Good...American needs some competition there!! On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, cochs wrote: > Wednesday January 30, 7:12 pm Eastern Time > Press Release > SOURCE: JetBlue Airways > ADVISORY/JetBlue to Announce New Twice-Daily New York -JFK- To San > Juan, P.R. Service > Low-Fare Airline Offers New Planes, Leather Seats, Satellite TV And > Fares From Just $129* Each Way, $124 If Booked On www.jetblue.com > (BUSINESS WIRE)-- > > WHAT: Press conference to announce the launch of JetBlue's new > nonstop service between New York's John F. Kennedy > International Airport and San Juan, Puerto Rico. > > WHO: David Neeleman, CEO, JetBlue Airways > New York Governor George Pataki > U.S. Senator Charles Schumer (New York) > William Mendez, Interim Executive Director, Puerto Rico > Tourism Company > > WHEN: 1:00pm, Thursday, January 31 > > WHERE: Puerto Rico Tourism Company > 666 Fifth Avenue (between 52nd and 53rd Streets) > 15th Floor > > BACKGROUND: > > This month, JetBlue won Air Transport World magazine's 2002 ``Market > Development Award,'' for its successful first two years of service, > and also was named Best Overall Airline by Onboard Services magazine. > Last year, the airline ranked first in Conde Nast Traveler's 2001 > Business Travel Awards, second in the Best Domestic Airline category > in the magazine's 14th Annual Readers' Choice Awards, and number two > Best Domestic Airline in the 2001 Zagat Airline Survey. > > Since launching operations two years ago, JetBlue has served more > than four and a half million passengers. The airline flies a fleet of > 22 new Airbus A320 aircraft and will take delivery of another 12 new > A320s by the end of 2002. All JetBlue aircraft are outfitted with > roomy all-leather seats each equipped with free LiveTV satellite > television, offering up to 24 channels of DIRECTV programming at > every seat. > > >From its base at John F. Kennedy International Airport, JetBlue flies > to: Fort Lauderdale, Tampa, Orlando, Fort Myers and West Palm Beach, > FL; Buffalo, Rochester and Syracuse, NY; Long Beach, Ontario and > Oakland, CA; Burlington, VT; New Orleans, LA; Denver, CO; Salt Lake > City, UT; and Seattle, WA. The airline also serves Fort Lauderdale > from Washington, DC. > > With JetBlue, all seats are assigned, all travel is ticketless, all > fares are one-way, and a Saturday night stay is never required. The > airline is offering $5 each way off all fares booked through its web > site, www.jetblue.com, through February 28. For more information, > schedules and fares, please visit www.jetblue.com or call JetBlue > reservations at 1-800-JETBLUE (538-2583). > > Fares do not include passenger facility charges of up to $9 each way, > September 11th Security Fee of up to $5 each way and an International > Departure tax of $13.20 each way > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > ---------- > Contact: > JetBlue Airways, New York > Gareth Edmondson-Jones, Cell: 646/734-2800 > Fiona Morrisson, Cell: 646/734-7103 > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> > Access Your PC from Anywhere > Check Email & Transfer files - Free Download > http://us.click.yahoo.com/omECdA/3XkDAA/DIxGAA/DmVolB/TM > ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> > > SkyOne--The Airline News Channel > To Post message: Skyone@yahoogroups.com > To Subscribe: Skyone-subscribe@yahoogroups.com > To Unsubscribe: Skyone-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > List owner: Skyone-owner@yahoogroups.com > Skyone URL: > http://www.yahoogroups.com/group/Skyone > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >