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brooklynite

(94,572 posts) Wed Apr 10, 2019, 03:16 PM Apr 2019

JetBlue preparing to introduce flights to Europe...

JetBlue Airways appears to be gearing up to announce plans for its first service across the Atlantic as soon as Wednesday, an expansion that the New York-based carrier views an an opportunity to undercut entrenched rivals with its cheaper business-class service.

The low-cost airline is scheduled to hold an “all hands” meeting with staff at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport along with “viewing parties” at some of its main hubs around the U.S. on Wednesday afternoon, according to a company invitation obtained by CNBC. A save-the-date email announcing the April 10 event featured a background pattern similar to upholstery on London’s subway. Buttons featuring JetBlue’s logo and iconic London sights of Big Ben and the London Eye were sent to JetBlue offices, according to one employee.

The company’s shares jumped by about 4% in after-hours trading on the news.

JetBlue may add service to London but its plans could include other routes to European cities from its New York and Boston hubs, important business travel markets.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/09/jetblue-appears-to-be-gearing-up-to-announce-service-across-the-atlantic.html

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JetBlue preparing to introduce flights to Europe... (Original Post) brooklynite Apr 2019 OP

If they're going to get into that market SoCalNative Apr 2019 #1

JBLU already has MINT Class seats on their trans-con flights brooklynite Apr 2019 #2

Good to know SoCalNative Apr 2019 #3

I know one way for them to make an immediate convert DFW Apr 2019 #4

UPDATE: JetBlue plans to start flights to London in 2021, taking on entrenched rivals brooklynite Apr 2019 #5

SoCalNative

(4,613 posts)

1. If they're going to get into that market

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Apr 10, 2019, 04:10 PM

Apr 2019

they're going to need to add a business class section on their transatlantic flights, or re-do their seating so that every passenger has fully reclining sleep seats.

brooklynite

(94,572 posts)

2. JBLU already has MINT Class seats on their trans-con flights

Reply to SoCalNative (Reply #1)

Wed Apr 10, 2019, 04:23 PM

Apr 2019

https://www.jetblue.com/flying-with-us/mint

SoCalNative

(4,613 posts)

3. Good to know

Reply to brooklynite (Reply #2)

Wed Apr 10, 2019, 04:39 PM

Apr 2019

but they don't have those out of all airports. They have them on their NYC flights out of LAX but not Burbank.....

DFW

(54,384 posts)

4. I know one way for them to make an immediate convert

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Wed Apr 10, 2019, 04:51 PM

Apr 2019

Start reasonably priced nonstop flights between Boston, Atlanta or Dallas and Düsseldorf, Germany. The flights here out of Newark and Atlanta are almost always full, and usually on old, tired aircraft, especially since Air Berlin folded. Düsseldorf as a business/fashion/industrial hub is huge. Trains run from the Frankfurt airport directly to Düsseldorf practically every half hour, and they are so full that if you don't have an advance seat reservation, you stand a good chance of standing in the corridor the whole way.

I would jump to Jet Blue in a heartbeat in that case, and I am platinum-for-life with Sky Team (Delta/Air-France-KLM). The Delta flights from Düsseldorf to Atlanta and back are convenient, but they are SO popular that they are priced sky-high if not booked many months in advance, and they are full to the gills on old 767 planes.

brooklynite

(94,572 posts)

5. UPDATE: JetBlue plans to start flights to London in 2021, taking on entrenched rivals

Reply to brooklynite (Original post)

Thu Apr 11, 2019, 10:36 AM

Apr 2019

JetBlue Airways on Wednesday said it is planning to launch its first service to London in 2021, an aggressive move by the low-cost airline that’s aimed at luring lucrative corporate travelers away from entrenched rivals that already dominate air travel across the Atlantic.

Major international airlines like Delta, American, United and their European partners currently account for most of the trans-Atlantic market. More than three-quarters of trans-Atlantic service last year was operated by airlines in the largest alliances among carriers, according to consulting firm ICF.

JetBlue, which has been debating offering trans-Atlantic service for about three years, currently services the Caribbean, Mexico, Central America and northern South America, in addition to its U.S. network.

The airline hinted it would add other destinations in Europe. Multiple-daily flights from New York and Boston to London would begin in 2021, using a long-range version of the Airbus A321.

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/04/10/jetblue-finally-announces-plans-to-fly-to-london.html

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