Meet Airline Legend David Neeleman in NYC, Win Tickets to Portugal

Aviation enthusiasts and airline watchers are in for a treat this Friday, with a chance to meet one of the most influential figures in the airline industry: , David Neeleman, the founder and original CEO of JetBlue, who is now a co-owner of TAP Air Portugal.

The Portuguese airline, privatized in 2015, is celebrating its 50th anniversary at New York's JFK airport on Friday, June 15. To mark the anniversary, Neeleman is hosting what a statement from the airline's media representatives calls his first-ever “Aviation Geek Meet-Up.”

The catch is that this won't happen at JFK — or at Newark, the other New York-area airport served by TAP — but in Brooklyn, more precisely in East Williamsburg, considered by many to be the hippest part of the city.

Neeleman will unveil TAP's "Stopover Corner" and give away TAP novelties and Portuguese pastries. There will also be social media challenge for a chance win two TAP airline tickets to Lisbon.

WHEN: Friday, June 15, 2018, 3 - 4pm

WHERE: Corner of Bogart and Grattan Streets, Brooklyn

TAP is taking delivery this month of the first Airbus A330neo, the re-engined, modified version of the A330, Airbus' long-haul workhorse. The airline is the launch customer for the airplane, which will feature a new cabin with updated seats. TAP, a member of Star Alliance — meaning you can earn and redeem United Airlines miles on it —is expected to send the A330neo to New York soon, although there are no confirmed dates for the debut. When we reviewed TAP's business class on the current version of the A330, TPG Editor-at-large Zach Honig found it "fantastic."