San Diego to Be JetBlue’s Next Destination for Mint Premium-Class Service

JetBlue Airways will launch daily Mint service between its primary hub at New York JFK and San Diego International Airport on August 15, 2017.

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The airline’s latest A321-200 order makes it apparent that, along with the Boeing 737-900ER, Delta will use the type to replace the Boeing 757s and MD-88s it now uses on its domestic network.

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The next tranche of routes will bring the Mint service to four cities for the first time – Fort Lauderdale, Las Vegas, San Diego and Seattle – while also increasing customer options from New York JFK, Boston, Los Angeles and San Francisco.

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Flown by Test Pilots Mark McCullins and Bruce Macdonald, the A321 (which is destined for JetBlue Airways) took off from the Mobile Aeroplex at Brookley in Mobile, Alabama at 9:36 a.m. local time on March 21.

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The first aircraft off the Airbus A320-family final assembly line in Mobile, Alabama has emerged fully painted from the paint shop.

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JetBlue Airways has decided to install 162 seats rather than the originally planned 165 seats in retrofitting each of its Airbus A320 jets with new cabin interiors. Each JetBlue A320 currently has 150 seats, so JetBlue’s A320 cabin refurbishment will see it add 12 more seats in each aircraft.

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The aircraft are scheduled for delivery to Finnair during the first half of 2017 and the carrier will lease each A321 for a minimum of eight years.

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Less than a month after launching a seasonal weekly ‘Mint’ premium service on its New York JFK-Bardabos route, JetBlue Airways has announced it will offer the weekly Mint service on the route year-round.

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The order was signed at the Dubai Airshow 2015 on November 10 by Nguyen Thi Phuong Thao, Vietjet’s president and CEO; and John Leahy, Airbus’ chief operating officer, customers.

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Every jet Airbus builds on its new A320-family final assembly line at Mobile in Alabama will be delivered to a U.S. customer, according to Fabrice Brégier, Airbus president and CEO.

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At the Paris Air Show on June 17, Airbus has announced commitments from two customers for a total of 122 A320neo-family jets and an order from another for six A321s.

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Air Lease Corporation announced on June 15 its latest Airbus order, at the opening day of the Paris Air Show 2015.

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Frontier Airlines has placed a firm order for 10 Airbus A321s and two A320s. This is the second time in less than a year that Denver-based Frontier Airlines has ordered the A321.

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Volaris’ aircraft will be the first Airbus A321s operated by a Mexican carrier and will be deployed on the airline’s domestic routes to and from Cancun, according to Airbus.

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Airbus has delivered its 9,000th commercial jet, at a ceremony at Finkenwerder Airfield near Hamburg on March 20. The milestone aircraft is the first Airbus A321 to be delivered to Vietnamese carrier VietJetAir.

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JetBlue Airways will offer its premium Mint service this coming winter on its routes from New York JFK to Barbados and Aruba, two of its most popular Caribbean routes.

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The order comprises 74 Airbus A320neo jets, 16 A320s and 10 A321s. Including its new order, CALC’s total backlog with Airbus stands at 140 A320-family aircraft.

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Taiwanese low-cost carrier V Air has begun operating its maiden commercial service, from Taiwan’s capital Taipei to Thailand’s capital Bangkok. V Air is a new, low-cost subsidiary of established Taiwanese carrier TransAsia Airways.

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Aircraft leasing and financing company CIT Group Inc. has firmed into an order the commitment it signed at the Farnborough International Airshow in July for 15 Airbus A330-900neo widebodies and five A321ceo jets.

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