Ultra Diamonds, the diamond retailer with 163 locations specializing in diamond fashion jewelry, has selected JFK Terminal 4 for its first New York-airport location. Terminal 4 is one of the largest terminals in the New York area serving 50 international and domestic airlines and close to nine million passengers annually. The store, which is Ultra Diamonds’ second airport location in the country, opened in July 2007 in the public area at Terminal 4 before security checkpoints. Known as

The Shops at Terminal 4, the retail area is easily accessible to travelers and visitors as well. “We’re thrilled to open our first New York airport location at Terminal 4,” said Michael Bagull, senior vice president of corporate development for Ultra Diamonds. “ The diamond-shaped kiosk occupies just 307 square feet in the terminal, but the striking presence of its sparkling display cases makes it appear much larger Atlanta airport retains 'world's busiest' title.

a great way to feel better about yourself and your job. Fordham University is teaming up with the Reclaiming the Sky Institute for the study, which kicks off at JFK Terminal 4 with a pilot group of 50 airline and airport workers. The project is part of a broader effort to support the resiliency of aviation workers as a way to manage stress and make them more responsive to the needs of distressed passengers, using lessons learned from aviation professionals on 9/11. The Aviation Resiliency Project will commence at JFK Airport with a total of 300 participants – including 50 in the pilot group at Terminal 4 – and will be rolled out nationally to other airports in the coming months. Stay tuned.

When you walk into the Star Mountain Coffee Shop at JFK’s Building 141, there is nothing about it that distinguishes it from many other coffee shops in the New York area. But how many coffee shop owners can say that the coffee they serve comes from a 125 acre coffee plantation in the highland of central Honduras that they own, cultivate, and then; roast the coffee beans right on their premises at JFK. Huan Ham is the proprietor of Star Mountain Coffee Shop and his story begins in Taiwan. Ham’s dad was in the Merchant Marine and it was this legacy of love of travel that brought Ham to the US in 1973 at the tender age of 15. Ham enrolled in Junior High School and subsequently attended the High School of Music and Art in New York City. His initial jobs were in the fast-food industry and he worked his way up to Supervisor...

The Zonta Club of Greater Queens, recently chartered in June 2003 is part of an organization global in scope with 33,000 members in 67 countries. Zonta’s mission is to advance the legal, economic, educational and health status of women worldwide via services, fund raising. Recently, the club had a luncheon at Republic Airport’s 56th Fighter Group Restaurant where it celebrated the selection of Jessica Scharle as the winner of the 5th Annual Amelia Earhart Award. We all know about Amelia Earhart but Jessica is a new name for us. This young lady’s courage is just as special as the famous female aviatrix. Jessica had a difficult entry into life; being born with severe birth defects that would have

defeated the strongest of us. But instead of making her difficulties defeat her, she overcame them. Jessica has carved out a useful life through shear effort and determination. She is a recent graduate of the University of North Carolina working two jobs to earn enough money to finish school. And after graduating, she became fascinated with flight and decided to learn how to fly. Jessica was recently awarded an Able Flight Scholarship. At the award luncheon guests heard from a Long Island teacher who was lucky enough to experiment with weightlessness flight conducted by NASA, and thsen from an Senior FAA Controller who spoke about Air Traffic Control and Light Pollution and finally, we heard about Adventures in Flying from a flight instructor. The women of Zonta were great hosts and the lunch crowd was actually listening to the speakers instead of holding their own conversations. Zonta is looking for a “few good women” and we encourage Airport people to look into becoming part of this group. Contact Sharon Perry, the Membership Chair at 516-546-6344; or, check the website, www.zontadistrict3.com.

Air Transport World magazine announced that it has selected Flight Safety Foundation (FSF) to receive the magazine's Joseph S. Murphy Industry Service Award. "The award is named for the magazine's late founder and recognizes the highest level of dedication to the world air transport community, of which no finer example can be found than Flight Safety Foundation's effort to improve the safety of commercial flight," said Perry Flint, editorial director and associate publisher of Air Transport World. "We are honored to receive the 2008 Joseph S. Murphy Industry Service Award," said William R. Voss, FSF president and CEO. "We are immensely proud of not only the history of the Foundation, but

also our plans to continue that tradition of making commercial aviation safer into the future." Voss will accept the award on behalf of the Foundation at ATW's gala industry awards dinner in Singapore on February 18, the day before the Singapore Air Show opens. Information about attending the dinner may be found here.