JetBlue CEO: We Don’t Need Virgin America to Compete
Photo Credit: A JetBlue A320 taxis at Juan Santamaría International Airport in Costa Rica. Flickr / Bernal Saborio
Skift Take
JetBlue is looking at new routes and products to help it grow in an increasingly consolidated domestic U.S. market.
JetBlue's attempt to acquire Virgin America fell short when the high price of the airline would have impacted its organic growth plans in the U.S., according to JetBlue executives on the company's Q1 2016 earnings call.
JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes said that Virgin America wasn't a must-have addition to JetBlue's network, regardless of its cost.
"As widely reported,
