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| WELCOMING THE YEAR OF THE ROOSTER AT EWR |
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Dancing dragons and lions will
rang in the Lunar New Year at Newark
Liberty International Airport on Thursday,
February 10. Performances of the
dance which woke up the lion will took
place in Terminal B at noon time.
The Tak Wah Eng Kung Fu Club
treated travelers to an Asian ritual that has taken place annually for the past 4,703
years, as colorfully costumed Kung Fu practitioners played traditional drums and
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perform martial arts maneuvers while dancing through the terminal. On the Lunar Calendar, this is the Year of the Rooster. Those born in the Year of the Rooster are said to be confident, self-reliant and independent. Rooster celebrities include Alex Haley, Michelle Pfeiffer and Gloria Estefan. |
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OPENS UP IN
EASTERN EUROPE |
Swissport has established its first cargo operations in eastern Europe, at Budapest airport. The warehouse is in the Airport Business Park where many forwarders are located and is licensed for all kinds of cargo. Swissport has sold a 49% stake in its South African company to Mvelaphanda Group, but retains overall and operational management control. The company operates ground handling and cargo services at Johannesburg, Cape Town, Durban and Port Elizabeth airports. |
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| JFK Air Cargo Association Luncheon |
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Joe Badamo of Evergreen
received commendation from Jim
Larsen, President of The Air Cargo
Association at the recent ACA meeting
at JFK. Joe Badamo presented a
thorough analysis of Cargo Forecasts
by region and by state for 2005, based
on several industry studies including
the Boeing Cargo Forecast.
Joe Badamo (left) of Evergreen
receives commendation from
Jim Larsen, President,
The Air Cargo Association
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| KENNEDY MEDICAL OFFICES
ANNOUNCES NEW C.O.O. |
| Photo and article by Edward Garcia |
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Kennedy Medical Offices which has
been providing 24-hour emergency and
occupational health care here at JFK for
over 50 years, is pleased to announce the
appointment of a new Chief Operating
Officer. Vito L. Reciniello will be taking
the reigns of Kennedy Airport’s on site
medical center, located in cargo area “C “
Building 198, effective Valentines Day,
February 14, 2005.
Mr. Reciniello has been an employee
here at JFK for over fourteen years, starting
as Paramedic and working his way to the
top as the new senior administrator of this
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class medical center. Many of you will recognize him, having seen him on countless emergency calls all around the airport. According to Steven C. Garner, M.D., President & CEO of Kennedy Medical Offices, “Vito has more then 14 years experience in Occupational Medicine and more then 20 years experience in Emergency Services, making him uniquely qualified to conduct the operations of a health clinic and emergency department at one the largest and busiest airports in the world.” As a graduate of Saint Joseph’s College and Long Island University, Mr. Reciniello has a Bachelors Degree in Health Administration and Masters Degree in Business Administration. Referring to JFK Airport as his home away from home, he is committed to providing all visitors, employees and members of the surrounding areas quality medical care 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. |
| HAPPY BIRTHDAY JETBLUE |
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| JETBLUE GIVES AWAY 500
TICKETS TO CELEBRATE
BIRTHDAY |
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JetBlue Airlines turned turned five
years old in February. The airline commenced
service at New York’s John
F.Kennedy International Airport on February
11, 2000, with a ceremonial flight
to Buffalo, NY, and back before taking its
first commercial flight to Fort Lauderdale,
FL, later that day. Five years
later, JetBlue is the largest airline at JFK
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having achieved annual revenues of more than a billion dollars. To mark the occasion, David Neeleman, JetBlue’s Chairman and CEO, and Dave Barger, President and COO, hosted an event for JetBlue crewmembers and customers to greet the arrival of the airline’s 71st Airbus A320 aircraft, debuting the fleet’s seventh tail fin design, Mosaic. Earlier in the day, the airline gave away 500 free tickets throughout New York City’s five boroughs to support the charity City Harvest. Ticket seekers had to dress as their favorite JetBlue destination and bring canned goods for the charity. |
| TRAVEL DESTINATIONS |
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| AIR TAHITI NUI LAUNCHES
FIRST-EVER NONSTOP
SERVICE BETWEEN JFK &
SOUTH PACIFIC |
Selects JFK’s Terminal 4 for flights
to Papeete starting July 4th
With winter still upon us, perhaps
Airport Press readers would like to know
that they can board a flight from JFK Terminal
4 directly to Tahiti. Air Tahiti Nui –
ranked Best Airline for the Pacific in the
2004 Skytrax airline survey – will create a
new milestone in travel when it launches
historic non-stop service from New York to
the South Pacific beginning July 4th, 2005.
Air Tahiti Nui, which maintains a
fleet of new Airbus A340-300 aircraft, will
operate on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays
from John F. Kennedy International
Airport’s Terminal 4 with nonstop service
to Papeete, Tahiti. From Air Tahiti
Nui’s home base in Papeete, travelers will
have the option of continuing on to Sydconnection.
“JFK Terminal 4 welcomes Air Tahiti
Nui to New York,” said Henk Guitjens,
chief marketing officer of JFK IAT LLC,
which operates Terminal 4. “And we’re
confident that Terminal 4 is a great match
for Air Tahiti. Not only is it the most modern
and efficient terminal in the New York
area, but Terminal 4 allows its 50 airline
partners to focus on their core business
while providing high customer service levels
for the passengers. In addition, with
the only internal AirTrain station at JFK,
Terminal 4 is the most convenient for passengers
connecting to other terminals,
long-term parking, car rental and hotel
accommodations, as well as public transportation
to New York City.”
And one more piece of advice to our
readers; before taking off one cold February
or March afternoon for Tahiti, don’t
forget to tell your boss. |
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