JetBlue TrueBlue - When Will B6 Come To IAH/HOU?

Morning B6 board :)

Anyone here have any insight when B6 will make a move on this market?

Never! :)

Never! :)What What What?! :eek:

I certainly hope they do! As J.Edward is a consumer, J.Edward is all for someone giving turning up the pressure on the others to improve their "state of the art" product. :D

What What What?! :eek:

I certainly hope they do! As J.Edward is a consumer, J.Edward is all for someone giving turning up the pressure on the others to improve their "state of the art" product. :D


Be careful of what you wish for.

Wow, I think I've struck a nerve here.

Any comments or insights from B6 board members?

I think its a possibility, with flights to JFK and/or LGB to start, perhaps BOS as well.

But then again, its a possibility. Yup, you've got some folks on the Jetblue board who clearly will bend right over ;) for Continental. Not sure why as again, these are airlines folks, not family members.

Hey J Edward, maybe sent them a shot from the ask me section of their website. They sometimes rattle off lists of cities.. can't hurt :cool: ^ Welcome to the B6 board!

Funny how almost every reply here is from CO board folks.

Yeah us CO folks must be watching B6 closely no?

For my part my wife is Russian and her Mom lives in Brooklyn not far from JFK so while I preferred CO I almost always put her on the B6 flights when we could even driving one weekend to MSY to do so (I got my mileage run in on CO left the car at the Park and Fly Hotel).

Anyway I digress but I am looking at the route map of B6 and from what I can tell they don't fly into fortress hubs in general, to whit:

AA DFW/ORD/MIA nothing
UA SFO/DIA/ORD/IAD only IAD
CO IAH/CLE/EWR just started EWR last year
NW MEM/MSP/DET nothing
US PIT/CLT/PHI nothing
DL ATL/SLC/CIN only SLC

Lucky for me I am moving to AUS in a couple of months with a new job and B6 just started service there this year. I think they have a lot of other cities they would serve first before trying to break into a FH again (remember ATL?). They will cherry pick and IAH won't be a cherry for them IMHO.

Yeah, but those hubs (IAD, SLC) are barly even "fortresses." They're much smaller hubs. B6 stays away from larger ones and probably will for the foreseeable future.

Yeah us CO folks must be watching B6 closely no?

For my part my wife is Russian and her Mom lives in Brooklyn not far from JFK so while I preferred CO I almost always put her on the B6 flights when we could even driving one weekend to MSY to do so (I got my mileage run in on CO left the car at the Park and Fly Hotel).

Anyway I digress but I am looking at the route map of B6 and from what I can tell they don't fly into fortress hubs in general, to whit:

AA DFW/ORD/MIA nothing
UA SFO/DIA/ORD/IAD only IAD
CO IAH/CLE/EWR just started EWR last year
NW MEM/MSP/DET nothing
US PIT/CLT/PHI nothing
DL ATL/SLC/CIN only SLC

Lucky for me I am moving to AUS in a couple of months with a new job and B6 just started service there this year. I think they have a lot of other cities they would serve first before trying to break into a FH again (remember ATL?). They will cherry pick and IAH won't be a cherry for them IMHO.

They also fly to Denver, why is a United hub.

KGB, thanks for the response - I enjoyed reading it :)

But I do have a follow up question for you.

I do agree IAH may not be the "cherry" B6 is looking for but what about HOU? It's not the fortress and it is closer to downtown and the Galleria than IAH (esp. in the short term with 610W in shambles). After all, HOU's southern city location is not only poised to be more convient than IAH to the main centers but is also a boon for the Clear Lake/Galveston/Friendswood folks who have quite a drive up to IAH-dom....They will cherry pick and IAH won't be a cherry for them IMHO.

WN owns hou. no ifs, ands, or buts. JFK-HOU on B6 *might* work (no WN competition to NYC), but LGB or BOS would be suicide. WN has a huge flier base in texas.