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

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

Because the airport is anticipating a file variety of passengers, whereas it undergoes main development, the hub is briefly 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 providers 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 totally different pickup areas with codes reminiscent of “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 accessible to passengers of their typical 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 season vacationers this yr whereas development of a brand new John F. Kennedy Worldwide Airport is at its peak is a gigantic problem that requires methods to scale 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 attenuate disruption to vacationers. Uber shared they’ve actively supplied suggestions which might additional decrease any inconveniences. 

“We are going to nonetheless be capable 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 straightforward for passengers to seek out the pickup space.”