June 27 (Reuters) - The New Terminal One (NTO), a

consortium of labor, operating and financial partners at New

York's John F. Kennedy International Airport, said on Thursday

it issued $2.55 billion in green bonds, the largest-ever

municipal bond financing for an airport project.

It is the second time JFK's NTO issued bonds in less than a

year to refinance about $6.63 billion in bank loans. The

consortium first sold $2 billion in bonds in December.

NTO said it initially offered $1.5 billion of Series 2024

Special Facilities Revenue Bonds, but increased the issuance due

to investor demand. The consortium received orders for $6

billion, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on

Wednesday.

"We were very pleased with the investor demands...it

reinforces the very strong value proposition of the New Terminal

One at JFK", said NTO CEO Jennifer Aument.

Construction of the new international terminal on the site

of JFK's current Terminals One, Two and Three at one of the

world's busiest airports is about 40% complete, backed by a

consortium of financial, operating, and labor partners --

Ferrovial, JLC Infrastructure, Ullico and Carlyle

.

NTO has reached agreements with eight major airlines for the

new international terminal, scheduled to open in 2026, following

a $9.5 billion first phase of a major transformation project.

When fully completed, the new terminal is expected to handle

more than 16 million passengers a year by 2030, about three

times the number handled by the existing Terminal 1 in 2023.

The interest in the market decreased slightly for the latest

bond issue compared with bonds issued in December, which were

oversubscribed by 7.7 times even after increasing the

transaction by $500 million to $2 billion.

"We were still three times oversubscribed, which is exactly

where you want to see in a good bond deal," NTO's CFO, Manoj

Patel, said. Some of the investors that had bought bonds in the

first issue returned to invest in the latest bond issue, he

said.

The bonds were designated as Green Bonds by Kestrel

Verifiers, an independent second-party opinion provider that

confirmed the uses of the bonds conform with Green Bond

principles, which seek to support issuers in financing

environmentally sound and sustainable projects.

Spanish infrastructure giant Ferrovial is the lead investor

with a 49% stake in the new terminal consortium as part of its

strategy to focus on the U.S. market.