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The new day-to-day leadership at JetBlue Airways Corp. is beginning to make itself felt, revealing to analysts that the low-cost carrier intends to take a new and a hard look at its expansion plans over the next two months in an effort to make a turnaround.

At a Merrill Lynch conference in Manhattan on Wednesday, JetBlue’s new chief executive, David Barger, told analysts that the Forest Hills-based carrier will evaluate the need for the airplanes it has already ordered and the 16 new markets it added last year. The company is aiming to create the best match it can between expansion and profitability, he said.

JetBlue posted a $22 million loss in the first quarter. The airline is expected next week to disclose preliminary information about its second quarter financial results.

Like all other airlines, JetBlue has been grappling with higher fuel costs. But JetBlue also is facing increased competition from legacy carriers who have shaped up their balance sheets and otherwise trimmed costs. Delta Air Lines, for example, a major JetBlue competitor on the heavily traveled East Coast routes, has recently emerged from Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection and is adding flights at Kennedy, JetBlue’s home base.

JetBlue Airways Corporation (Nasdaq:JBLU), the New York-based low-cost carrier known for providing award-winning customer service and the most live entertainment options in the skies, today begins daily nonstop service to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic (D.R.) from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK).

source: rushprnews.com

JetBlue on Thursday replaced Dave Neeleman as chief executive as the US low-cost carrier continues its recovery from operational issues during the winter and an increasingly challenging domestic market.

Dave Berger, president of the New York-based carrier, will take on the CEO role, with Mr Neeleman becoming non-executive chairman.

JetBlue has strengthened its executive team in recent months following the disruption of hundreds of flights by winter storms, which highlighted the inability of its systems to cope with rapid growth. Mr Neeleman founded JetBlue in 1998 after selling his Morris Air business to Southwest Airlines and spending a short spell with the largest US domestic carrier before launching another airline in Canada.

JetBlue, the low-cost airline hoping to forget a chaotic February of storms and stranded passengers, has a new lease on life.

The stylish, 6-year-old carrier has just begun regular coast-to-coast flights from New York to San Francisco and founder David Neeleman hopes it will mean an end to the airline`s tough times.

The New York-based JetBlue has been flying to the West Coast but not to SFO because of high fees. Those fees have been reduced and JetBlue is in.
source: monstersandcritics.com

Four JetBlue employees and a city corrections officer have been charged with stealing credit card numbers from several unsuspecting airline passengers.

Prosecutors said the five used the cards to go on a spending spree at restaurants, liquor stores, and shops including Bloomingdale’s and Victoria’s Secret.

Investigators began looking at the group after one traveler rushing to catch a flight accidentally left his credit card behind at a JetBlue counter at John F. Kennedy International Airport. Later, someone used the card to run up $508 in charges, the Manhattan district attorney’s office said.

source: USA Today

JetBlue Airways has been named Best Low Cost/No Frills Airline by OAG, the global travel and transport information company, as part of their 2007 OAG Airline of the Year Awards. This marks the second year running that JetBlue has been named top airline in this category. The New York-based low-fare, low-cost carrier was among 42 airlines and airports that received nominations in 15 regional and global categories during the 25th Anniversary ceremony this week in London.

source: Webwire

JetBlue Airways today announces the continuing expansion of destination choices for its Boston customers with the launch of new low-fare service to San Diego, CA and the Caribbean island of Aruba, bringing to 27 the number of nonstop destinations served nonstop by Logan’s fastest-growing airline.

Beginning June 28, 2007, JetBlue will operate the only daily nonstop low-fare service between Boston and San Diego, with fares ranging from $159-$399(a) each way. Then on June 30, JetBlue will add Saturday-only nonstop service to Aruba with fares ranging between $149-$399(a) each way.

source: Primenewswire.com

JetBlue Airways Corporation, New York’s hometown airline, today begins daily nonstop service between White Plains’ Westchester County Airport and Orlando, Florida.

Beginning April 2, the low-cost carrier will offer one daily nonstop flight to Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach, and a second daily flight to Orlando.

source: ABC

JetBlue Airways has taken a beating in recent days, facing withering criticism for cancellations and delays wrought by a winter storm last week.

But investors should remember an important facet about airlines, analysts say: “‘Our view is that these things happen in the airline industry, and that at the end of the day, customers will return to JetBlue,'” Merrill Lynch analyst Michael Linenberg wrote in a recent research report.

An icy winter blast helped lead to over 1,000 canceled flights for New York-based JetBlue and tales of woe from some passengers who were stuck on planes for hours. Its stock has wobbled since the Feb. 14 storm hit.

source: BusinessWeek

Low cost fares, quirky blue potato chips and even a mea culpa from JetBlue Airways’ founder may not be enough to ease passenger anxiety Monday as the airline braces for another day of disrupted flights.

The company said it would be canceling almost a quarter of the day’s flights but hopes to be fully operational on Tuesday, almost a week after a Valentine’s Day snowstorm created a meltdown for the airline.

David G. Neeleman, the company’s founder and chief executive, said he was “humiliated and mortified” by the breakdown in the airline’s operations. He promised in an interview with The New York Times for its Monday editions that in the future the company would pay penalties to customers should they be stranded on a plane for too long.

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