In a message dated 5/28/02 9:18:19 PM US Mountain Standard Time, bahadiracuner@yahoo.com writes: > The new service will bring JetBlue's operations at Long Beach to 23 daily > departures by October. Last year, the airline committed to operate 27 > departures by May 2003 but recently announced that it expected to introduce > all flights by October 2002. At the request of the City of Long Beach, the > remaining four daily flights are now scheduled to be added in January 2003. > > My understanding is AA wanted into LGB and all the slots were being pigeon > holed by JetBlue. Sensing a predator in their waters, JetBlue wisely > advanced their timetable to keep the big bad ShAArk out of LGB. Smart > move! > > RT Simpson >