Earlier this week, The New York Times reported that while Customers with purchased tickets received ominous reports of the approaching hurricane, most airlines had not yet decided whether to impose pre-emptive flight cancellations. “With the exception of JetBlue, which announced 900 flight cancellations early Friday, major airlines held off scrubbing large numbers of flights until [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Irene’
August 31st, 2011
Care Team working to provide aid
To help those affected by Hurricane Irene, JetBlue’s Care Team is sending more than 200 of our Wake Up snack boxes to a Red Cross shelter in Pine Hill, NY, located about 90 miles south of Albany. The shelter is located on Belleayre Mountain at Belleayre Ski Center and feeds two small towns in the [...]
August 28th, 2011
Picking Up The Pieces From Irene
By now the majority of the storm formerly known as Hurricane Irene has passed through the New York Metro area and is continuing to lose power as it moves through New England, into the Canadian Maritimes and out to sea. While many of us may have avoided the more serious concerns the hurricane posed, the [...]
August 27th, 2011
Irene Makes Her Way North
Beauty is not always in the eye of the beholder. Hurricane Irene is ugly no matter who you ask. Irene is expected to hit our base of operations in New York late on Saturday and cause a ruckus into Sunday night. Winds are estimated to be severe, with flash flooding, surges, and all that fun [...]
August 26th, 2011
Irene Ends Her Island-Hopping Tour
Irene has spent her week beating up the Caribbean and is still asking for more! As Hurricane Irene heads towards the East Coast of the United States she is losing some intensity, but her bite might prove to be as bad as her bark as she plans to smack the Carolinas tomo rrow. We’re following [...]
August 25th, 2011
JetBlue to Waive Change Fees and Fare Differences to Assist Customers Affected by Hurricane Irene
Due to the expected impact of Hurricane Irene, we’re waiving change fees and fare increases to allow Customers that booked travel prior to Thursday, Aug. 25, 2011 to or from select cities in the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions to voluntarily rebook their travel through either Wednesday, Aug. 31 or Friday, Sept. 2, 2011. Eligible cities [...]
August 24th, 2011
C’mon Irene! How Hurricane Season Can Snarl Operations
Hurricane season 2011 is in full swing! The Atlantic hurricane season runs from June through November, with a peak from mid-August through early October. Predictions called for a very active year, and that has come to pass so far. This is already the third most active year on record; the latest storm, Hurricane Irene, is [...]
August 24th, 2011
Fee Waiver for Customers Traveling To/From Florida
Due to inclement weather forecasted to impact the eastern coast of Florida as a result of Hurricane Irene, we will waive change/cancel fees and fare differences for Customers traveling on Thursday, August 25, through Friday, August 26, 2011 to/from the following cities: Fort Lauderdale, FL (FLL) Jacksonville, FL (JAX) Orlando, FL (MCO) West Palm Beach, FL [...]
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