{"id":14953,"date":"2025-04-01T23:16:15","date_gmt":"2025-04-02T04:16:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=14953"},"modified":"2025-04-01T23:16:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-02T04:16:15","slug":"alstom-signs-7-year-extension-to-operate-maintain-jfk-airports-airtrain","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planesintheair.com\/?p=14953","title":{"rendered":"Alstom signs 7 year extension to operate &#038; maintain JFK Airport&#8217;s AirTrain"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><span lang=\"EN-GB\">April 1, 2025 <\/span><\/strong><span lang=\"EN-GB\">\u2013 <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Alstom, a global leader in smart and sustainable mobility, <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">has signed a contract extension with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) to provide operations and maintenance services for JFK International Airport\u2019s AirTrain for the next seven years. The contract extension is valued at approximately $518 million and includes an option for three additional years.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">The JFK AirTrain is a crucial part of reducing traffic congestion around the airport. The system connects all passenger terminals to airport parking lots, the hotel shuttle pick-up area, the rental car center, and NYC\u2019s public transportation network at Jamaica and Howard Beach Stations, where passengers and airport employees can connect with the subway, the Long Island Railroad, and public buses.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph\"><span lang=\"EN-GB\">Under the agreement, Alstom will be responsible for ensuring the AirTrain is running twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week, and for maintaining the vehicle fleet, station doors, guideways, power distribution systems, car wash, signalling system and facilities. The fleet is composed of 32 automated light metro trains,<\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\"> which <\/span><span lang=\"EN-GB\">range in size from one to four cars based on passenger demand, serving nine stations.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Click the link to read the full story! -&gt;\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.alstom.com\/press-releases-news\/2025\/4\/alstom-signs-seven-year-contract-extension-operate-and-maintain-john-f-kennedy-international-airports-airtrain-new-york\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alstom JFK AirTrain<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"JFK to NYC: How to take the AirTrain to Manhattan (2024)\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/g6JIB4l1ARs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>April 1, 2025 \u2013 Alstom, a global leader in smart and sustainable mobility, has signed a contract extension with the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (PANYNJ) to provide operations and maintenance services for JFK International Airport\u2019s AirTrain for the next seven years. 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