Transforming a Global Gateway
News provided by: Metropolitan Airport News
July 9, 2024
Jennifer Aument is the Chief Executive Officer of The New Terminal One (NTO) at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), the private consortium led by Ferrovial, JLC Infrastructure, Ullico, and Carlyle, developing the world-class international terminal that will anchor the south side of the Port Authority of New York & New Jersey’s $19 billion redevelopment of JFK Airport.
The NTO is being built on sites now occupied by Terminal 1, Terminal 2, which recently closed, and the former Terminal 3. Construction will take place in phases. The $9 billion first phase, including the new arrivals and departures halls and the first set of 14 new gates, is expected to open in 2026. It is the largest private investment ever committed to a U.S. airport terminal and the largest public-private partnership in the nation. Upon full completion, anticipated in 2030, the New Terminal One will be 2.4 million square feet, making it the largest terminal at JFK, and will be a 23-gate, state-of-the-art, international-only terminal.
Two months after assuming the role of CEO at New Terminal One, Jennifer Aument spoke to Metropolitan Airport News about her passion for her career in transportation and infrastructure, community, and her vision for the NTO project that she is now leading and its extraordinary progress ‘in-the-making’ since its ground-breaking in September 2022…