JetBlue Blog

JetPride took to the skies in pride! JetBlue Flight #1969 (in honor of the year when the Stonewall Riots sparked the legitimacy of gay rights movement) departed San Francisco at noon on Friday, landing in Long Beach, California a little after two. Celebratory Customers and assorted others jetted in style- and with pride- to participate [...]

Flight 1328 from BWI-BOS last week saw a plane full of WWII veterans. The flight, being dubbed “honor flight,” departed and arrived with United States flags and a bagpipe player. Airport Operations Supervisors Stephanie Thompson and Sandra Duarte, and Airport Operation Leads Donnie Todd and Dan Blake oversaw the special flight. Numerous Crewmembers and Customers held flags [...]

Dominican Republic General Manager Kevin Pabon received a letter from the U.S. Embassy in Santo Domingo, thanking Crewmembers for their assistance in the Haiti relief efforts. See below for the English and Spanish versions of the letter. Dear Mr. Pabon, Last January, the Haiti earthquake tremendously impacted the lives of all residents in Haiti and [...]

Sometimes we can all use a treat, whether that’s a cookie or a trip to the beach. Hailing from our hometown, when she leaves for work or to unwind from work, Shelly digs what she calls our “open bar for snacks,” as well as her “essential” coffee in the morning and the occasional glass of [...]

The 2010 Susan Komen Race for the Cure in Vegas took place this past Saturday. Participating Crewmembers arrived very early Saturday morning to help divert traffic and hang banners for the race. Crewmembers had a lot of fun helping out and agreed to take part in the race again next year, this time with a [...]

No stranger to praise, our own T5 took home three more awards at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey’s fifth annual Customer Care Awards Luncheon on Wednesday, May 12. Marisa Von Wieding, our Director JFK Ops and Customer Service, accepted the awards on our behalf. T5 was honored for “Best Terminal for [...]

A man on the go, John is frequently making last minute travel plans between Boston, New York and Florida to accommodate last minute business trips for the advertising agency he owns. He also used our All-You-Can-Jet pass to visit more clients that he normally could have. John says flying JetBlue is “very similar to flying [...]

The airline industry saw some turbulence this week, though clearer skies are on the horizon. We had a real mixed bag with the more turbulent news taking the front seat such as the devastating Libya plane crash, with a little boy as the sole survivor of the 104 onboard. Then there was the actual turbulence, [...]

As Crewmembers know, when we do have some free time, it’s nice to get out of town for a while. When Kervin takes a vacation with his family, he likes to fly JetBlue since we make their journey comfortable — he says being able to stretch out and watch the game makes him feel like [...]

On Wednesday, May 4 we welcomed some of the finalists in the Create Dunkin’s Next Donut contest. The finalists were met at their plane by the Dunkin’ Donuts mascot and everyone on their flight received a $5 gift card. Dunkin’ Donuts also provided the signature blue “JetBlue Donut” to customers flying out of Logan all [...]