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As we head into the Halloween weekend, we’re wrapping up a week that was  packed with activity. On Monday, Oct. 26, we started service to Saint Lucia. That was followed by Thursday’s announcement that we’re growing our departures in Boston by 30%, which is a lot considering we already serve the most cities from Logan. [...]

We’ll hit a BlueCity milestone on Friday, when Kingston, Jamaica becomes number 60 in the network. The speedy success of Montego Bay made the addition of Jamaica’s capital a no-brainer. While Customers (and passriders) get excited about the new destination, Crewmembers in Kingston are busy getting the station ready for its inaugural flights. Thanks to [...]

JetBlue is a proud partner of the Real Salt Lake soccer club, becoming the Exclusive and Official Airline of the team and its Rio Tinto Stadium in March 2009. Real Salt Lake, which faces the Columbus Crew on Oct. 31 in round one of the MLS playoffs, hosted Crewmembers at the stadium on Oct. 6, [...]

Hernan L. Gonzalez, OSC-based Instructor College of Airports, sent us these photos last week of some of JetBlue’s newest Crewmembers working hard to prepare for Saint Lucia’s opening on Monday, Oct. 26. Saint Lucia’s first flight, which is sold out, is scheduled to arrive from JFK at 12:32 p.m. JetBlue’s first flight out of the [...]

Crewmembers gathered in Ft. Lauderdale on Sept. 19-20, 2009, for the 5th Annual BlueCities Softball Tournament. This year’s tourney was the largest yet, with more than 1,500 Crewmembers, families and friends in attendance. A big thank you to David Sowell from Dulles for single-handedly organizing JetBlue’s biggest sporting event! For the third straight year, the [...]

What follows is a story sent by JetBlue Vice President and Controller Don Daniels on Sept. 30, 2009. Don talks about his experience jetting with his family to California, and how the amazing service provided on the ground and in the air by his fellow Crewmembers reconfirmed his pride in working for the airline. The [...]

Thanks to the 500+ Crewmembers who turned out to see our new tailfin, “Blueberries,” revealed tonight in Orlando. What a fun event! T.J. McCormick, General Manager of Brand Design, who designed our livery, is shown here with Robin Hayes (Chief Commercial Officer) and Dave Barger (CEO): Crewmembers jetted into Orlando for the event from Santo [...]

Plane geeks have been abuzz for days over rumors that we’ve been developing a new paint scheme for our jets. It’s true! Aircraft N561JB, named La Vie en Blue, touched down at Orlando International Airport on Monday night, under the cover of darkness, after getting a week-long makeover at our paintshop in Saltillo, Mexico. Good [...]

Crewmembers are rightly proud of the JetBlue Experience we offer Customers, but how much do we know about the experience provided by our newest codeshare partner, Lufthansa? Inflight Crewmember Mark Ochotorena flew on Lufthansa on a vacation to Barcelona, Spain this September, and wanted to share his thoughts on what he described as an “incredible [...]

On Oct. 1, we successfully launched Barbados (BGI), our 58th BlueCity and 12th international destination. Highlighting the strong connection between New York City and Barbados, all five Inflight Crewmembers working the inaugural flight — Antonio Goring, Faith Bourne, El Holloway, Samantha Jack and Sonia Goodman — were Barbadian! Check out this article in the Barbados [...]