Originally Posted by ATW

Barger says, “We’ll announce more airlines later this year as the commercial team hones in on the geography of who they want to partner with.” The largest to date, with American Airlines, took off in late July. Under terms of an agreement announced last spring, the carriers are cooperating in non-overlapping markets from JFK and Boston Logan, linking 14 international destinations operated by AA to 18 domestic markets served by JetBlue. Frequent-flyer reciprocity on the interline routes is part of the package. Hayes says it is too soon to judge the impact of the partnership but he believes, “It’s going to allow us to really leverage our JFK network [and] Boston network and allow us to grow more quickly than we otherwise would.”