NEW YORK, Oct. 18, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq:JBLU), New York's low-fare airline, took home the Best Domestic Airline award for the fourth consecutive year last night from the Conde Nast Traveler's 2005 Readers' Choice Awards. The prestigious travel award was presented by Tim Curry and other members of the Broadway cast of SPAMALOT, to JetBlue CEO David Neeleman at The Metropolitan Museum of Art in Manhattan.
This is the fourth consecutive year that the low-fare carrier, which is less than six years old, has earned the Best Domestic Airline title. This month, JetBlue also won the Best Domestic Airline award in the Conde Nast Traveler's 2005 Business Travel Awards.
"It's a sincere honor to be recognized four years running as the Readers' Choice airline by the discerning readers of Conde Nast Traveler," said JetBlue's CEO David Neeleman. "We look forward to bringing the JetBlue experience, and the dedicated service of our 9,000 crewmembers to new cities in 2006 and beyond."
JetBlue is a low-fare, low-cost passenger airline, which provides high-quality customer service. JetBlue operates a fleet of 82 new Airbus A320s and plans to add three additional A320s and eight EMBRAER 190s to its fleet in 2005. Based at New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport, JetBlue currently operates 306 flights a day and serves 33 destinations in 14 states, Puerto Rico, the Dominican Republic and The Bahamas.
All JetBlue aircraft feature roomy leather seats; all equipped with an in-seat digital entertainment system offering 36 channels of free DIRECTV(r) programming -- no other airline offers more live satellite TV options. On flights longer than two hours, a selection of first-run movies and bonus features from FOX InFlight is also available.(a)
With JetBlue, all seats are assigned, all travel is ticketless, all fares are one-way, and an overnight 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 1-200-9898 if calling from the Dominican Republic. This press release, as well as past press releases, can be found on www.jetblue.com.
(a) DIRECTV(r) service is not available on flights between New York City and Puerto Rico or the Dominican Republic.
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