I’ve sent JetBlue’s CEO 4 letters begging them to begin service to SFO so that I wouldn’t have to fly United as much. My prediction is that every one of these flights is going to be full load and United is going to have to respond by lowering fares when what they should do is get rid of those 3 class 757s that they are flying (small planes with fewer seats means each seat is more likely to be filled). In the end they will lose ground only to the point at which JetBlue itself is at capacity rather than upgrade their planes to reflect the changing tastes of travelers (I care less about upgrades, more about in flight entertainment and network access). Oh yeah, there’s also that bit about the United flight attendants being rather grumpy.
The 6-year-old New York airline plans to announce four daily flights between SFO and New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport and a once-daily flight between the airport and Boston’s Logan airport at a new conference today at SFO with JetBlue founder and chief executive David Neeleman scheduled to attend.
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