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JetBlue pilots file to organize airline’s first union

By newsday.com

Pilots at JetBlue Airways Corp. have filed a petition to establish an independent union, becoming the first group of employees at the Forest Hills-based discount carrier to organize.

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Workers And Community Leaders Demonstrate Outside Port Authority Headquarters

Port Authority's special deal for JetBlue may give travelers the blues

By eTN

NEW YORK, NY (September 24, 2008) - A special deal between the Port Authority and JetBlue Airways will take effect when the airline opens its new Terminal 5 at John F.

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IBEX Construction to build nearly 40,000 square feet of high-end restaurant space

New restaurant concourses slated for JetBlue's new Terminal 5 at JFK Airport

By eTN

NEW YORK, NY (September 18, 2008) - IBEX Construction, a New York-based firm specializing in retail and corporate construction, is building out nearly 40,000 square feet of high-end restaurant and ret

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JetBlue On eBay

Buy your airline tickets at an auction

By asap.co.uk

JetBlue Airways has announced that it is auctioning off over 300 round trip flights on auction website EBay. The flights being offered are only for weekends.

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JetBlue

Should JetBlue Sell Itself?

By wsj.com

Which will be the better business decision for JetBlue Airways: selling pillows and blankets for $7, or selling itself to a competitor like Southwest Airlines?

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And the craze goes on...

JetBlue charging $7 for pillow, blanket kit

By SAMANTHA BOMKAMP, AP Business Writer

NEW YORK - JetBlue Airways Corp. said Monday it is now charging customers for pillows and blankets.

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For Customers Who Prefer To Shop For Flights En Espanol

JetBlue Airways and MotionPoint launch Spanish-speaking website

By eTN

JetBlue Airways Corporation, together with website language management (WLM) company MotionPoint Corporation, today announced the launch of the much-anticipated Spanish version of www.JetBlue.com, off

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Strategic Effort To Increase Air Access To The Island Succeeds

Puerto Rico Tourism Company announces additional flights with JetBlue and Continental

By eTN

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - The Executive Director of the Puerto Rico Tourism Company (PRTC), Terestella Gonzalez Denton, today announced an increase in air service to the island.

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Fans Stand Behind JetBlue

Discounter determined to grow at expense of rivals

It was Valentine's Day 2007, but JetBlue was not feeling the love.

A nasty swirl of ice and snow pummeled the Northeast, forcing the airline to cancel more than 1,000 flights. On the runways of John F. Kennedy International Airport, hundreds of JetBlue passengers sat trapped on paralyzed planes, some for 10 hours.

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JetBlue Meets Dodgers

Think Blue meets JetBlue as Dodgers sign airline to sponsorship deal

JetBlue Airways Corp. will be the official domestic airline of the Los Angeles Dodgers under a sponsorship deal announced Monday, according to a report in the Sports Business Daily.

The deal is airline's first with a Major League Baseball team, according to the report. The airline does sponsor the Los Angeles Clippers of the NBA and the ... read more

JetBlue Hikes Change Fee To $100

Airline logic: Cost of fuel is rising, let's double change fee

Changing your ticket on JetBlue now costs $100. The change went into effect on May 1, according to JetBlue spokesman Sebastian White. Previously, the charge was $40 for changes made online and $50 for those made over the phone.

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JetBlue Introduces Toilet Class

There is First class. Business class. Economy class. Then, there is a toilet...

NEW YORK — A New York City man is suing JetBlue Airways for more than $2 million because he says a pilot made him give up his seat to a flight attendant and sit on the toilet for more than three hours on a flight from California.

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JetBrazil?

JetBlue founder to create discount airline in Brazil

David Neeleman, founder of U.S. discount carrier JetBlue Airways Corp., said he will create an airline in Brazil to tap the nation's expanding appetite for flying.

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JetBlue

JetBlue would gain from airline mergers, CEO says

JetBlue Airways Corp. chief executive officer Dave Barger said airline mergers would benefit JetBlue and other U.S. carriers by limiting capacity.

"Consolidation would be very good for the industry," Barger said Friday in a Bloomberg Television interview. "There's still too many airline seats chasing the demand."

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JetBlue

JetBlue adds 17th destination from Orlando: nonstop service to Cancun begins in March

Orlando, Fla. - JetBlue Airways will add its 17th nonstop destination from Orlando International Airport with the launch of daily nonstop service to Cancun, Mexico on March 13, 2008*. The award-winning low-fare airline will offer the only daily nonstop service between Central Florida and Mexico's famed Yucatan region with fares starting at just ... read more

Airline mergers

European airlines to dominate world as Lufthansa buys into JetBlue

By Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation

SYDNEY, Australia - Lufthansa and major US low-cost carrier (LCC) JetBlue last week announced that Lufthansa had acquired a 19 percent equity holding in the US self-described “point-to-point air carrier,” for US$300 million. The airlines described this as “the first significant investment by a European air carrier” in an American ... read more