See the new International JFK Airport Terminal at JFK Airport

This is far from over, but the new terminal 1 in $ 9.5 billion at John F. Kennedy’s International Airport is taking shape. Its first stage is scheduled to open in mid -2016.

It will replace the current terminal that opened in 1998.

The terminal, which will become the largest JFK, is now the weather. A bold luggage belt was installed, and you can deal with future ticket counters, where customers flying, such as Turkish airlines, Air New Zealand, Ethad Airways, Air China, Taiwan China Airlines and others.

Terminal – Appointed approximately twice the two Laguardi Airport terminals, which have opened in the last decades – will be devoted exclusively to international travelers, which, according to developers, is a key for design.

“From the first handle to paper … we meant an international client,” – said at a press conference at Jennifer Ant Airport, CEO of the new terminal that develops the project.

CNBC and other media looked at the progress of the construction led by Aumement, in early July as part of the company that the company stated that it would most likely be one of the last tours at the opening plant.

The project is part of the New York Management Port and JFK overhaul in $ 19 billion. In addition to terminal 1, the current terminal 7 is currently residing Alaska Airlines And in Ireland, Aer Lingus will be beaten on a new terminal 6, the first gate of which will be opened next year. Compared to the Laguardi Airport, about $ 8 billion.

As the air traffic grows, airports across the country are racing to replace the aging infrastructure.

US infrastructure upgrades will require at least $ 173.9 billion this year to 2029, according to International Airport in International America.

“These investments – on average almost $ 35 billion annually – are needed to accommodate airlines and passengers, improving the efficiency, improving the quality of services and customer experience and meet the needs of the airport stability,” the statement said.

The new JFK 1 terminal is due to open at the beginning of the 2026 World Cup, when some games will take place at Metlife Stadium in East -Resar, New Jersey, about 30 miles.

More than half of the airlines in JFK change the terminals in the coming years from construction, Ant said.

One thing she pointed to a new design: “The terminal flooded with light.” This means that the customs lines of the basements.

The departure hall, security lanes and customs will be at the same level of the three -storey terminal, which houses the wall of the sloping windows. Its design led by the Gensler architectural firm is supposed to create an image of butterflies and the body divides the terminal in the middle.

Airtrain, which connects the terminals and parking lots with the railway stations in Quins, is already passing through the construction site and stop at the terminal when the object opens.

The repaired overhaul JFK also includes an improvement in the roadway around the airport where the movement for years crawl to the largest center in the region.

Open day in the mid -2026 will include departure and arrival zones and the first 14 gates that can receive a wide -range aircraft used for long -term flights, and will have a power for 14 million passengers a year.

There will be 23 gate-22 gates with a wide body and one gate of a narrow body-for aircraft such as Airbus A320 or Boeing 737s-The rest of the project is completed for 2030.

In the final version of the terminal 1 will also be more than 300,000 square feet, retailers, living room and rest, with more than half, 180,000 square feet, only for retail and dining.

The audience said the airport would be the only one in the US with shopping without cash. Usually customers will make free purchases, which then return to them before you go to the flights, but in this format they can pick them up immediately.

The new terminal will also have its own micro with a solar roof battery, which, according to the developer, will allow the institution to have “full stability and service 100% (from the terminal) in the event of electricity interruptions.”