Delta opens US$1.4 billion terminal at JFK

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

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Delta Air Lines has opened a $1.4 billion terminal at the John F. Kennedy International Airport as part of its moves to strengthen its hand in the battle for what travel experts describe as the “lucrative New York travel market”.

The expanded concourse offers sweeping views of the airport, upscale food and shopping options and increased seating.

It replaces a decrepit terminal built by Pan Am in 1960 that which aviation experts describe as an embarrassing way to welcome millions of visitors including those from Ghana to the United States.

At the opening of the new terminal, the Delta Chief Executive Officer, Mr Richard Anderson is quoted as saying that his customers "and the residents of New York now have the international hub facility that they expect and deserve."

Travellers will appreciate the little touches in the new facility. The concourse houses local restaurant favorites like Blue Smoke and Shake Shack and 75 per cent of seats at the gates have access to electric outlets.

Delta’s new Terminal 4 at Kennedy Airport in New York opened on Friday, featuring renovated check-in areas and several new restaurants and shops.

Delta partnered with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and JFK International Air Terminal LLC to open the terminal, which also has nine new and seven renovated international gates, an in-line baggage system, an improved customs and border protection area and a centralized security checkpoint.

The new edifice also has a new 24,000-square-foot Delta Sky Club with an outdoor terrace.

Measuring two million square feet, Terminal 4 is now one of the largest airport terminals in North America.

With the new Terminal 4 marking the completion of Phase 1 of Kennedy’s $1.4 billion redevelopment program, construction on Phase 2, which includes the addition of 11 gates on Terminal 4’s Concourse B, will commence immediately and is scheduled to be completed in the summer of 2015.

Upon completion, Terminal 4’s Concourse B will have 27 Delta gates and replace Delta’s current Terminal 2 regional jet facility.

Delta has currently ceased operations at Terminal 3, and the site is slated to be redeveloped for operational use.

In Ghana, DELTA Airlines, has exclusively set up a desk in Ghana to provide an array of benefits to its clients flying the airline.

It forms part of a broad strategy of Delta to provide comfort and better travel experience for its passengers.

It is also in line with efforts by the airline to stay competitive as most preferred airline for travellers across the world.

Christened the “Energy and Mining Desk”, the move, the first by an airline in the country is tailor-made for Delta customers within the mining and energy sectors of the economy and clients of the airline will enjoy discounts on business class and some economy class fares, complimentary protocols by Delta service at the Kotoka International Airport for the BusinessElite passengers and a dedicated phone line service

                             Delta Air Lines has opened a $1.4 billion terminal at the John F. Kennedy International Airport as part of its moves to strengthen its hand in the battle for what travel experts describe as the “lucrative New York travel market”.

The expanded concourse offers sweeping views of the airport, upscale food and shopping options and increased seating.

It replaces a decrepit terminal built by Pan Am in 1960 that which aviation experts describe as an embarrassing way to welcome millions of visitors including those from Ghana to the United States.

At the opening of the new terminal, the Delta Chief Executive Officer, Mr Richard Anderson is quoted as saying that his customers "and the residents of New York now have the international hub facility that they expect and deserve."

Travellers will appreciate the little touches in the new facility. The concourse houses local restaurant favorites like Blue Smoke and Shake Shack and 75 per cent of seats at the gates have access to electric outlets.

Delta’s new Terminal 4 at Kennedy Airport in New York opened on Friday, featuring renovated check-in areas and several new restaurants and shops.

Delta partnered with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and JFK International Air Terminal LLC to open the terminal, which also has nine new and seven renovated international gates, an in-line baggage system, an improved customs and border protection area and a centralized security checkpoint.

The new edifice also has a new 24,000-square-foot Delta Sky Club with an outdoor terrace.

Measuring two million square feet, Terminal 4 is now one of the largest airport terminals in North America.

With the new Terminal 4 marking the completion of Phase 1 of Kennedy’s $1.4 billion redevelopment program, construction on Phase 2, which includes the addition of 11 gates on Terminal 4’s Concourse B, will commence immediately and is scheduled to be completed in the summer of 2015.

Upon completion, Terminal 4’s Concourse B will have 27 Delta gates and replace Delta’s current Terminal 2 regional jet facility.

Delta has currently ceased operations at Terminal 3, and the site is slated to be redeveloped for operational use.

In Ghana, DELTA Airlines, has exclusively set up a desk in Ghana to provide an array of benefits to its clients flying the airline.

It forms part of a broad strategy of Delta to provide comfort and better travel experience for its passengers.

It is also in line with efforts by the airline to stay competitive as most preferred airline for travellers across the world.

Christened the “Energy and Mining Desk”, the move, the first by an airline in the country is tailor-made for Delta customers within the mining and energy sectors of the economy and clients of the airline will enjoy discounts on business class and some economy class fares, complimentary protocols by Delta service at the Kotoka International Airport for the BusinessElite passengers and a dedicated phone line services.