JetBlue
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JetBlue Runs Into Latin America Troubles
The first quarter was a terrible one for JetBlue. On the one hand, it looks like the airline was using this as…
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A Tale of Two Cities: Expanding on Last Week’s The Air Show Podcast
Last week on The Air Show podcast, Jon Ostrower, Brian Sumers, and I dove head first into the two northern corners of…
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JetBlue’s Long-Desired West Coast Focus City Dream Dies in June
The way JetBlue tells it, Los Angeles remains an important focus city and a crew base, but this week’s big cuts in…
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JetBlue May Have Finally Been on a Good Path, but Icahn’s Investment Changes Things
Welcome back to the second part of Carl Icahn week. I wrote about what Icahn did to TWA back in the 1980s…
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A Look at Carl Icahn’s TWA Experience Before Looking Ahead to JetBlue
Let’s call this Carl Icahn week here at Cranky. This Thursday is the fourth annual Cranky Network Awards, and I’m already up…
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Cranky on the Web: JetBlue’s Reset
JetBlue resets with new CEO, industry veterans to run airline on time, and profitably – CNBCThere is a lot going on at…
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JetBlue Starts to Reveal a Plan to Improve On Its Own, And It Isn’t Terrible
JetBlue has spent much of the last couple years hoping that others would solve its problems. First it was the Northeast Alliance with…
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Departing JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes Has Little to Show for His Nine Years at the Helm
JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes recently announced that he would step down on February 12 after a nearly 9 year run. His long-time…
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JetBlue and Spirit Forced to Develop Their Own Strategies After the Merger is Blocked
I’ve moved up my usual Thursday post to Wednesday instead… since there was no reason to wait to talk about what just…
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As the Merger Trial Begins, JetBlue Watches Spirit Falter
This week marks the beginning of the trial in the Department of Justice’s lawsuit to block JetBlue from buying Spirit. After the…
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JetBlue’s Full-Court Press to Get the Spirit Deal Done
JetBlue has decided to go on offense instead of just waiting for the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) court case blocking the acquisition…
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American Walks a Tightrope on Northeast Alliance Messaging, Now Plays Down Its Importance
Remember the Northeast Alliance (NEA) between American and JetBlue? Of course you do. It was going to create a strong third competitor…