First images of T6 at JFK: what Lufthansa's (and ITA's if the German deal goes through) new 'home' will look like

One year after the foundation stone was laid, the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey (the authority that manages New York and Newark airports) has published some renderings of the interior of the new Terminal 6 at the JFK, which Will open in early 2026 and be completed in 2028.

The building will have a floor area of about 360 thousand square meters and will have 10 gates, nine of which can accommodate wide-body aircraft. The first five gates will open in 2026, with the remaining five coming two years later.

L'$4.2 billion investment will allow one of the two 'gaps' that currently exist in the terminal 'belt' surrounding the central area of JFK Airport to be filled (the other being the former Terminal 2).

The former Terminal 6, opened in 1969 for National Airlines and known as 'Sundrome' for the amount of natural light it received due to its large windows and used over the years by TWA, United and Jetblue, had been demolished in 2011 after the latter found a home in the brand new Terminal 5.

When it opens its doors in less than two years, T6 will be connected airside to T5. And it will be the 'home' of the Group Lufthansa, which will move there (taking them out of Terminal 1) the operations of Lufthansa, Swiss, Austrian Airlines and Brussels Airlines.

It is therefore likely to think that ITA Airways also, Should the deal with Lufthansa go through., do arms and baggage and from T1 follow the 'sisters' to the new T6. The building will have six lounges in the departure area and one in the arrival area.

At the opening of T6, it is planned that the adjacent T7, dating back to 1970 (when it was built for BOAC, later to become British Airways, which has now moved to Terminal 8) is being demolished.

Currently, it is used by Aer Lingus, Air Canada, All Nippon Airways, Condor, Ethiopian Airlines, Scandinavian Airlines, Icelandair, and Norse, among others, be demolished.

The work at T6 is not the only work going on at JFK, which is undergoing a major renovation right now: At Terminal 4, the $1.5 billion work being spent by Delta Airlines to add 11 new gates is underway (and two new SkyClubs) to the shorter of the building's two piers.

And a huge intervention is also underway near Terminal 1, where a $9.5 billion project involves a transformation of the existing building into one more than twice the size, which will encompass Terminal 2 now abandoned by Delta and demolished for years.

Ihe new terminal will be the largest among those at JFK, with an area of over 730 thousand square meters, and when completed in 2030 will have 23 boarding gates.