TAP Air Portugal announced Monday that it will relocate operations at New York-JFK to the new Terminal 6, which is set to open its first gates later this year.
TAP connects JFK and Lisbon, Portugal. Flights will continue from the carrier’s current gates until the move to Terminal 6 occurs later this year, officials said. Exact transition dates were not provided.
New York-based consortium JFK Millennium Partners is building a new 1.2 million-square-foot Terminal 6 on the site of the airport’s former Terminal 6 and Terminal 7. The $4.2 billion project includes 10 new gates, six of which will come online in 2026 with the facility’s phase-one opening.
“TAP Air Portugal’s decision to join our T6 family reinforces our vision to create a world-class gateway that connects people and cultures across the globe,” JFK Millennium Partners CEO Steve Thody said in a news release.
TAP will join fellow Star Alliance members Air Canada, All Nippon Airways, Lufthansa, Avianca, and SWISS at Terminal 6. Frontier, Condor, Cathay Pacific, Icelandair, and Kuwait Airways, among others, also plan to use the new facility.
