Worldwide Flight Services (WFS) has  signed a 15-year lease on a new state-of-the-art, 346,000 square feet cargo terminal, the first phase of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s comprehensive Vision Plan to enhance the international reputation of John F. Kennedy International Airport.

 

WFS handles over 650,000 tonnes of cargo a year for nearly 70 airlines at nine facilities at JFK airport, with a current footprint of over 760,000 sq ft. The projected opening of the new building in Q4 2020 supports JFK’s first dedicated facilities for temperature-controlled pharmaceutical products and perishables cargo.

The facility, which will have a throughput capacity of over 300 million kilos a year, will offer improved cargo flows and reduced transfer times, shorter truck waiting times and incorporate the latest security and screening systems and procedures.

 

Aeroterm has been awarded a contract by the Port Authority Board of Commissioners to build the new US$132 million Aero JFK II facility and a further US$62.2 million will be spent to upgrade taxiways CA and CB at JFK.

The new facility will have a throughput capacity of over 300 million kilos a year when it opens in Q4 2020.