JetBlue and Japan Airlines begin interline agreement

NEW YORK, NY – JetBlue Airways today announced an interline partnership with Japan Airlines (JAL) allowing travelers to more conveniently book connections between JetBlue’s network in North America an

NEW YORK, NY – JetBlue Airways today announced an interline partnership with Japan Airlines (JAL) allowing travelers to more conveniently book connections between JetBlue’s network in North America and JAL’s network throughout Asia Pacific, effective tomorrow, February 15.

Through the agreement, customers may book tickets for combined travel on JetBlue and Japan Airlines through New York John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK) and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX).

JAL offers daily nonstop service from New York and Los Angeles to the carrier’s hub at Tokyo’s Narita International Airport (NRT), where travelers may connect onward to most major cities in Asia including Bangkok, Beijing, Hong Kong, Kuala Lumpur, Singapore, Seoul, Shanghai, and Taipei.

In addition to the JFK and LAX gateways, where JetBlue and JAL will launch their interline agreement, JAL also offers daily service from Chicago O’Hare to Tokyo-Narita and from San Francisco to Tokyo-Haneda.

At New York, JetBlue offers easy connections between JAL-operated flights and cities up and down the United States East Coast including Buffalo/Niagara Falls, New York; Charlotte and Raleigh, North Carolina; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and cities throughout Florida. From Los Angeles, JetBlue offers connecting service to Boston, New York (JFK), and Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

New connections at Boston to begin April 22, 2012

Japan Airlines plans to begin nonstop service between Tokyo-Narita and JetBlue’s Boston focus city this spring โ€“ an exciting new route that marks the commercial debut of the Boeing 787 Dreamliner in the U.S. market โ€“ making Boston the third connecting point between JetBlue and JAL. The new service between Boston and Tokyo, operated by JAL and part of its transpacific joint business agreement with American Airlines, will be the only nonstop link from New England to Asia.

At Boston Logan International Airport, JetBlue is the largest airline and currently offers 100 daily flights to 44 cities across the U.S. and Caribbean including Baltimore, Maryland; Buffalo/Niagara Falls, New York; Newark, New Jersey; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; and Washington, D.C. (Reagan National and Dulles International Airports).

With a mid-day arrival and departure time, JAL’s new service is perfectly timed for connections with JetBlue to and from destinations throughout the Northeast and Florida.

The In-Flight Experience

Travelers connecting from JAL to JetBlue, which is regularly lauded as one of America’s best airlines for customer service, will enjoy the comforts of all-leather seating, the most legroom in coach of any U.S. airline (based on average fleet-wide seat pitch), free in-flight entertainment at every seatback, and unlimited free snacks and drinks.

On JAL’s flights to and from Asia, customers can experience world-renowned Japanese hospitality from check-in to arrival. Also recognized as the world’s most punctual airline, JAL flies some of its youngest Boeing fleet to the continental U.S., offering customers its award-winning seats and exquisite in-flight meals.

“JetBlue is proud to be partnering with Japan Airlines through this new interline agreement that will give customers even more choice in travel between Asia and America,” said Scott Resnick, JetBlue’s director of airline partnerships. “We also look forward to celebrating with JAL as they begin the only service to Asia from our Boston focus city, where JetBlue is the #1 airline.”

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