MEDIA ADVISORY, July 19, 2004 (PRIMEZONE) --
WHAT: JetBlue Airways will be holding a press conference at Face
to Face Media to thank the local Dominican community for its
support of the carrier's new flights to Santiago and Santo
Domingo. To show its appreciation, the carrier will be
holding a day-long promotion at Face to Face Media where the
first 250 people who book a ticket at jetblue.com will
receive a free ticket for every ticket
purchased(see Note 1).
WHO: David Neeleman, JetBlue CEO
Eliezer Diaz, President of the
Dominican American Chamber of Commerce
Adriano Espaillat, New York State House Representative
Miguel Martinez, New York City Council Member
WHEN: 1:00pm, Tuesday, July 20, 2004
WHERE: Face to Face Media
174 Dyckman Street (Between Broadway & Sherman)
New York, NY 10040
212-544-2050
CONTACT: Gareth Edmondson-Jones, JetBlue Airways
Cell: (646) 734-2800
Todd Burke, JetBlue Airways
Cell: (646) 352-2336
JetBlue Press Office
(718) 709-3089
BACKGROUND:
JetBlue is a low-fare, low-cost passenger airline, which provides high-quality customer service. JetBlue operates a fleet of 61 new Airbus A320 aircraft and plans to add another eight A320s to its fleet in 2004. The airline has 100 Embraer E190 aircraft on order with options for an additional 100 with deliveries scheduled to begin in August, 2005. All JetBlue aircraft feature roomy all-leather seats each equipped with free live satellite television, offering up to 24 channels of DIRECTV(R) programming at every seat(see Note 2).
Based at New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport, JetBlue currently operates 258 flights a day and serves 27 destinations in 11 states, Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic. The airline plans daily service between New York's LaGuardia Airport and Fort Lauderdale, FL, starting September 17, 2004 and between JFK and Phoenix, AZ, starting October 1, 2004. With JetBlue, all seats are assigned, all travel is ticketless, all fares are one-way, and a Saturday night stay is never required. For more information, schedules and fares, please visit www.jetblue.com or call JetBlue reservations at 1-800-JETBLUE (538-2583), 1-888-538-2583 if calling from Puerto Rico, or 1-888-751-2241 if calling from the Dominican Republic. This press release, as well as past press releases, can be found on www.jetblue.com.
Note 1: Up to four tickets per person. Purchase must be for travel between New York and the Dominican Republic.
Note 2: DIRECTV(R) service is not available on flights between New York City and Puerto Rico or the Dominican Republic.
The JetBlue logo is available at: http://media.primezone.com/prs/single/?pkgid=795