NEW YORK, Sept. 26, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- JetBlue Airways Corp. (Nasdaq:JBLU), New York's hometown airline, today announced it has filed an application with the Department of Transportation (DOT) to offer daily non-stop service between New York and Cancun, Mexico. The low-fare airline currently serves 30 cities in the United States, including Puerto Rico, as well as two international destinations to Santiago, Dominican Republic and Nassau, The Bahamas.
"On behalf of our 9,000 crewmembers, 'JetBlue desea brindarle a los New Yorkers un nuevo servicio comodo y economico a Cancun,'" said JetBlue CEO David Neeleman. ("JetBlue wants to bring New Yorkers new, comfortable and low-fare service to Cancun.")
"Cancun is one of the world's most beautiful cities, and with daily, non-stop JetBlue service, more people will experience the wonders of this ancient city," Neeleman said.
JetBlue plans to operate the service with Airbus A320 equipment, offering customers the most live in-flight entertainment options of any airline. If awarded the route by the Department of Transportation, and subject to approval by the Mexican government, JetBlue plans to begin its new service between New York and Cancun by Dec. 17, or within 90 days of receiving the authorization to operate the route.
JetBlue is a low-fare, low-cost passenger airline, which provides high-quality customer service. JetBlue operates a fleet of 81 new Airbus A320 aircraft and plans to add four additional A320s and eight Embraer E190s to its fleet in 2005. Based at New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport, JetBlue currently operates 286 flights a day and serves 32 destinations in 13 states, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and The Bahamas. JetBlue plans to start daily nonstop service from Newark, NJ to Fort Lauderdale and Orlando on October 5, 2005, to West Palm Beach, Tampa and Fort Myers on October 19, 2005, and to San Juan, PR on November 17, 2005.
All JetBlue aircraft feature roomy leather seats; all equipped with an in-seat digital entertainment system offering 36 channels of free DIRECTV(r) programming -- no other airline offers more live satellite TV options. On flights longer than two hours, a selection of first-run movies and bonus features from FOX InFlight is also available (see note).
With JetBlue, all seats are assigned, all travel is ticketless, all fares are one-way, and an overnight stay is never required. For more information, schedules and fares, please visit www.jetblue.com or call JetBlue reservations at 1-800-JETBLUE (538-2583), 1-888-538-2583 if calling from Puerto Rico, or 1-200-9898 if calling from the Dominican Republic. This press release, as well as past press releases, can be found on www.jetblue.com
Note: DIRECTV(R) service is not available on flights between JFK or Newark and Puerto Rico or the Dominican Republic; however, FOX InFlight is offered complimentary on these routes.
This press release contains statements of a forward-looking nature which represent our management's beliefs and assumptions concerning future events. Forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions and are based on information currently available to us. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements due to many factors, including without limitation, potential hostilities in the Middle East or other regions, our ability to implement our growth strategy and our dependence on the New York market, our fixed obligations and our limited operating history, seasonal fluctuations in our operating results, increases in maintenance costs, fuel prices and interest rates, our competitive environment, our reliance on sole suppliers, government regulation, our failure to properly integrate LiveTV or enforce its patents, our ability to hire qualified personnel, the loss of key personnel and potential problems with our workforce including work stoppages, and continuing changes in the airline industry following the September 11th terrorist attacks and the increased risk of future attacks, the potential risks with the delivery, placing into service and integration into our operations of the EMBRAER 190 aircraft as well as the potential liability relating to our handling of customer data. Additional information concerning these and other factors is contained in the Company's Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including but not limited to, the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that may arise after the date of this release.
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