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JetBlue lands at JFK, adds 50 international travel kiosks

JetBlue has opened the Terminal 5 International Arrivals Hall expansion at New York City-based John F. Kennedy International Airport.

November 14, 2014

JetBlue has opened the Terminal 5 International Arrivals Hall expansion at New York City-based John F. Kennedy International Airport, according to engineering and consulting firm Arup, provider of engineering and planning services for the addition to JFK.

The companies hosted a ribbon-cutting celebration on November 6 for members of the design and construction team comprised of design-architect Gensler, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, U.S. Customs and Borders Protection, Turner Construction Company and the New York City Economic Development Corporation.

The 175,000 square foot expansion effort furnished Terminal 5 with 40 automated passport control kiosks and 10 global entry kiosks. The addition of a CBP Federal Inspection Services facility, designed to process 1,400 passengers an hour, consists of a Unified Secondary Inspection Area for co-locating CBP departments in a consolidated area.

Arup estimates approximately 75 percent of arriving international passengers will use the APC kiosks. The company designed the FIS to accommodate the new kiosk technology.