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JetBlue enters Philadelphia to compete against US Airways and fares plunge
TransportWith a water cannon salute on the airfield welcoming the first JetBlue Airways flight from Boston Thursday, the popular low-fare carrier treated Philadelphia passengers and guests to cheese steaks, a Mummers band, pretzels, Boston creme pie doughnuts, Bassetts ice cream and peanut chews. The inaugural flight taxied to Gate E-4 at Philadelphia International Airport at [...]
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JetBlue exec: Airlines shouldn’t compete over “nicest prison cell”
TransportThe future of the airline industry has got to be brighter than its present, according to Marty St. George, senior VP-marketing and commercial strategy at JetBlue Airways, in the latest “#AFewGoodMinutes” interview from Allen & Gerritsen. “It’s not as bad now as it was even two years ago, but you still have legacy airlines trying [...]
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U.S. airline customers are happier in 2013, nevermind social media complainers
TransportNorth American airlines earned their highest rating for passenger satisfaction since 2006, before the advent of baggage fees, in a survey showing the value of smiling employees, onboard Wi-Fi and mobile applications. Customers reported better experiences with both segments of the industry, the traditional full-service carriers such as Delta Air Lines Inc. and low-cost competitors [...]
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JetBlue shows modest gains in revenue and traffic during April
TransportJetBlue Airways Corp. said Thursday that passenger traffic in April rose 4.7 percent from a year ago, helped by an increase in capacity. The New York-based airline’s preliminary revenue passenger miles, or how many miles all paying passengers flew during the month, totaled 3 billion, up from 2.86 billion in the same month last year. [...]
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JetBlue will be happy to take travelers to Haiti starting in December
TransportJetBlue Airways Corp. is extending its service in the Caribbean to Haiti. The airline announced Thursday that it plans to offer daily nonstop flights to Port-au-Prince, Haiti, from New York City’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and South Florida’s Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport. The flights are scheduled to begin Dec. 5. In a statement from [...]
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JetBlue’s Twitter team tweets support for gay NBA player Jason Collins
TransportJetBlue jumped into the conversation about Jason Collins with posts on Twitter and Facebook on Tuesday thanking the NBA player for coming out: Thanks Jason, today we’re all on the same team. twitter.com/JetBlue/status… — JetBlue Airways (@JetBlue) April 30, 2013 The NBA and many players and politicians have expressed support for Mr. Collins, whose announcement [...]
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JetBlue CEO says sequestration is “holding traveling public hostage”
TransportJetBlue CEO Dave Barger candidly told participants in this morning’s first-quarter earnings call that “there are so many adjectives I could share” to describe the current delays that are “holding the traveling public hostage” this week. JetBlue has yet to see any impact from the FAA furloughs, although the executives agreed it was too early to [...]
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JetBlue’s first-quarter earnings cut in half year-over-year
TransportJetBlue Airways Corp reported a lower first-quarter profit on Thursday, citing weak demand and higher costs. Earnings came to $14 million, or 5 cents a share, compared with $30 million, or 9 cents a share, a year earlier, the company said on Thursday. Quarterly revenue rose 8 percent to $1.3 billion, but operating costs climbed [...]
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Aer Lingus wants to be the short-haul solution for major European airlines
TransportAer Lingus Group Plc, Ireland’s national carrier, said it’s working on plans to fly short-haul routes for major European airlines keen to exit unprofitable services while retaining feeder traffic to their hubs. Accords with Virgin Atlantic Airways Ltd. and Nova Airlines AB of Sweden mark the beginning of the contract-flying strategy, with Aer Lingus pursuing [...]
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JetBlue gambles with new route not too far from Boston
TransportJetBlue Airways is sticking to its strongholds of Boston and San Juan for new route roll-outs during 2013, but it is also introducing flights from Worcester, which is 74km west of its Boston focus city. The move appears to somewhat replicate what JetBlue has done in Newburgh Stewart Airport New York – introducing flights from [...]
