Jetbu Airways no. 1 in customer satisfaction for best in first and business class.
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Jetbu Airways The chairman of the carrier said on Tuesday that in the coming weeks, a large network is being prepared to announce a partnership with another US airline. a possibility: United Airlines,
Jetbu leaders have repeatedly said that they need a partnership to make better competition against big airlines like Delta air lines And united.
Jetbu’s Spirit Airlines had a planned acquisition Blocked Last year by the Department of Justice, while its partnership in the Northeast American Airlines One after the carrier is lost No -confidence suit In 2023.
The New York Airline is interacting with several carriers this year about a partnership. JetWo President, Marti St. George, said on an earning call on Tuesday that the company is expected to make an announcement in this quarter. He emphasized that the partner’s large network would allow customers to earn and burn loyalty points on Jetb.
“If you are a customer in the Northeast and you love Jetbu for a holiday, but twice a year you have to go to Omaha or Bois, then these are places you can’t earn trillu points right now and when this partnership moves forward, you will be able to do it,” said St. George.
United Airlines possibly John F. in New York through partnership. Kennedy can get a leg in Jetbu’s home hub of International Airport. A spokesman for the United Airlines said, “We are not engaged in the speculation of the industry.”
One Alaska Airlines The spokesman said that the carrier does not have a plan to partner with JetW and focuses on its recent. Merger With Hawaiian Airlines.
Southwest Airlines Refused to comment. A Delta air lines The spokesman said no pending announcement was made from the carrier about the partnership with any other airline.
Jetbu refused to comment further.
Were negotiating with American Jetbu to revive a different version of their partnership, but they failed and American said on Monday that it Lawsed on Jet
American Airlines Vice Chairing Steve Johnson said in a letter to the employees on Monday, “Finally, we were unable to agree on a construction that we had preserved the benefits of the partnership we had imagined, operating or economically understood.”
