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...final product is a hyperefficient 26-gate, Y-shaped hub. According to Rich Smyth, head of redevelopment for JetBlue, the terminal is located in a 78-acre corner of Kennedy airport, a swath large enough to allow for the optimal "placing of aluminum" - industry slang for maneuvering airplanes. There are double taxiing lanes feeding into the terminal's gates, enabling arriving planes to approach jetways without waiting for departing planes to clear the path. Architects installed cleaning-supply closets at the gates to assist flight crews in maintaining a fast 30-minute plane turnaround time, and JetBlue hopes that each...
...announced on Aug. 4 that it would begin charging $7 to buy in-flight blankets and pillows), then on the ground. This September, the airline will open the doors to its new $743 million, 635,000-square-foot ultramodern terminal at New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport, whose facilities - including expanded security areas, high-end dining, boutique shopping and free WiFi - the airline hopes, will upgrade and expedite passengers' pre-flight experience...
...airline terminals built after the Sept. 11 attacks, which is apparent the minute you enter through the revolving doors of the sunny, terrazzo-floored hall: the centerpiece here is the 20 glass-framed security gates, which span 340 ft. and comprise the largest security area of any U.S. airport. The terminal's 40 check-in desks and 100 self-service ticketing kiosks have been arranged on either side of security - many passengers arrive at the airport having already checked into their flights and printed their boarding passes at home. Hooper says the terminal's space is clean and spare enough...
...well-organized security area also speeds passengers along - JetBlue estimates that 20 million travelers, or 30% of Kennedy Airport's total traffic, will pass through the terminal every year - with special family gates that have wider lanes to accommodate parents traveling with small children. Just on the other side of the security gates, in front of a luminescent blue wall, architects have thoughtfully installed a long-overdue innovation: a 225-foot bench, where passengers can reassemble their carry-ons and slip back into their stilettos...
...main concourse is what Hooper considers his terminal's most beguiling feature. Here, he has arranged brightly colored Moroso lounge chairs in front of the plate glass windows that overlook Kennedy Airport's main runways. Hooper calls it his "big-screen TV," and invites travelers to settle in and watch the mesmerizing take-off and landing of more than 1,000 aircraft a day. Fittingly, it is a simple glass window, and not the terminal's dizzying array of high-tech accoutrements, that reconnects the traveler to the bygone glamour of flying...