JetBlue in the UK
JetBlue in the U.K. where could they serve? As far as their U.K. aspirations go, JetBlue are the masters of suspense. They announced their formal intentions to launch Boston and New York to London back in 2019, for a 2021 launch. While Covid probably hasn’t helped, here we are in May 2021, and we are still awaiting their exact launch date and even which London airport they intend to serve! Now, let’s push that aside for one moment, as we all know their London aspiration, but this week, Robin Hayes, their CEO, also announced that after London, they will launch Paris and ‘English regional flying’. The latter statement is where today’s piece will focus on. ‘English regional flying’ was a very specific statement. Firstly, did Robin mean specifically ‘English’ airports, or was it referring to the whole of the U.K., given a fair few Americans do mix up England/U.K. and even think London ‘is the whole of the UK’ in some instances? Personally, if the quote is accurate in its wording, I d