Jul
17
2024
JetBlue is selling summer non-stop business class from New York and Boston to Paris for less than $2,000 roundtrip.
Non-Stop Paris Business Class Under $2,000 Roundtrip [50 Cent Base Fares]
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JetBlue Travel Ban Shatters Veteran’s Career: Decorated Ex-Secret Service Agent Sues for Justice
Jul
08
2024
A former secret service member and “highly decorated military veteran” says he’s lost his career because JetBlue banned him after informing flight attendants that he was (lawfully) carrying a firearm with him on his flight to Florida.
JetBlue Will Disable Doors On Some Business Class Seats To Save Money
Jun
26
2024
The FAA has decided that the workload in ensuring business class suite doors are in their correct position is significant. These doors generally have to be open during taxi, take-off, and landing. And that extra work means that airlines have to staff cabin crew beyond otherwise-required minimums (of 1 flight attendant per 50 seats) for planes with doors.
JetBlue Makes Basic Economy Better, Drops Carry-On Bag Restrictions
Jun
18
2024
Basic economy matters as a way to differentiate corporate travelers (who generally pay more) from leisure customers (who are price sensitive). The old methods of Saturday night stay and 14-day advance purchase no longer hold.
But customers aren’t as stupid as airlines assume, or maybe even used to be. They compare the offerings of airlines – at the same price, nearly everyone offered better value than JetBlue. Certainly Delta – which has free wifi, too – offered better value in both New York and Boston than JetBlue’s basic fares. That hurts JetBlue, which wins only when customers go out of their way to choose them over competitors.
Dr. Oz Rescues Passenger On JetBlue Flight To Mexico
Jun
15
2024
Dr. Oz jumped into action on a JetBlue flight from New York JFK to Los Cabos responding to a passenger’s medical emergency on Friday.
He was enroute to a wedding, and flight attendants called for anyone with medical training to assist.
Mayday: JetBlue Flight Bombarded With System Failures After Barbados Takeoff
Jun
11
2024
JetBlue flight 1844 from Barbados to Boston diverted back to Barbados last Tuesday after the Airbus A320 (registration N586JB) experienced “so many… [reported faults that pilots] were unable to tell what is going on with the airplane.”
American Airlines Declares They Want To Restart JetBlue Partnership
Jun
03
2024
According to American Airlines, appealing the JetBlue partnership anti-trust verdict, “We do want to go forward with similar arrangements, obviously JetBlue is not here and cannot speak, we do.”
Pressed further about whether they really are considering this, the lawyer responds “We would seriously consider that, yes, and the injunction prevents us from doing that.”
American Airlines Goes To Court, Tries To Overturn Breakup Of JetBlue Partnership
Jun
03
2024
American Airlines is still appealing the government’s win in its anti-trust suit against the Northeast Alliance between it and JetBlue – even though JetBlue abandoned the effort and moved on.
New JetBlue-British Airways Alliance Could Pose Major Challenge to American Airlines
May
22
2024
British Airways and JetBlue have filed with the Department of Transportation to codeshare. And BA’s transatlantic business suffers from American Airlines weakness with corporate accounts in cities like New York and Boston.
Corporate Raider Carl Icahn Walking Away From JetBlue? Victory Or Grim Future For The Airline?
May
15
2024
With JetBlue struggling, corporate raider Carl Icahn took nearly a 10% stake in the carrier and won the right to appointment members to the airline’s board. Now he’s walking away?
