Jetblue Airways

Jetblue Airways
IATA code :	B6
ICAO code :	JBU
Call sign :	JETBLUE
Founding:	1998
Seat:	New York City ( Long Island City ), United States
Turnstile :	New York-JFK
Home airport :	New York-JFK
Company form:	Corporation
ISIN :	US4771431016
Management:	Robin Hayes ( CEO )
Number of employees:	21,569 (end of 2019)
Sales:	8,090,000,000 US dollars (2019)
Passenger volume:	42 million (2019)
Frequent Flyer Program :	TrueBlue
Fleet size:	263 (+ 146 orders)
Aims:	National, continental, intercontinental
Website:	www.jetblue.com

Jetblue Airways , proprietary notation jetBlue Airways , is an American low-cost airline with headquarters in New York City and aviation hub in the local John F. Kennedy International Airport .

history

The company was founded in 1998 by David Neeleman , a former employee of Southwest Airlines , and began operations in 2000. Today it is the fifth largest airline in the United States. It is owned by JetBlue Corporation , which is listed on NASDAQ . On January 22, 2008 Lufthansa announced the takeover of around 42 million newly issued shares from Jetblue Airways. This corresponds to a share of 19 percent for a total price of around 300 million US dollars. In 2008, Jetblue Airways founded Azul, a Brazilian airline. In October 2013, Jetblue made the 10,000. A320 Family aircraft ordered. On April 25, 2016, Jetblue Airways received the first Airbus aircraft built in the USA with the delivery of an Airbus A321.

Companies

The airline is known for its higher standard of service compared to other budget airlines. So this is, for example, frequent flyer program True Blue as part of the company's philosophy as an in-flight entertainment system that provides screens with TV reception at every seat. In addition, unlike many other US companies, there is no fee for the first checked bag. The airline had sales of $ 6.6 billion in 2016 and net income was $ 759 million.

The service standard has been limited since 2016. Each piece of luggage costs 20 or 25 dollars extra in the cheapest ticket class, and 12 additional seats are planned for the Airbus A320 (which reduces the seat pitch from 88 cm to 84 cm).

Destinations

Countries served by JetBlue Airways

In 2016, Jetblue flew to a total of 100 airports in the USA , the Caribbean and Latin America , carrying over 38 million passengers, an increase in the number of passengers of 8.5% compared to the previous year. The offer is constantly being expanded.

fleet

An Embraer 190 from JetBlue

A JetBlue A320 at Westchester County Airport.

As of March 2020, the Jetblue Airways fleet consists of 263 aircraft with an average age of 10.8 years:

Aircraft type	active	ordered	Remarks	Seats ( Business / Eco + / Eco )
Airbus A220-300		70	Delivery starts in 2020 ; Option for 50 more	- open -
Airbus A320-200	95		will be converted to 162 seats	150 (- / 42/108)
	35			162 (- / 42/120)
Airbus A321-200	64		with Sharklets equipped	159 (16/41/102) 200 (- / 42/158 )
Airbus A321neo	9	50	Delivery since 2019; with PW1000G engines	200 (- / 42/158)
Airbus A321LR		13		- open -
Airbus A321XLR		13		- open -
Embraer 190	60		will be replaced by Airbus A220-300	100 (- / 16/84)
total	263	146

The machines have numerous different patterns in shades of blue on the vertical stabilizer .

The fleet is partly flown to Europe for maintenance. In the meantime, Jetblue Airways also has corresponding maintenance contracts with service providers based in the USA, including in cooperation with SR Technics . The engines of the type IAE V2500-A5 will be in Germany from MTU Maintenance in Langenhagen outdated.

Incidents

First taxi ride of a JetBlue A321neo at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport

JetBlue Airbus A320-200 during the emergency landing on September 21, 2005 at Los Angeles Airport

The airline has had no casualties or aircraft casualties in its history. However, two incidents received widespread media attention:

• On September 21, 2005, an Airbus A320-200 had to make an emergency landing on JetBlue Flight 292 with 139 passengers and six crew members on board at Los Angeles Airport. The reason for this was a defect in the nose wheel, which had rotated 90 degrees and could not be retracted after take-off. The machine, named Canyon Blue, was on its way from Burbank to New York and had to circling over the Pacific for several hours to consume fuel before the emergency landing . Then she touched down on the runway and came to a safe stop. Nobody was hurt.
• On March 28, 2012, a flight captain on Flight 191 from New York to Las Vegas triggered an emergency landing due to his frightening behavior. In a state of mental confusion, he left the cockpit, whereupon the copilot locked the door. When the captain made incoherent remarks about terror and religion in the cabin and rattled the door to the cockpit, he had to be overpowered and held by several passengers until the copilot landed the plane in Amarillo, Texas . People were not harmed.

See also

• List of airlines

Web links

Commons : JetBlue Airways  - collection of images, videos and audio files

 Wikinews: Jet Blue  - in the news

• www.jetblue.com (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b} JetBlue: Annual Report 2019 (PDF), accessed on June 9, 2020 (English)
2. ↑ ^{a b} Annual Report 2016. p. 10 , archived from the original on July 13, 2017 ; accessed on August 6, 2016 . 
3. ↑ Lufthansa takes over 19 percent of the shares in JetBlue Airways. Archived from the original on January 7, 2009 ; accessed on December 24, 2015 . 
4. ↑ JetBlue Deal Marks 10,000th Airbus A320 Family Order. airbus.com, October 29, 2013, accessed November 6, 2013 . 
5. ↑ First Airbus jet built in the USA delivered. (No longer available online.) In: airbus.com. April 25, 2016, archived from the original on May 4, 2016 ; accessed on May 4, 2016 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  
6. ↑ Annual Report 2016. (No longer available online.) P. 2 , archived from the original on July 13, 2017 ; accessed on August 6, 2016 . 
7. ↑ Jetblue enrags its fans , accessed on November 26, 2014
8. ↑ JetBlue | Where We Jet: Flight Destinations. In: www.jetblue.com. Retrieved August 6, 2016 . 
9. ↑ JetBlue Airways Fleet Details and History. In: planespotters.net. Retrieved March 17, 2020 (English). 
10. ↑ JetBlue Readies to Roll Out the Royal Treatment for All with Flights to London as Airline Strengthens Relevance in New York and Boston with First European Destination. Retrieved September 21, 2019 . 
11. ↑ jetBlue orders A321neo (XLR) s, bumps A220 order book. Retrieved September 21, 2019 . 
12. ↑ jetBlue orders A321neo (XLR) s, bumps A220 order book. Retrieved September 21, 2019 . 
13. ↑ aerospaceweb.org: JetBlue A320 Emergency Landing (Eng.)
14. ↑ stern.de: "After an emergency landing in the USA: Confused pilot accused"