New York’s Hometown Airline™, and Jet Airways, India’s premier international airline, today announce the launch of a new interline agreement that will offer customers new travel options from JetBlue destinations in the USA to Brussels, Belgium, and onward to India.

American low-cost carrier JetBlue has concluded negotiations for 40 new A320neo planes with Airbus. With this contract, JetBlue also converts 30 of its pre-existing orders for A320s to the larger A321 model with enhanced wingtip devices called Sharklets.

Due to the forecasted impact of Hurricane Maria, JetBlue Airways will waive change fees and fare differences to allow customers booked for travel to or from Bermuda on Thursday, September 15 to voluntarily rebook their travel plans.

With assistance from Sabre Airline Solutions’ Irregular Operations Reaccommodation solution, JetBlue Airways has seen a significant improvement in customer satisfaction in how the airline handles customers when flights are cancelled or delayed, particularly during significant weather events like recent hurricanes.

JetBlue Airways has issued a statement reacting to the unionisation vote among JetBlue’s 2,100 pilots, in which the majority of JetBlue Pilots voted to retain their direct relationship with the company:

JetBlue Airways has announced the promotion of Bonny Simi to the newly created position of vice president, talent. In this role, Simi will oversee the value airline’s primary asset, its crewmembers, from hiring to skills development and succession management.