JetBlue to orders A330neos [Unconfirmed rumor]
Jun 22, 2017, 4:02 pm
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Not surprised he deleted it once he found out he got played.
Jun 22, 2017, 4:35 pm
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I'd honestly rather see them beef up domestic capacity before expanding to Europe.
Midwest footprint is still awful and while West Coast has improved, you still really can't get anywhere in the middle of the country or between focus cities and smaller cities on the West Coast.
Midwest footprint is still awful and while West Coast has improved, you still really can't get anywhere in the middle of the country or between focus cities and smaller cities on the West Coast.
As for NYC, it would be nice if they have more domestic capacity, but their current slot portfolio in LGA really doesn't allow for any addition to midwest. Flying from JFK to midwest is going to be lower yielding, so the best bet is to add flights to Europe. That's where people like to go for vacations and where all the major wall street companies have their other corporate offices.
Jun 22, 2017, 8:11 pm
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Jun 27, 2017, 6:51 pm
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The A321neo LR will allow them to try European service without the same commitment as a A330neo. If they order an A330neo and Europe is a failure, they now have widebodies and nothing to do with them. Also heard that they wanted to go farther into South America from FLL with the A321neo LR.
Jun 27, 2017, 8:24 pm
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B6 doesn't have any ERJ-190s coming until 2020(according to Wiki and a block post) which kind of sucks as I'd like to see them do some sort of expansion from the NE to some Canadian cities.
Jun 28, 2017, 3:36 pm
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Jun 28, 2017, 4:16 pm
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Jun 28, 2017, 4:27 pm
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I assume it has to do with the huge reliability problems JetBlue has had with their E190s and the unexpected maintenance costs.
Given how they are constrained by slots even at their hubs I wouldn't be surprised to see widebodies someday, but not today. Right now there are too many advantages of an all A320/A321/neo lineup. I expect to see them go all in as much as possible on A321/neo to push their international routes and mint product.
Given how they are constrained by slots even at their hubs I wouldn't be surprised to see widebodies someday, but not today. Right now there are too many advantages of an all A320/A321/neo lineup. I expect to see them go all in as much as possible on A321/neo to push their international routes and mint product.
Jun 28, 2017, 6:20 pm
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I assume it has to do with the huge reliability problems JetBlue has had with their E190s and the unexpected maintenance costs.
Given how they are constrained by slots even at their hubs I wouldn't be surprised to see widebodies someday, but not today. Right now there are too many advantages of an all A320/A321/neo lineup. I expect to see them go all in as much as possible on A321/neo to push their international routes and mint product.
Given how they are constrained by slots even at their hubs I wouldn't be surprised to see widebodies someday, but not today. Right now there are too many advantages of an all A320/A321/neo lineup. I expect to see them go all in as much as possible on A321/neo to push their international routes and mint product.
Jun 28, 2017, 6:41 pm
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I would think they will end up with a great deal on E2 for either 190 or 195 given that Embraer has high incentive to keep Jetblue happy after the issues they've had with E90. We will see how the fleet review work out though. The lower capacity of E90 works great for all the business flights out of Boston. It's hard to see them just upsizing that to A320.
Until then, would be interesting to see how many A321 will get converted to LR. Will be a good indication of their TATL ambitions.
A321LR also allows them to reach Rio and Sao Paulo out of FLL, which would be huge.
Until then, would be interesting to see how many A321 will get converted to LR. Will be a good indication of their TATL ambitions.
A321LR also allows them to reach Rio and Sao Paulo out of FLL, which would be huge.
Jul 9, 2017, 6:54 pm
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Jul 10, 2017, 11:02 am
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