New restaurants coming to JFK

Today's New York Times reports that JFK Airwear lovers will have more to be proud of:

(Excerpt from article:)

...a fleet of worthwhile options will open in May as part of a $28 million revamping of Delta's food service in Terminal 4 by SSP America. Among them are:
- Uptown Brasserie, serving Marcus Samuelsson's American fare
- La Brea Bakery, with Nancy Silverton's sandwiches and pastries
- Blue Smoke on the Road, with barbecue and cocktails
- two Shake Shacks, the first in an airport



JFK souvenirs and t-shirts from Airwear

Australian magazine CIM features Sydney and Melbourne Air Wear travel products

CIM, the Australian magazine that caters to the convention, exhibition, and incentive planners markets, published a feature on Air Wear. The magazine's 16,000+ circulation got a peak at our Sydney travel bag, Melbourne t-shirt, and New York mug.

Sarah McLachlan to perform at JFK airport

Maybe we can get Sarah to perform in an Air Wear JFK t-shirt...

NY HEARD & SCENEJULY 22, 2010
McLachlan Concert Tour Takes Off at JFK

After performing in sold-out arenas, playing in an airport terminal may seem like a downgrade, but not for the singer-songwriter Sarah McLachlan.

In anticipation of her new album, "Laws of Illusion," Ms. McLachlan will kick off JetBlue Airways' Live from T5's 2010 concert series next Thursday at John F. Kennedy International Airport.

Fifteen of Ms. McLachlan's fans not scheduled for a flight that day will have the chance via Facebook and radio stations to win tickets to the airport performance.

"Look at the music industry today; musicians have to be more creative with their music," explained Chad Issaq, Executive Vice President of Sales and Marketing at Superfly Marketing Group, which is presenting the concert series. (Other acts haven't yet been announced.)

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Delta's new terminal at JFK

We're glad that Delta is getting a new home, although keeping the original Pam Am Worldport building (above) would be nice, too.
Either way, we hope the new building will offer JFK airport code t-shirts, bags, and more.

Delta Close To New Digs
JFK Terminal Plan Expected in 60 Days
By DOUG CAMERON And ANDREW GROSSMAN
Wall St. Journal
JUNE 16, 2010

Delta Air Lines Inc. is close to announcing the renovation of its outdated terminals at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport amid an intensifying competition for the city's business-travel market.

The airline has been in talks for months with the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey about funding a move that is expected to include demolishing the former Pan Am Worldport—an iconic terminal at JFK famous for its saucer-shaped roof—to make way for new facilities.

Delta President Ed Bastian said at an industry conference that an announcement is expected within 60 days involving the Port Authority and "several other players."

Delta is close to a plan to renovate its JFK terminals that will likely include demolishing the iconic building that once housed the Pan Am Worldport.

"It is the worst facility that we operate," Mr. Bastian said of Delta's two JFK terminals, which date to the early 1960s, acknowledging that they contributed to relative weakness in securing business travelers.

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JetBlue decides to 'taxi' at JFK for a few more years

We're glad JetBlue is staying in NYC, and keeping up its service for JFK.

We encourage JetBlue's 900 employees to celebrate by putting on some JFK t-shirts.


New York Times
March 22, 2010
JetBlue to Move West Within Queens, Not South to Orlando
By PATRICK McGEEHAN
If running JetBlue Airways does not work out, perhaps David Barger could try his hand at professional poker.

Mr. Barger and his executive team kept city and state officials in New York and Florida guessing past dawn on Monday before announcing that they had decided to keep the airline’s headquarters in Queens rather than decamping for Orlando. Word of the official decision drew a pack of New York politicians, including Gov. David A. Paterson, to a celebration at City Hall but left people in Central Florida deflated.

JetBlue’s choice brought relief to Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg and his staff, who had spent months pulling together a set of incentives to keep Mr. Barger’s team from moving nearly 900 jobs out of the city and leaving New York without a locally based major airline.

Since it started as a low-fare carrier at Kennedy International Airport a decade ago, JetBlue has called itself “New York’s hometown airline.”

Still, it took a package of tax breaks, investments and marketing programs with an estimated value of more than $30 million to persuade JetBlue to stay, according to city officials. They said the competing offer from Orlando, which offered to build a headquarters from scratch, appeared to be worth significantly more, possibly twice as much.

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