JetBlue Airways and Spirit Airlines received a greenlight from the U.S Transportation Department (DOT) to temporarily cut service to 16 large hubs across the country.
A group of U.S. Senate Democrats called on airlines to release an estimated $10 billion in full cash refunds for flights canceled by passengers owing to the COVID-19 pandemic.
JetBlue Airways will temporarily consolidate operations at five metro areas across the U.S., offering a preview of how other carriers will likely manage their minimum service level obligations under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Emergency Security (CARES) Act.
The largest U.S. airlines slashed the bulk of their schedules for the next several months, forced to scale back to once-unthinkable levels by the total collapse in global air travel caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.
JetBlue Airways is considering additional capacity cuts beyond the 5% announced last week, as bookings continue to slump over concerns about the coronavirus outbreak.
JetBlue Airways CEO Robin Hayes touted the company’s recent signing of a credit facility priced according to environmental targets, calling it “the first of its type in our industry.”
JetBlue Airways remains confident that its planned service from Boston to London will be a success even as competition is intensifying in the market, and despite its largest rival Delta’s declaration that its revenue performance in Boston is on par with JetBlue’s results.
Weekly capacity between New York and Manchester during the summer is set to drop by a third compared with 2019, but United Airlines is awaiting price stabilization before deciding whether to expand.
JetBlue Airways shows no signs of backing down from its build up in Boston even as Delta Air Lines, and now American Airlines, continue to increase pressure in one of JetBlue’s most important markets.
JetBlue Airways notified the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) on Jan. 16 it will return over a dozen frequencies to Havana that it received in 2016, following moves by the government that further restricted air travel to Cuba.