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JetBlue's JFK Terminal 5 opens its doors

by Grant Martin (RSS feed) on Oct 22nd 2008 at 1:30PM

After a few brief delays, a dry run and countless days of anticipation, JetBlue finally opened the doors of Terminal 5 at JFK today.

The building, a Gensler re-design of the old TWA behemoth, features wide open spaces, new amenities, all sorts of lovely food options and a dedicated home for the once-cramped JetBlue airlines. Blogger Jeremy Kressmann took a look through T5 earlier this fall and wrote it up for us here.

So how are things going so far? Have there been any epic fails like Heathrow's Terminal 5 that opened up earlier this year?

Things actually seem to be moving pretty smoothly so far. JetBlue launched a liveblog (of sorts) that details some of the features and hobknobbery that's going on during the first day activities and things seem pretty calm. Sure, you can't trust content coming straight out of the lion's mouth, but the blog is at least worth taking a look at for all of the fun pictures and insider looks into operations.

Later this week, our own Jerry Guo will be wandering through T5. Stay tuned to hear his take on the facilities.

Filed under: Airlines, Airports, News

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

WanderingAramean Oct 22nd 2008 10:37PM

I spent about six hours there today and I have to say that it is a pretty impressive facility. Sure, they managed to rip a door off an airplane with one of the new jet bridges, and they managed to set off the sprinkler system at the pizza place in the food court.

But those are small setbacks against the positive side of the ledger that includes a bright, open terminal and some of the best views of the active runways at the airport.

Overall it is a great facility, both for aviation enthusiasts or just people looking to catch the next flight to wherever JetBlue is taking them that day.

WanderingAramean Oct 22nd 2008 10:39PM

PS - More info about the new terminal can be found here:
http://www.wanderingaramean.com/2008/10/welcome-to-new-jfk-t5.html
and here:
http://www.wanderingaramean.com/2008/10/couple-small-snags-at-t5.html

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