JetBlue Blog

No hot food, no pillows and blankets, and on some flights, no complimentary water. What’s left? The one thing that can turn a long, meal-less coach flight from an ordeal to a joyride is…friendliness: helpful airline personnel and flight attendants with a positive attitude. That’s the motive for the AOL Mystery Flyer, an undercover reporter for [...]

“Alex Scarcella never played with dinosaurs. His love was always planes,” begins the USA Today article that published today about the present climate for pilots. Scarcella is a Boston-based E190 FO for JetBlue and is prominently featured in the piece. The article explores openly the shifting landscape for pilots- particularly at legacy and regional airlines- [...]

Tina Turnier, Supervisor, Airport Operations, in her own words: I remember whenever David Neeleman arrived to the terminal, the code over the radio to let everyone know that he was there was, “BIG BIRD’S IN THE BUILDING!” Everyone knew to hurry up, board that aircraft, close the door, and get it pushed off as quickly [...]

Budget Travel magazine has opened voting for its Readers’ Choice Awards, so this is your chance to weigh in! Lufthansa’s a good choice, but hopefully your favorite airline is JetBlue. Vote now!

JetBlue University Crewmember, Dan Dyer, took a most creative approach to pitching himself for a job at JetBlue. See below for his story, in his own words: I was visiting a friend in Boston who was talking up JetBlue, saying great things about the CEO and about how they did things differently. When I returned [...]

Did you know… that Valentine’s Day was named after Saint Valentine, of which there were many (it’s unknown whether one person in particular is linked to the holiday). Pope Gelasius I started Valentine’s Day way back in 496 AD and romance was not linked to the holiday until the 14th Century. The day was actually [...]

When it snows, it blizzards and boy did we get hit this week! The Northeast got slammed with ice, wind, and snow (cue the disco) on Wednesday, and D.C. and surrounding areas got a double dose, closing airports for the second time in a week. Rough weather coupled with less-than-positive airline news makes for fewer [...]

Maria Raknes, Airport Operations Crew On November 12, 2001 I became part of the JetBlue family, and it has been a nice ride. I started in Fort Lauderdale as a Crewmember when we had only five flights a day and there was a good outlook towards future growth. At the time, Mr. John Driscoll, our [...]

Red Sox Nation is all geared up for this big party that happens each year as the team’s equipment truck embarks on a 1,400 mile journey to Spring Training down in Florida. As the event presenter, we have wrapped the truck in JetBlue branding and will be there beside Wally the Green Monster for all [...]