JetBlue Evaluates Fleet Plan as It Considers Flying to Europe
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JetBlue is taking its time in deciding whether to fly to Europe. We're guessing the airline is leaning that way, but it's hard to know for sure.
JetBlue Airways is doing a "major review" of its fleet, asking whether 100-seat Embraer 190s still fit in the airline's network and if the carrier should acquire a long-range Airbus aircraft capable of flying to Europe, its CEO said Tuesday.
Speaking at the J.P. Morgan Aviation, Transportation & Industrials Conference in New York, JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes said the airline must decide by year-end whether to take the Airbus A321LR, assuming it wants the aircraft by 2019. The plane should be capable of flying from Boston and New York to the United Kingdom and perhaps other destinations in Western Europe.
"What will govern whether or not we do that is pretty simple," Hayes said. "Will flying that airplane to ... E
