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JetBlue is looking to cut costs by trimming unprofitable flights. According to CNBC, JetBlue will end cross-country flights from JFK Airport to San Jose and Portland. A flight from Westchester County Airport to Martha’s Vineyard in MA will also be eliminated. The airline will also end service from New York to Ponce, PR and Milwaukee […]
NEW YORK — JetBlue Airways announced that Joanna Geraghty (photo above), currently the company’s president and chief operating officer, will succeed Robin Hayes as chief executive officer, effective February 12, 2024. Hayes is stepping down due to health concerns. Hayes will continue to serve on the company’s Board of Directors until that time, at which […]
NEW YORK — JetBlue, joined by New York Governor Kathy Hochul and other partners and leaders, celebrated a key milestone in the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s transformation of John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) with the groundbreaking of a $4.2 billion project to develop a new international Terminal 6. The groundbreaking, […]
NEW YORK — JetBlue announced plans to expand transatlantic flying into Continental Europe with new service to Paris from JFK International Airport starting next summer. Paris will be JetBlue’s second transatlantic destination following the airline’s successful launch of service to London in August 2021, where it has quickly grown its schedule to five daily flights […]
NEW YORK & MIRAMAR, FL — JetBlue Airways is victorious in its battle for Spirit Airlines, the discount carrier best known for its yellow planes. After spoiling a bid by competitor Frontier Airlines, JetBlue has agreed to acquire Spirit for $33.50 per share in cash, including a prepayment of $2.50 per share in cash payable […]
NEW YORK — JetBlue has begun flights to Canada for the first time. The airline officially launched service this week from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Vancouver International Airport (YVR) with once daily flights each way. Strengthening JetBlue’s Northeast Alliance (NEA), Vancouver service brings JetBlue to its first destination in Canada, while diversifying its New […]
NEW YORK — JetBlue Airlines and New York City Mayor Eric Adams announced the company will be adding 5,000 jobs in New York City in 2022. JetBlue will also work with the city to create a new workforce partnership to connect more New Yorkers with high quality JetBlue jobs and to develop a strong pipeline for future careers at the airline. […]
NEW YORK — JetBlue Airlines announced it will exercise its option to add 30 additional Airbus A220-300 aircraft to its order book, bringing the total number of A220s in the airline’s fleet and on order to 100. The aircraft’s strong economics and operational performance are a key to JetBlue’s long-term cost performance, while also enabling […]
NEW YORK – Starting Sunday, JetBlue will expand its footprint at New York’s LaGuardia Airport (LGA) across two terminals, operate more daily departures than ever before with up to 35 daily flights and serve more than triple the number of nonstop destinations flown in 2019. JetBlue’s growth at LaGuardia – aimed at delivering more competition […]
The U.S. Department of Justice, together with Attorneys General in six states and the District of Columbia, sued Tuesday in the District of Massachusetts to block a series of agreements between American Airlines and JetBlue through which the two airlines planned to consolidate their operations in Boston and New York City. The civil antitrust complaint […]
NEW YORK — JetBlue is beginning its long-awaited transatlantic service to the United Kingdom with nonstop flights between New York’s John F. Kennedy international Airport (JFK) and London Heathrow Airport (LHR) starting August 11, 2021. JetBlue will serve both of London’s major airports with nonstop service between New York-JFK and London Gatwick Airport (LGW) starting […]
NEW YORK — JetBlue plans to launch 24 new routes later this year aimed at \generating cash and capturing passenger traffic on a variety of new, nonstop routes – many never flown before by the airline. The flights include over a half dozen from Newark Airport to the Caribbean. Each route plays to JetBlue’s strengths […]
With business travel down in the dumps due to the pandemic, JetBlue is looking to add 30 routes this summer and fall to serve customers in markets where leisure and VFR (visiting friends and relatives) travel is showing some signs of strength. The new routes offer JetBlue the opportunity to generate revenue, bring aircraft back […]
NEW YORK — For those afraid to fly now, JetBlue says it will extend through the July 4 holiday its commitment to seat distancing by blocking middle seats in rows where parties are not traveling together. The policy, part of the airline’s multi-layered “Safety from the Ground Up” program, comes as the airline is also […]
NEW YORK — JetBlue announced that starting Monday, May 4 all passengers will be required to wear a face covering during travel, making it the first U.S. airline to do so. The policy comes after the airline began requiring all crewmembers to wear face coverings while working. JetBlue has modeled its policy on the Centers […]