Archive for the ‘Breaking News’ Category

July 28th, 2010

Dollar is now one of JetBlue Getaways’ exclusive car rental providers

Dollar Rent A Car has signed a multi-year agreement with us to provide rental cars as part of our Getaways vacation packages. Beginning in August, Dollar will be the exclusive value car rental provider for JetBlue Getaways. The Dollar-JetBlue Getaways partnership is designed to provide customers with an additional opportunity to save even more time [...]

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July 27th, 2010

Look How Low Our Fall Fares Can Go!

We’re pleased to announce a four day sale, with one-way fares available for as low as $39 to destinations across the U.S. and the Caribbean.  Travel must be booked online at www.jetblue.com today through July 30. Fall sale fares for flights from New York (JFK) to Syracuse (SYR) and L.A./Long Beach (LGB) to San Francisco [...]

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July 22nd, 2010

JetBlue wins prestigious global marketing honor

This week in London we were awarded with a prestigious Airline Strategy Award from Airline Business magazine in the area of leadership in the field of marketing! The very impressive commendation is published below an d describes our airline as “an aggressive and spirited marketer, putting consumer issues first.” Last year, Lufthansa won this global [...]

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July 22nd, 2010

Live it up at the dead sea with our new agreement with EL AL!

We’re teaming up with EL AL! We’re proud to announce our next new airline partner, EL AL, the foremost airline serving Tel Aviv. We’ll be providing new and convenient connection options for both EL AL and JetBlue customers wishing to travel between the U.S. and Israel. Effective September, Customers traveling on the two carriers will [...]

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July 22nd, 2010

Second quarter profit announced!

“We are pleased to report a return to profitability in the second quarter with our highest-ever quarterly operating income,” said Dave Barger, JetBlue’s CEO. “During the quarter, we reported record revenues, reflecting an improved demand environment and the efforts of our outstanding crewmembers, who continue to be recognized with awards for exceptional customer service. Our [...]

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July 9th, 2010

June Traffic increased 10.9%

The Customer traffic results for June are in! Traffic increased 10.9 percent from June 2009, on a capacity increase of 5.8 percent. Load factor for June 2010 was 84.2 percent, up 3.9 points from June 2009. Our preliminary completion factor was 99.2 percent and our on-time performance was 81.3 percent. Preliminary PRASM for the month [...]

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July 8th, 2010

Announcing three new onboard products

We’re pleased to announce three new onboard products: Ocean Spray Blueberry Juice As we continue to look at great companies to partner with, we have paired up with Ocean Spray to launch their much anticipated Blueberry juice product – a fitting product as we launched our Blueberries tail scheme earlier this year. This great tasting [...]

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June 29th, 2010

The Bay Runway returns to service bigger and better than ever!

After four months of construction, JFK’s biggest and most important runway is back in service — and better than ever! The Bay Runway (Runway 13R/31L) has been completely rebuilt, repaved and upgraded with new taxiways, new navigational aids, and more features that solidify its place as one of the world’s best and our company’s most [...]

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June 9th, 2010

JetBlue officially a member of IATA

It’s official! We’re now members of IATA, the International Air Transportation Association. Today in Berlin, our CEO Dave Barger received our official membership certificate from IATA Director General Giovanni Bisignani. IATA is the world’s largest airline trade group, representing some 230 airlines around the world. Membership will expand our partnership opportunities with other world-class airlines, [...]

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June 8th, 2010

JetBlue wins J.D. Power honor for 6th straight year!

We’ve done it again! Today we were awarded highest honors in airline customer satisfaction among low-cost carriers for the fifth year in a row by J.D. Power and Associates 2010 North America Airline Satisfaction StudySM.  This is the sixth consecutive customer satisfaction award we’ve received from J.D. Power and Associates. We all know that it’s [...]

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