At JFK, American is planning 2 dozen new transatlantic flights, but its new partner JetBlue still plans the London route
JetBlue still plans to begin JFK-London service in 2021, even though American’s crown jewels include near-hourly JFK-London Heathrow service with joint venture partner British Airways. “The deal does not change our plans to disrupt the transatlantic market with JetBlue’s low fares and great service,” JetBlue said in announcing the deal to employees.
The planning indicates that American and JetBlue are both looking far beyond the coronavirus crisis. The International Air Travel Association said last week that global air traffic will not return to pre-coronavirus levels until 2024, a year later than it had previously forecast. On July 1, JetBlue and its 4,100 pilots, members of the Air Line Pilots Association, reached a deal that avoids involuntary furloughs until May 2021. On July 15, American said it will notify about 20,000 employees, including 2,500 pilots, that they could be laid off this fall. On July 16, American and JetBlue announced their partnership.“Our unhappiness is not with the partnership,” Tajer added. “It’s because American is cutting pilot jobs while JetBlue is keeping pilot jobs.
Geraghty responded, “There are minimum hour schedule requirements that have been reduced and we also achieved a level of scope relief.”The code share is a “relatively small” revenue driver, he said, while the frequent flyer agreement is key. In the New York corporate market, “So many [American] customers go to London or L.A. [but] have no place to burn their miles,” he said. “They want to go to Florida and the Caribbean,” markets served by JetBlue.
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