It wouldn't have been a half-bad idea to incorporate when the AirTrain was being designed, but it would be tricky to set up now, since you'd need elevator and escalator access to both parts of the platform. And then the Howard Beach and Jamaica trains would stop only at the landside part of the platform. The Howard/Jamaica train couldn’t, but the circular terminal only train theoretically could.If you were going to do it, you might split the platforms in half lengthwise, and could have trains where one car was landside and one car was airside (there are similar things on trains at SEA and MCO, among others, to allow arriving international passengers to get from satellite concourses to the terminal as landside passengers while screened airside passengers travel in other cars FRA and SIN also have interterminal trains where one car is landside passengers while the other car is passengers in the international transit zone). I guess this most likely won't change in my lifetime. It's just annoying having to clear security each time I go from one terminal to another. There are some connections, like Delta domestic to Air France or American domestic to British Airways, that would be easier if the terminals were connected airside, but most connections are set up to happen in the same terminal where it isn't an issue, and the airport is laid out in such a way that it's not likely those will happen any time soon (other than that AA->BA will get easier when BA moves into AA's terminal in a few years).I don't mean doing this to make it convenient to access the Centurion Lounge. For passengers connecting in JFK on Delta, it is somewhat less convenient, potentially a lot less convenient, depending what gates you arrive and depart from.Īs for connecting the terminals airside, I don't think it's a project anyone is going to take on for the convenience of being able to access an Amex lounge. It's maybe an extra 150 feet out of the way based on Google Maps measurements. There are some connections, like Delta domestic to Air France or American domestic to British Airways, that would be easier if the terminals were connected airside, but most connections are set up to happen in the same terminal where it isn't an issue, and the airport is laid out in such a way that it's not likely those will happen any time soon (other than that AA->BA will get easier when BA moves into AA's terminal in a few years).įor passengers originating in New York, the lounge is a very short walk past the security checkpoint, so the walk from the lounge to the Delta gates is about the same as the walk from the security checkpoint to the Delta gates that you'd have to make anyway. Or maybe this is only a problem for me.For passengers originating in New York, the lounge is a very short walk past the security checkpoint, so the walk from the lounge to the Delta gates is about the same as the walk from the security checkpoint to the Delta gates that you'd have to make anyway. I'm surprised there has been no talk to solve this problem. How long is the walk from the lounge to DL gates?
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