TAP Air Portugal to Move to JFK's New Terminal 6 in 2026
TAP Air Portugal has signed on to operate out of JFK’s new Terminal 6 when the facility opens its first six gates later this year, joining a roster that includes JetBlue, Air Canada, Lufthansa, SWISS, ANA, Avianca, and a dozen other carriers. The announcement was made jointly by TAP and JFK Millennium Partners (JMP), the private developer behind the terminal.
TAP has operated at JFK for over 50 years, currently running daily nonstop service to Lisbon on Airbus A330neo and A321neo aircraft. Its existing operations will continue uninterrupted until the planned transition to T6 later in 2026.
Terminal 6 is part of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s sweeping $19 billion JFK overhaul. The terminal is being built in two phases — six gates opening in 2026, with full completion (10 gates total, nine widebody-capable) expected by 2028. Design features lean hard into the “digital-first” framing: biometric bag drop, under-five-minute walks from TSA to gates, and 100,000 square feet of retail, dining, and lounge space with a New York City curatorial aesthetic. Rooftop solar, sustainably sourced materials, and LEED silver/gold certification targets round out the sustainability pitch.
For TAP, the move is straightforward positioning — T6 gives it a modern facility, Star Alliance adjacency, and a codeshare home alongside JetBlue. For JFK, it’s another data point that the long-troubled airport’s reinvention is attracting real airline commitment, not just construction renderings.
Other confirmed T6 carriers include Austrian Airlines, Brussels Airlines, Cathay Pacific, Condor, Frontier, Icelandair, Kuwait Airways, and Norse.