JetBlue Blog

We brightened the day in Rhode Island today with the announcement of service to the Sunshine State from the 75th destination in our growing route network: the capital city of Providence.  Governor Lincoln Chafee and other top government leaders joined our President and CEO Dave Barger at a press event on the steps of the [...]

Next up in our Live From T5 concert series, an exclusive live performance by soul-singing sensation Allen Stone on Thursday, July 26, 2012 at 6 p.m. ET. Following a sold out performance in New York the night before, the musically inclined airline is once again providing a surprise performance that is sure to delight. Our [...]

We signed a definitive agreement with Pratt & Whitney for PurePower PW1100G-JM engines to power our order of 40 firm A320neo family aircraft finalizing the MOU announced in late 2011.  The agreement includes 86 PurePower engines with a long-term PureSolutionSM maintenance service agreement. Deliveries are scheduled to start in 2018. The PurePower engine uses an [...]

Due to inclement weather impacting the New York Metro Area, we will waive change/cancel fees and fare differences for customers traveling Sunday, July 15th, 2012, to/from the following cities: Newark, NJ – Newark Libery (EWR) New York, NY – John F. Kennedy (JFK) New York, NY – LaGuardia (LGA) All customers traveling to/from the airports listed above are [...]

The 2012 NYC Triathlon took place last weekend, and we were a proud sponsor for the fifth consecutive year. Our crewmembers set up shop at the JetBlue Finish Festival, where we generated and presented participants with their timing receipts upon completing the race and some goodies. The receipts—a print out of each finisher’s time—were a [...]

Traffic in June increased 9.7 percent from June 2011, on a capacity increase of 4.8 percent. Load factor for June 2012 was 85.9 percent, an increase of 3.8 points from June 2011. Our preliminary completion factor was 98.8 percent and our on-time (1) performance was 77.4 percent. Our preliminary passenger revenue per available seat mile for [...]

We’re adding our 74th BlueCity to the map with our intent to serve Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands, the largest destination in the British Overseas Territory’s archipelago. Beginning Nov. 15, 2012, we’ll serve Owen Roberts International Airport (GCM) with three times weekly service on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays from New York’s John F. Kennedy [...]

Welcome to A Day in the Life, where we take you behind the scenes at JetBlue to learn more about the important jobs that work in concert together to run a major airline. This time, we visit with Kristi on our Customer Support team, who has one of the most flexible jobs at JetBlue. Kristi [...]

Due to negotiations between DIRECTV® and Viacom as of midnight ET, several channels are currently not available as part of our free onboard lineup. We’ll stay tuned for the latest from DIRECTV® and are working closely with our partners at LiveTV on a solution. The channels currently affected include: 1)      Comedy Central 2)      VH1 3)      VH1 [...]