In news first reported by aviation watchdog JonNYC, New York JFK’s terminal 1 appears to have caught fire and this is impacting operations somewhat.
this seems confirmed on my end
— 🇺🇦 JonNYC 🇺🇦 (@xJonNYC) February 16, 2023
Airline Tariff Publishing Company’s Jason Rabinowitz confirms that the terminal currently has ‘no or only limited power.'”
The current terminal 1, opened in 1998, is in the location of the old Eastern Airlines terminal. It serves a collection of foreign carriers including Air France, Korean Air, and Lufthansa as well as Air China, Air New Zealand, Saudia, EgyptAir, Air Serbia, Azores Airlines, Philippine Airlines and several others most people have never heard of.
However there’s no FAA airspace update related to JFK at this time.
Update: Here’s how it’s being handled:
Due to power disruption at Terminal 1, some flights may be arriving and departing from different terminals. Travelers are urged to check with their carriers for flight status.
— John F. Kennedy Airport (@JFKairport) February 16, 2023
Good for travelers going through there to know this. But that definitely was an understated first sentence!
All Air France flights are cancelled due to fire
Air France flight cancelled
Air New Zealand, Asiana, EVA Air & Japan Airlines currently operate at JFK Terminal 1.
All Lufthansa Group airlines, Austrian, Brussels & Swiss operate at JFK Terminal 1.
As do several other well-known airlines, including:
– Cayman Airways
– ITA (nee Alitalia)
– Norse Atlantic
– Saudia
– TAP
– Turkish Airlines
– Viva Aerobus
– Volaris
JFK terminal 1 is currently out of power by the look, moving from terminal 1 to 4 now
AF cancelled my flight