Company Watch - JetBlue Airways.Mar 26, 2007 JetBlue Airways For the Jet Blue database used in Exchange Server and Active Directory, see Extensible Storage Engine. JetBlue Airways is a major American low-cost airline owned by JetBlue Airways Corporation (NASDAQ: JBLU). flew 1.74 billion RPMs in February, a 3.2% increase from the year-ago month. Capacity rose 7.6% to 2.18 billion ASMs, dropping load factor 3.4 points to 80%. Mar 23, 2007 JetBlue Airways, burdened by winter weather and related operational problems in the current quarter, yesterday lowered its full-year estimated operating and pre-tax margin forecasts from its February guidance. Operating margin Operating Margin A ratio used to measure a company's pricing strategy and operating efficiency. Calculated by: range will be 7%-9%, down from the 8%-10% forecast last month, and pre-tax margin will be 2%-4%, down from 3%-5%. First-quarter projections did not change. RASM RASM Revenue per Available Seat Mile RASM Reliability, Availability, Scalability and Manageability (Red Hat, Inc.) RASM Rear Admiral Submarines (UK) RASM Recorded Announcement Systems Manager is expected to rise 7%-9% in the quarter and 8%-10% for the year, while unit cost and CASM CASM Cost per Available Seat Mile CASM Communities and Small-scale Mining CASM Canadian Academy of Sports Medicine CASM Certificate of Advanced Study in Mathematics (Univeristy of Cambridge, UK) CASM Coherent Adaptive Subcarrier Modulation excluding fuel will climb 7%-9% for both the quarter and full year. Separately, the airline named Delta Air Lines executive Alex Battaglia as VP-JFK Airport effective April 2. It also announced a marketing partnership with Cape Air Cape Air is an airline based in Hyannis, Massachusetts, USA. It operates scheduled passenger services in Cape Cod and the islands, and the United States Virgin Islands. The airline operates flights between Hyannis and Nantucket under the Nantucket Airlines name as well as of Massachusetts under which JetBlue will place its code on Cape Air flights from four cities to Boston, where passengers will be able to connect to 21 JetBlue destinations. JetBlue also will operate daily JFK-Nantucket service May 24-Sept. 24 aboard Embrraer E-190s. Mar 22, 2007 JetBlue mulls program for corporate fliers JetBlue is developing a program aimed at attracting corporate fliers, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. David Neeleman David G. Neeleman (born October 16, 1959) is the founder and former CEO of JetBlue Airways. Neeleman, an American of Dutch descent, was born in São Paulo, Brazil.[1] said Tuesday. "We're in the process of rolling out a program, such that if you call the day before a flight and book a $399 ticket for transcon, I want that person sitting in the front of the airplane in an aisle seat aisle seat aisle n → place f côté couloir aisle seat aisle n → Sitz m am Gang aisle seat n (on plane ," Neeleman said. The company is also considering offering refundable tickets and corporate discounts. Mar 21, 2007 JetBlue Charting Corporate Course JetBlue is exploring issuing refundable tickets, offering preferred seating for high-yielding and last-minute bookers as well as taking a more flexible stance in corporate discounting, JetBlue CEO David Neeleman said today Mar 20, 2007 Chew lured by JetBlue Just weeks after saying he was joining Hawaiian Airlines, Russell Chew has changed his mind and instead joined JetBlue Airways. Mar 19, 2007 JetBlue Airways, long a darling of Wall Street and a passenger favourite, is enmeshed en·mesh also im·mesh tr.v. en·meshed, en·mesh·ing, en·mesh·es To entangle, involve, or catch in or as if in a mesh. See Synonyms at catch. in a series of problems that threaten its brand name and passenger reputation. Mar 19, 2007 A major operational foul-up during a February snow and ice storm stranded dozens of JetBlue aircraft in New York's JFK airport for up to 10 hours, outraging 130,000 passengers and bringing the airline five days of non-stop negative media coverage. Mar 19, 2007 Editor: Aram Gesar, eMail: edit@AirGuideOnline.com For Air Transport & Travel Business Experts contact eMail: bizintel@AirGuideOnline.com For more global news, reviews, features and analysis, please subscribe to our Newsletters: http://www.airguideonline.com/order_formsubs.htm#news To Advertise: advert@AirGuideOnline.com AirGuideFlightTracker is a new, free service that aims to keep travelers informed flight and airport status via the Web. For more go to http://www.airguideonline.com/airline_tracker.htm Copyright [c] 2007 Air Travel Media / Pyramid Media Group. All rights reserved. Mar 19, 2007 |
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