It was a pregnant news week in the airline industry week with no one news item trumping all else, but no shortage of chunky, important goings-on. The week started with the threat of a bang, as a Cathay Pacific airliner was escorted to Vancouver after a bomb scare. And United had a scare with an [...]
Archive for May 2010
May 20th, 2010
Inflight Crewmember, Jessica Thomas, on the Ellen DeGeneres show!
LGB Inflight Crewmember, Jessica Thomas, (pictured above in the red top) won a $2,000 America Express Gift Card on The Ellen DeGeneres Show earlier this week. The taping for the show took place on May 12 and aired on May 13. Jessica’s name was called and she got to participate for the chance to win [...]
May 20th, 2010
Annual shareholder’s meeting today – 10 a.m. ET
Tune in today at 10 a.m. for a live webcast of our annual shareholders meeting: Webcast
May 20th, 2010
Romanticizing air travel?
It’s fair to say that air travel was more luxurious back in the day. Customers were treated as though they were actual paying guests and not cattle, seats were more spacious, and amenities were plentiful (sounds a little like JetBlue *wink*). Tech culture site, Boing Boing, makes the case that when we compare air travel [...]
May 19th, 2010
JetBlue’s Favorite Tweets
“tina from jetblue just shattered my heart she said i cant bring my pet goldfish wtf am i supposed to do with chuck norris.” @sammmybabbby *check back on BlueTales Blog for more of JetBlue’s favorite tweets, fresh from our Twitter page.
May 19th, 2010
JetBlue in the news: 10 Years On Top of the Tarmac
The Street wrote an extremely favorable overview of JetBlue, pointing out that we’ve, “evolved into one of the four principal carriers in the world’s largest aviation market,” commending us for our outstanding Customer Service, state-of-the-art T5 terminal, and our stronghold in Boston, among other things. “It’s possible that no airline has come as far in [...]
May 19th, 2010
Flying the earth-friendly skies
The Boston Globe ran a great piece about our efforts to reduce the carbon footprint that our planes create by offering Customers a chance to buy back some of the carbon they produce when they jet. When you book a flight, you are offered a link to Carbonfund.org where you can calculate and then offset [...]
May 18th, 2010
Announcing service from Boston to Phoenix!
We’re pleased to announce nonstop service from Boston to Phoenix to begin September 2, 2010, offering customers more comfort and value when jetting between the two cities. This new route reinforces JetBlue’s position as the largest airline at Logan International Airport and will follow a summer of network growth in Boston that includes a 30% [...]
May 18th, 2010
Tuesday’s Travel Tips
Check out this week’s stop on the BlueCity tour, Seattle, and be sure to visit next week when we visit Nantucket!
May 18th, 2010
Tuesday’s Travel Tips – Seattle
The northernmost BlueCity on the West Coast of the U.S., Seattle is the perfect manageable urban center – small and friendly, clean and open-minded – with plenty of fun places to explore! Our enthusiastic Seattle Crewmembers put their heads together and came up with some great travel tips! With an environmental program that started in [...]



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