly to the station hub, the LIRR LIRR Long Island Rail Road (New York) , AirTrain tracks or down to the subway station. Those elevators should be completed by the end of July. Th trains will run on 8.4 miles of track and can go up to 60 mph, with average travel time around JFK's 10 terminals being eight minutes. An AirTrain ride from Penn Station to JFK will take approximately 40 minutes. The sleek looking white vehicles will be operated like cable cars, using the same technology as New Jersey's Light-Rail system. "After years of planning, design and construction, train access to JFK will no longer be imagination, but reality" said Oakley, who added that the project was running on time and within the budget. William A. Fife, PE., director of aviation for DMJM DMJM Daniel, Mann, Johnson, & Mendenhall (architecture, engineering, and construction services firm) & Harris, Inc. seemed optimistic about the progression of the project as well. "For the first time since 9/11, people in the aviation industry are talking about things other than security," said Fife. JFK's tenants, the airlines have all suffered due to the economic downturn as well as the terrorist attacks at the World Trade Center. United Airlines and U.S. Airways have both declared bankruptcy, with American Airlines American Airlines Major U.S. airline. American was created through a merger of several smaller U.S. airlines and incorporated in 1934. It continued to buy the routes of other airlines, becoming an international carrier in the 1970s; its routes include South America, the not far behind. Although the tremendous loss in business was softened by federal aid in excess of $20 billion, the industry is still over-extending itself with overhead costs overhead costs see fixed costs. , partly due to large planes with few passengers. "The old airplane model is broken," said Alan Reiss, deputy director of aviation for the Port Authority. "There's too much capacity for the demand right now. Even when the planes are flying, they're just not making any money" In 2001 and 2002, the industry lost $18 billion, and the losses for the entire year of 2003 are estimated at $10 billion, said Reiss. However, he added, traffic went up by 1% at JFK in April, with JetBlue Airways For the Jet Blue database used in Exchange Server and Active Directory, see Extensible Storage Engine. JetBlue Airways is a major American low-cost airline owned by JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU). becoming the top domestic carrier. JetBlue boasts the newest planes compared to their competition, with each one making about 11 or 12 flights a day, mostly regional. "They're energy saving, regional, low cost carriers," said Fife of JetBlue's small capacity planes. "There's almost a mystical quality about what they've been able to do." JetBlue has been working "closely" with the Port Authority to develop the AirTrain station at JFK, said Richard Smyth Richard Smyth (or Smith) was the first person to hold the office of Regius Professor of Divinity in the University of Oxford. Richard Smyth was born in Worcestershire in 1499/1500 and died at Douai on 9 July 1563. , the budding airline's vice president. "Procuring management, design and construction teams is still premature," said Smyth, "but we hope to turn it into a real construction project by the end of the year." Also adding to the revamping of the industry are new control towers and radar systems to be implemented in airports nationwide, said Manny Manny may refer to: In nobility:
"It's going to be a busy next few years in the Eastern Seaboard region," said Weiss. |
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