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daz211 2nd Mar 2019 15:09

JetBlue - London.
 
JetBlue has just sent out a “save the date” email to employees. This event will be taking place in New York City on April 10, 2019, and is described as a “chat about JetBlue’s vision and strategy.” JetBlue employees are invited to attend in person or watch via webcast.



It sure sounds to me like this is more than a “state of the airline” address, based on the way it’s described. I assume that there’s some big announcement.

I think just about everyone’s first instinct is that JetBlue is about to announce service to Europe. I don’t know if that’s the case or not but there is a poster doing the rounds which looks like a London skyscape in the back ground with the millennium wheel looking very prominent.

rog747 2nd Mar 2019 15:19

Well that would be interesting - they do have 159 seat A321 with a high end Mint product (16 Super business type/Premium Economy) but they are not NEO LR but have IAE engines - Not sure if they have any ETOPS experience either?

So at present they do not have any fleet for TA ops but read this about their latest NEO orders and new markets https://www.flightglobal.com/news/ar...n-2019-454738/

Mid April is a funny time to announce new markets - they would have lost Summer 2019 momentum for sales

daz211 2nd Mar 2019 15:23

https://liveandletsfly.boardingarea....-announcement/

hopethis link works, looks like Boston - Heathrow.

rog747 2nd Mar 2019 15:28

OH well good luck to them - flew domestic - they were great

tom7130 2nd Mar 2019 15:59

I know Birmingham is trying to get them wounder if they have and said they are ‘soon’ to announce New York flights


daz211 2nd Mar 2019 16:16

All the clues in the link (Post 3), point to London (LHR).

pamann 2nd Mar 2019 16:29

How and who have they got the slots from if they are to operate to/from Heathrow?

IMHO they will have been offered a much better deal surely to go to Stansted or Gatwick.

Heathrow 'narrow-body transatlantic' just seems to me like an expensive experiment.

tom7130 2nd Mar 2019 16:31


Originally Posted by daz211 (Post 10405023)
All the clues in the link (Post 3), point to London (LHR).

Yeah But they could also announce Birmingham Aswell unlikely but could

EGPO 3rd Mar 2019 00:17

Or they could choose any random UK Regional Airport , would SEN be able to accommodate the aircraft mentioned?.
It's just the sort of deal , Stobart are good at doing .
There again a Northern Airport , apart from Manchester there are no Us services ( unless Newcastle still operate there ).
But either way even if there are.
Non are ' Ultra Low Cost' , Jet Blue of course.
Offers different Service levels, bit I think a certain popular YouTube channel ' flight experience chap ' covered Jet Blue Mint and mentioned the very basic ultra low cost , options .
Through to ' Mint '., If this is the case then will this be the first true ' Low-cost ' carrier to cross the pond .

If so I'd bet a certain Irish Airline will be fuming , not having the Aircraft to do the trip .

VickersVicount 3rd Mar 2019 00:42

EDI have had discussions as well but suspect the DL announcement of BOS perhaps prempted that, so maybe GLA as a northern UK/Europe port after LHR
Cant see BHX in a month of sundays

pabely 3rd Mar 2019 08:48


[If so I'd bet a certain Irish Airline will be fuming , not having the Aircraft to do the trip .
You can book BOS LHR already with another Irish airline via DUB on the JB booking engine, they will obvoiusly know the demand then, but would that not upset IAG and would upset other agreements where EI interlink via DUB?

EGPO 4th Mar 2019 10:04


Originally Posted by pabely (Post 10405543)
You can book BOS LHR already with another Irish airline via DUB on the JB booking engine, they will obvoiusly know the demand then, but would that not upset IAG and would upset other agreements where EI interlink via DUB?

I was thinking more of a certain Loco Irish carrier . To my knowledge they don't operate an aircraft capable of making New York or Boston.
Maybe, Providence , but not sure why that never worked out for Norwegian.
But then my detailed US geography is not great .
So not sure how far ' out of town it is '.

nowhereasfiled 4th Mar 2019 19:05

Well according to another online aviation forum (yes the one where 99% of members are JetBlue fanboys), there could potentially be a very far-out but somewhat credible rumour of B6 buying out Thomas Cook, hence the “London” theme.


chaps1954 4th Mar 2019 23:02

That would be Manchester then as nearly all TCX flights to US are ex MAN

dc9-32 5th Mar 2019 05:43

That would be Manchester then as nearly all TCX flights to US are ex MAN

At the moment. Thomas Cook have a presence at STN/LGW too.

brian_dromey 5th Mar 2019 05:50


Originally Posted by dc9-32 (Post 10407157)
That would be Manchester then as nearly all TCX flights to US are ex MAN

At the moment. Thomas Cook have a presence at STN/LGW too.

As a non-EU airline I don’t think B6 could take more than 49% of TCX. But why would they? TCX is a low-cost schedules & charter airline. B6 markets itself as a ‘hip’ alternative to the US3. They are very different.

People would do well to remember what happens to the last airline that built-up a healthy base at Manchester with A330s and moved them to London. It wasn’t a lot of gold, or a happy ending.

VickersVicount 5th Mar 2019 14:01

https://www.independent.co.uk/travel...-a8807996.html

goldeneye 5th Mar 2019 14:57

Not entirely sure where they get the £8000 fares between London and NYC/BOS in Business.

Most fares sit around the 3-4K mark.


pamann 5th Mar 2019 15:12


Originally Posted by VickersVicount (Post 10407570)

I’d put money on it going to Stansted. All this talk on Anet about LHR just doesn’t seem logistical with slots or narrowbodies IMHO just wont make a profit.

daz211 5th Mar 2019 15:19

Personally I hope it’s STN over LHR, there is more European destinations for onward travel for US passengers, who knows maybe some deal has been struck with the golden harp, that would make things very interesting indeed But like everyone we will just have to wait and see.


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