Some of the JetBlue veterans may remember the dreaded row 27 from a few years ago. On the A320s, row 27 was the very last row. It was right in front of the lavs, it didn’t recline, and it had a slightly less amount of legroom. Customers complained enough that … Read the post
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JetBlue mentioned before that they were interested in exploring airline partnerships and it looks like they’ve started dipping their toes in the water here.
Our first contestant is AeroSvit. That’s right, the shy and reserved Ukranian airline that flies to New York. If you buy an AeroSvit ticket and then … Read the post
The marketing minds at JetBlue must not understand the whole college rivalry thing, because their latest promotion is definitely not the brightest idea around.
JetBlue’s brilliant idea was to go to college campuses and make students wear blue and yell “Go Blue” to win free plane tickets. Sounds like a … Read the post
Want to help AirTran decide where to fly? Well, click here and you can vote for your favorite city. I really hope this is just a lame promotion and not something that will actually influence their future planning. Then again, with JetBlue stepping in and stealing their markets before they … Read the post
JetBlue has been trying to fly to Chicago for a long time, but their inability to get gate space and slots at O’Hare meant they weren’t able to start flying unless they settled for another area airport (Midway, Gary). Clearly they were unwilling to do so, and they really stepped … Read the post
This is starting to become a regular event for JetBlue. Let AirTran announce new markets and then announce you’ll fly the same routes with an earlier start date.
The latest announcement is that JetBlue will begin flying to Newburgh/Stewart (just north of NYC) on Dec 19. Flights will operate from
… Read the post I’ve posted before about how good Spirit Airlines is at getting attention for themselves here, but their latest promo had me on the floor laughing. If you go to their homepage, you’ll see this in all its fully-animated glory:
Seriously, does it get any better than that? I … Read the post
You go away for a few days and all kinds of crazy stuff happens. Here’s the latest.
- JetBlue said on Monday that they received approval for four daily flights to Chicago/O’Hare. The flights would have to start by January. They don’t have a gate yet, but US Airways indicated they
I guess Delta figures that they’ve already done enough expansion at JFK for now so they’re refocusing out West. We saw the first round of that with the establishment of the mini-hub at LAX, and now it’s growing even more.
- LAX – Jacksonville (Florida) once daily starting Dec 15
- LAX
Good news for JetBlue fans . . . the airline finally launched its new website overnight. Here are my thoughts on the good and bad:
The Good
- You can finally start the booking process from the home page as well as check in for your flight and check flight status.
Here is a rundown of some of the new flights announced in the last week or so. There’s nothing earth shattering here this week.
- JetBlue received government approval to start flying New York/JFK – Cancun, so they announced flights right away. Flights operate daily on A320s starting Nov 30.
- AirTran
Ok, maybe in this case, the correct term is “overweight,” but either way you look at it, you’ll have to leave those heavy bags at home from now on if you fly Continental.
Recently, most US airlines standardized their baggage rules to allow bags up to 50 lbs for free, … Read the post