JFK Is Altering The place Lyfts and Ubers Can Decide Up Passengers This Summer season

Requesting an Uber or Lyft out of New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport this summer time could also be rather less seamless on account of a brand new protocol.

Because the airport is anticipating a file variety of passengers, whereas it undergoes main building, the hub is quickly transferring its ride-share pickup space for Terminal 4 to an off-site location — which would require a shuttle bus throughout peak occasions, New York’s Port Authority introduced this week.

Arriving passengers who use companies like Uber or Lyft will exit the airport, catch the rideshare shuttle, after which arrive at a gathering level with their driver. The airport has posted signage designating completely different pickup areas with codes equivalent to “K2” for a Uber pickup space, and “M1” for a Lyft pickup space. 

JFK defines peak time as 12:00pm to 2:00am EST, and the shuttle will function each 1-2 minutes. 

Passengers departing from Terminal 4 will nonetheless be dropped off in entrance of the terminal.

Yellow taxis will proceed to be out there to passengers of their ordinary decide up space.

Terminal 4 offers service on AeroMexico, Air India, Avianca, Caribbean, China Airways, China Southern, Delta, EL AL Israel Airways, Emirates, Etihad, Hawaiian Airways, JetBlue, Singapore Airways, Virgin Atlantic, WestJet, and extra. 

“Serving a file variety of summer time vacationers this yr whereas building of a brand new John F. Kennedy Worldwide Airport is at its peak is a gigantic problem that requires methods to cut back the variety of automobiles coming to the terminal frontages,”  Port Authority Govt Director Rick Cotton mentioned within the launch.

The company maintains that the distant lot throughout peak hours will assist alleviate the congestion. 

Each Lyft and Uber confirmed to Journey + Leisure that they’re in communication and dealing carefully with the airport to reduce disruption to vacationers. Uber shared they’ve actively offered suggestions which might additional reduce any inconveniences. 

“We are going to nonetheless have the ability to present Black and Black XL rides on the curb always,” a Lyft spokesperson shared with T+L. “Lyft is working to ensure we have now fast matching on the distant lot, in addition to improved strolling instructions to make it simple for passengers to seek out the pickup space.”