Silhouettes of passengers in front of a JetBlue Airbus A321neo aircraft were spotted on the tarmac parked on the passenger bridge at the AMS EHAM Terminal at Amsterdam Schiphol International Airport in the Netherlands.
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JetBlue Airways The airline told employees on Wednesday it was cutting more unprofitable flights, redeploying aircraft with high-value business class cabins and adjusting European service, the latest move by the airline to return to sustained profitability and cut costs.
The company will also stop using Mint business class aircraft on flights to Seattle in April.
JetBlue said it would cut flights from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., to Jacksonville, Fla.; from New York’s JFK International Airport to Austin, Texas; Houston, Texas; Miami; and Milwaukee, Wisconsin; from New York Westchester and Milwaukee. It will also end service to San Jose, California.
JetBlue Airways said ending flights between JFK International Airport and Miami would leave the airline overstaffed in Miami and that it is exploring options with crew members, such as working in other cities it serves.
“Florida remains a strong location for JetBlue, but post-COVID-19, the state of Florida remains a strong location due to legacy airlines such as American and delta Dave Jehn, JetBlue’s vice president of network planning and airline partnerships, wrote in a staff report seen by CNBC.
It will continue to serve Miami from Boston.
JetBlue will announce some new European service next week, the memo said. But Jehn said that starting in the 2025 summer travel season, the company will cancel the second Kennedy flight to Paris, as well as the summer-only flight between New York and London Gatwick Airport.
The changes were announced after JetBlue said its revenue and bookings in November and December were better than expected, sending its shares up more than 8% on Wednesday. CEO Joanna Geraghty She and her team are working to reduce costs and eliminate unprofitable routes, such as those on the West Coast, as they grapple with Pratt & Whitney engine outages and changes in demand following the pandemic.
JetBlue said customers affected by the changes can choose alternative flights or receive refunds if other routes are unavailable.
JetBlue said in a statement: “Recently, we have made some network adjustments in certain markets and removed some underperforming flights from our flight schedule, allowing us to redeploy resources, including on our advertising Popular Mint services to adapt to high demand markets and new opportunities.
