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JetBlue Is the Latest Airline to Retreat From Blocking Seats
JetBlue says it plans to increase the number of seats it will fill on planes starting in December.
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NYC Mom and Six Children Kicked Off Flight After 2-Year-Old Refused to Wear Mask
All passengers onboard were forced to deplane because the young child wouldn’t keep a mask on and her mother, flying with her six kids, refused to get off — and many fellow passengers came to her defense
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Major US Airlines to Require Passengers to Wear Face Masks
American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines said Thursday they will soon require passengers to cover their faces during flights, following the lead of JetBlue Airways.
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JetBlue Becomes First US Airline to Require Face Coverings
JetBlue will soon start requiring all passengers to wear some sort of face-covering when they travel to slow down the spread of the coronavirus.
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Coronavirus Travel: Airline Cancellation and Fee Waiver Policies
With the evolving nature of the outbreak, some airlines have increased their flight cancellations, and have even begun waiving fees for those who previously booked flights to high-risk countries.
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JetBlue, Alaska Waive Cancellation, Change Fees for All New Flights Over Coronavirus Fears
Jetblue Airways and Alaska Airlines announced they were waiving change and cancellation fees for all newly-booked flights as people grow more worried over the new respiratory virus sweeping the globe.
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JetBlue Crew Members Save French Bulldog on Flight to Massachusetts
On a JetBlue flight Thursday from Florida to Worcester, Massachusetts, Michele and Steven Burt’s French Bulldog, Darcy, had trouble breathing.
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NYC Woman: Flight Attendant Sexually Attacked Me and JetBlue Did Nothing
A Queens woman who works for JetBlue says she was sexually assaulted by a flight attendant after a night out with a few other coworkers — and alleges the airline failed to take action even after its investigation substantiated her allegations, according to a lawsuit filed last week. The employee, only identified in the lawsuit as Jane Doe, is suing…
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JetBlue Announces Plans to Become Carbon Neutral on Domestic Flights in a First for the US Airline Industry
JetBlue is tackling the high environmental impact of flying by aiming to become carbon neutral on all domestic flights by July 2020, according to a press release Monday. The New York-based airline said this will entail offsetting between 15 billion and 17 billion additional pounds of emissions per year, which the company noted is “the annual equivalent of removing more...
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Flying High: Airline, Airport Workers Charged With Trafficking Cocaine at Puerto Rico Airport
A federal grand jury has charged 26 people — including airline employees, airport staff and restaurant workers — with running a $4 million drug smuggling and money laundering operation from Puerto Rico’s international airport. The alleged leader of the scheme has not yet been arrested and is believed to be holed up in the Dominican Republic with his pet tiger....
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JetBlue Apologizes After Fort Lauderdale Airport Employee Dresses as Homeless Person
JetBlue apologized after one of its employees at Fort-Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport dressed up as a homeless person from the Caribbean for Halloween.
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Trump Administration Banning US Flights to All Cuban Cities Except Havana
Two people briefed on the matter say the Trump administration is banning U.S. flights to all Cuban cities but Havana in the latest move to roll back Obama-era easing of relations.
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Man's Search for $50 Bill Given to Him Decades Ago By Grandparents Goes Viral
When Ryan Dubray was given a $50 bill from his grandparents as he headed off to college in case of emergency, he never dreamed it would be spent at a toll — more than two decades later
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United Tells Pilots No Alcohol for 12 Hours Before Flights
United Airlines is setting an earlier cutoff time for when pilots must stop drinking alcohol before flights. The airline is telling pilots they must abstain from alcohol for 12 hours before flights, up from the previous eight hours.
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Computer Problem Leads to Check-In, Booking Issues for Some Airlines at LAX
Computer problems affected several airlines Monday at Los Angeles International Airport. Hawaiian, JetBlue, Alaska and American airlines all reported technical difficulties Monday morning, according to a Los Angeles World Airports spokeswoman.
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Measles Infected Traveler Passed Through Long Beach Airport Twice
A person who passed through Long Beach Airport twice in recent weeks had infectious measles at the time, and city health officials warned Wednesday that anyone in the airport at the time may have been exposed.
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JetBlue Black History Display Honored Convicted Killer
JetBlue has taken down a poster of a convicted murderer that it had included as part of a Black History Month tribute at New York’s Kennedy Airport. The airline said Saturday it removed the poster paying tribute to Assata Shakur last month after being alerted via Twitter that Shakur is “a convicted cop killer.” “The intention was always to unite...
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Baby Boy Born Aboard a JetBlue Plane Named ‘Born to Be Blue' En Route to Fort Lauderdale
A baby was born aboard a JetBlue airplane named “Born to be Blue” in a flight to Fort Lauderdale.
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Con Ed Says Electric Flash, Not Transformer Fire Lit NYC Night Sky Eerie Blue
Electric utility Con Edison is working to figure out what caused a high-voltage equipment failure that unleashed an otherworldly flash of bright blue light in the night sky over New York City Thursday, startling residents, plunging LaGuardia Airport into total darkness and inciting chatter about alien invasions.