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Hellish Heat, Canadian Smoke, and Intense Storms Result in Tens of Thousands of Stranded Travelers in U.S.

Hellish Heat, Canadian Smoke, and Intense Storms Result in Tens of Thousands of Stranded Travelers in U.S.

Flyers didn’t stand a chance Sunday as several different weather systems all took a severe toll on flight operations in the United States.
“A widespread and oppressive heat wave will continue today across much of the West to the extreme Southern states,” the National Weather Service said late Saturday.  “Strong to severe thunderstorms and heavy rain may produce excessive rainfall and flooding in the Northeast. Air quality issues from Canadian wildfire …

Conveyor Belt of Summer Storms Ground Thousands of Flights in Northeast as Holiday Week Comes to an End

Conveyor Belt of Summer Storms Ground Thousands of Flights in Northeast as Holiday Week Comes to an End

If you thought that the runup to the Fourth of July holiday was bonkers, the end of the holiday week won’t hold any surprises in store.  The post-holiday weekend was left in equally mad disarray after a series of summer thunderstorms caused thousands of flight cancellations concentrated in the Northeast.
Hundreds of thousands of people were once again left stranded at the nation’s airports beginning Friday.  Since then, some 23,000 flights …

JetBlue to End ‘Northeast Alliance’ with American to Save Spirit Deal

JetBlue to End ‘Northeast Alliance’ with American to Save Spirit Deal

JetBlue Airways said on Wednesday that it would comply with a U.S. judge’s May order that it end its so-called Northeast Alliance with American Airlines as it seeks to protect its planned $3.8 billion acquisition of Spirit Airlines.
The New York-based carrier said it had informed its partner American last week of its plans to terminate the three-year-old alliance.  The Northeast Alliance allowed the two carriers to pool revenue and coordinate …

JetBlue Agrees to Sell Spirit’s LaGuardia Assets to Rival Frontier

JetBlue Agrees to Sell Spirit’s LaGuardia Assets to Rival Frontier

JetBlue Airways said late Thursday that it plans to sell Spirit Airlines’ operations at New York City’s LaGuardia Airport to rival carrier Frontier Airlines’ parent Frontier Group Holdings.
The news comes on the heels of the blocking by a federal judge of JetBlue’s so-called “Northeast Alliance” with American Airlines on the grounds that it “substantially diminishes competition in the domestic market for air travel,” Judge Leo Sorokin said in his ruling …

American Airlines-JetBlue Partnership Struck Down by Federal Court Following DOJ Suit

American Airlines-JetBlue Partnership Struck Down by Federal Court Following DOJ Suit

A U.S. District Court judge ordered that American Airlines and JetBlue Airways must end their multi-year alliance on flights in the northeastern United States.
The ruling by U.S. District Judge Leo Sorokin in favor of the Justice Department means that the two airlines must conclude their so-called Northeast Alliance partnership within 30 days.
“It is abundantly clear to the Court that the defendants’ primary motivation in establishing the NEA was to strengthen …

JetBlue Overhauls TrueBlue Frequent Flyer Program

JetBlue Overhauls TrueBlue Frequent Flyer Program

JetBlue Airways announced the implementation of a major overhaul of its TrueBlue frequent-flyer program, news first made public last fall.
The new program adds easy-to-earn perks for less than frequent flyers while making business-class upgrades available for the first time in the airline’s history.
“The new TrueBlue redefines what it means to be a loyalty program by offering new and exciting perks to more customers, as well as providing more ways to …

JetBlue Appoints New Vice President for Safety

JetBlue Appoints New Vice President for Safety

JetBlue Airways announced the appointment of Michael Erbeck to the position of vice president for safety.
Mr. Erbeck was a vice president in charge of United Airlines’ Newark and Washington, D.C. hubs until 2021 and has over 30 years of experience in the aviation industry.
“Mike’s broad experience in aviation plus his passion for promoting safety and continuously improving safety performance and safety culture make him a great fit to lead our …