As the peak tourism season arrives, New York’s John F. Kennedy International
and LaGuardia Airport are looking to thyssenkrupp’s airport solutions to help
passengers have a smooth arrival into the city
Across the country, thyssenkrupp will also supply San Francisco International
Airport with mobility products that have Health Product Declarations and meet
LEED v4 Gold certification standards
With the Easter travel season in full swing and global airport passenger traffic up 6.4% in
2017, airport managers are preparing for another busy year ahead with the support of
mobility solutions provider thyssenkrupp. Home to some of the busiest airports in the world
- some averaging 40 years of age - the United States is a priority country for airport
modernization. As the tourist season gets underway, thyssenkrupp has announced
commissions in the double-digit million US dollar range of its innovative mobility solutions
in three key US airports in New York and San Francisco.
In New York, thyssenkrupp’s services have been commissioned at LaGuardia and John F.
Kennedy (JFK) airports – two locations which, combined, transport more than 40 million
passengers every year. At JFK Airport, four iwalks have been installed at Terminal 4
Concourse B, which serves Delta Airlines passengers. At LaGuardia Airport, 35 steel
passenger boarding bridges will be installed, as part of the Central Terminal Building
Replacement Project. This is a seven-phase project that will begin with 11 gates in May
2018 and will be completed in 2022.
On the West Coast, thyssenkrupp will install 33 elevators, 20 escalators and four moving
walkways at San Francisco International Airport (SFO) as part of the airport’s $2.4 billion
renovation of Terminal 1 and Boarding Area B. SFO – the seventh busiest airport in the
country which moves 50 million people annually – required all transportation products to
meet LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) v4 Gold certification
standards. Health Product Declarations outlining all materials utilized in each product were
also required. The full renovation is expected to be completed by 2022.
thyssenkrupp Elevator CEO, Andreas Schierenbeck, comments: “Airports throughout North
America count on thyssenkrupp to help them safely and efficiently transport passengers
across their facilities. As a business we are investing in the airport solutions of tomorrow to
ensure a better travel experience for all passengers – and with reports predicting that the
US will have $100 billion in infrastructure needs in the next five years, it’s the right time for
our innovations to help bring the country’s airports up to speed.”
As competition between airports increases, the ease and efficiency of passenger movement
is critical to providing an experience that will keep travelers coming back.
thyssenkrupp’s sophisticated iwalk system offers airport operators an ideal answer to help
ease passenger flows in busy airports. The modular, pit-less design means it can be easily
installed in existing infrastructure with minimal disruption to airport operators, while
ensuring the safe transport of passengers who have to traverse increasingly long distances
between gates. The installations range significantly in scale, from the impressive 80-meter
iwalks installed in Madrid’s Atocha Train Station, to the seven-meter iwalks recently
installed at an Italian supermarket.
Other innovations
thyssenkrupp’s innovative docking and gate management solutions. The company is also
engaged in a number of expansions, modernization and new installation airport projects
globally, including at Istanbul New Airport, which is set to be the largest airport in the world.
With its recent acquisition of market leader FMT’s aircraft gate docking systems division,
the company has also boosted its intelligent airport solutions capabilities. As passenger
numbers are set to double by 2035 to 7.2 billion, integrated intelligent systems are key to
significantly improving efficient mobility in airports.
thyssenkrupp Elevator brings together the Group’s global activities in passenger transportation
systems. With sales of €7.7 billion in fiscal 2016/2017 and customers in 150 countries, thyssenkrupp
Elevator built its position as one of the world’s leading elevator companies from scratch in a mere 40
years’ time applying thyssenkrupp unique engineering capabilities. With more than 50,000 highly
skilled employees, the company offers smart and innovative products and services designed to meet
customers’ individual requirements. The portfolio includes passenger and freight elevators, escalators
and moving walks, passenger boarding bridges, stair and platform lifts as well as tailored service
solutions for all products. Over 1,000 locations around the world provide an extensive sales and
service network to guarantee closeness to customers.
thyssenkrupp
thyssenkrupp is a diversified industrial group with a growing share of capital goods and service
businesses and traditional strengths in materials. Over 158,000 employees in 79 countries work with
passion and technological know-how to develop high-quality products and intelligent industrial
processes and services for sustainable progress. Their skills and commitment are the basis of our
success. In fiscal year 2016/2017 thyssenkrupp generated sales of €41.5 billion.
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