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JetBlue Airways swings to a first quarter loss, will serve DCA starting on November 1

JetBlue Airways Embraer ERJ 190-100 IGW N192JB (msn 19000014) (Stripes) CLT (Bruce Drum), originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

JetBlue Airways (New York-JFK) reported a net loss for the first quarter of $1 million, or $0.01 per diluted share. This compares to JetBlue’s first quarter 2009 net income of $12 million, or $0.05 per diluted share.

In other news, jetBlue announce plans to serve the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA), its third airport in the Washington/Baltimore area, with seven daily nonstop flights to Boston’s Logan International Airport (BOS) and one daily nonstop flight each to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) and Orlando International Airport (MCO) beginning November 1, 2010.

DCA will be JetBlue’s 62nd destination. The carrier also serves the region with service from Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) and Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (BWI). With the addition of DCA’s seven daily shuttle flights to Boston — complementing five daily nonstop flights from BWI and six daily flights between Boston and IAD — JetBlue will become the largest carrier for flights between Boston and the Washington DC region offering 18 conveniently-timed departures.

American, JetBlue announce slot swap, interline agreement

Copyright Photo: Michael B. Ing. JetBlue's Embraer ERJ 190-100 IGW N258JB (msn 19000047) prepares to land at the Long Beach focus city. Due to this new arrangement, the ERJ 190s are expected to leave the West Coast and return to the East Coast in May 2010 and will be operated from DCA.

American Airlines (Dallas/Fort Worth) and JetBlue Airways (New York-JFK) announced an agreement for collaboration that will offer JetBlue customers connections to American’s international flights from New York’s John F.Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and Boston’s Logan International Airport, where JetBlue is the largest domestic airline, and offer American’s customers convenient nonstop domestic flight options on JetBlue from those markets.

Under terms of the agreement, American intends to transfer eight slot pairs at Washington’s Ronald Reagan National Airport and one slot pair at White Plains, NY to JetBlue, and JetBlue intends to transfer 12 slot pairs at New York’s John F.Kennedy International Airport to American.

The agreement will provide customers with interline service in non-overlapping markets, which will offer them more choices and convenient connections. The companies are also exploring other commercial cooperation.

On domestic routes where the carriers don’t currently compete, American customers can book convenient, nonstop JetBlue flights from JFK and Boston to 18 domestic markets, including Portland, ME; Nantucket; and Burlington, VT.

Starting in summer 2010, American and American Eagle will expand the routes and service they offer customers from New York. Including previously announced additions, by year end at LaGuardia and JFK combined, American and American Eagle will add 31 total flights to and from 13 additional routes, bringing total NYC departures to 216 and unique destinations to 63. The announcement includes seven new destinations served on 23 new roundtrip flights. When combined with new options for travel on JetBlue, American’s New York customers will have access to 81 unique destinations on 271 nonstop flights by the end of 2010. In addition, American serves four destinations with 18 daily departures out of Newark’s Liberty International Airport.

LGA

New American Eagle Bombardier CRJ700 regional jets, outfitted with First Class as well as new Coach Class seats, will fly new routes from LaGuardia to Minneapolis-St. Paul four times daily, to Atlanta seven times daily, and five times daily to Charlotte. The CRJ700s will also be used to fly existing routes from LaGuardia to Toronto and Raleigh-Durham, giving passengers in those markets access to First Class service.

American will also increase mainline daily flights to and from Miami and Chicago from LaGuardia.

JFK

As previously announced, American begins service in April and May to San Jose, Costa Rica; Madrid, and Manchester, England. Previously announced nonstop service to Austin will begin in July.

American also announced it will add twice-daily, nonstop service to and from Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood in November and increase daily frequencies to Orlando, Las Vegas, and Miami effective in November.

American Eagle previously announced daily round-trip service on regional jets to and from Columbus, Ohio, and St. Louis. American Eagle today announced twice-daily service to and from both Indianapolis, and Cincinnati. In addition, American Eagle will begin one flight daily to and from Norfolk. Those new flights will use Embraer regional jets and are slated to begin by year end. They will be assigned times so that customers can make connections to American’s international flights. The airline will also assign the two-class CRJ700s to upgrade existing routes from JFK, offering First Class service to Washington (Reagan National), Boston, and Toronto starting in early 2011.

DCA

JetBlue Airways also announced plans to serve the Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) beginning in November 2010. JetBlue intends to initially offer travelers at least eight daily departures from DCA to select East Coast destinations, complementing its existing service from Washington Dulles International Airport and Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport.

Midwest Airlines to add both Columbus, OH and New Orleans from Kansas City

Midwest Airlines-Republic Airlines (2nd) Embraer ERJ 190-100 IGW N162HL (msn 19000231) SEA, originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

Midwest Airlines (Milwaukee) today (February 25) announced the launch of nonstop service between Kansas City and both Columbus, OH and New Orleans.

Nonstop service to Columbus begins on May 3, 2010. New nonstops to New Orleans begins on May 20.

The branded service to Columbus will be provided by 99-seat Embraer ERJ 190 aircraft and service to New Orleans will be provided by 76-seat Embraer ERJ 170 aircraft both operated by Republic Airlines (2nd). Midwest Airlines is no longer an airline, only a brand.

Copyright Photo: Joe G. Walker. Republic Airlines’ (2nd) Embraer ERJ 190-100 IGW N162HL (msn 19000231) arrives at Seattle/Tacoma in Midwest Airlines colors while operating a Frontier Airlines (2nd) flight!

Republic Airlines (2nd) is again flying for Frontier Airlines (2nd)

Midwest Airlines-Republic Airlines (2nd) Embraer ERJ 190-100 IGW N162HL (msn 19000231) SEA, originally uploaded by Airliners Gallery.

Republic Airlines (2nd) (Indianapolis) is again operating for Frontier Airlines (2nd) (Denver) out of DEN. This time both Republic and Frontier are owned by Republic Airways Holdings but it may lead to some confusion for the passengers (and air traffic controllers).

Republic Airlines’ Embraer ERJ 190-100 IGW N162HL (msn 19000231), still in the Midwest Airlines brand, arrives at Seattle/Tacoma while operating a Frontier Airlines (2nd) flight from Denver.

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Republic to acquire 10 ERJ 190s from US Airways

Copyright Photo: Jay Selman. Please click on photo for full view, information and other photos.

Republic Airways Holdings (Indianapolis) has now confirmed our earlier report. The holding company will acquire 10 Embraer ERJ 190-100 IGW aircraft (ERJ 190-100ARs) from US Airways. The first four (N961UW and N963UW have already left US) will enter service flying for its subsidiary Midwest Airlines (probably operated by Republic Airlines) in November and December. The other six will enter service in the first quarter of 2010 for its “branded operations” (believed to also include some flying for Frontier Airlines). Republic will apply $35 million it loaded to US Airways towards the purchase.

Press release:

finance.yahoo.com/news/Republic-Airways-to-Acquire-bw-3710826396.html?x=0&.v=1

JetBlue Airways to introduce a new livery

Copyright Photo: Brian McDonough. Please click on photo for full view, information and other photos.

JetBlue Airways (New York-JFK) has confirmed the rumors – it will introduce a complete new livery tomorrow night (October 13) in Orlando.

Here is the message to the employees:

Over the years we’ve made our mark on the industry with a distinctive look – uniforms, signage, and tailfin patterns like mosaic, stripes, harlequin and windowpane. To keep our look fresh as we approach our 10th birthday, we’ll be introducing a new aircraft tailfin and fuselage paint scheme (livery) on Tuesday in Orlando – and you’re invited!

Join Dave Barger and your fellow Crewmembers at the LiveTV Hangar at Orlando International Airport for this exciting event on Tuesday evening. Be the first to experience the sharp new look that our fleet will soon be sporting!

US Airways removes two ERJ 190s from service

US Airways (Phoenix) has begun selling off some of its Embraer ERJ 190s. N961UW and N963UW were removed from service and ferried to Pittsburgh yesterday (October 5) for a new operator.

Copyright Photo: Jay Selman. Please click on photo for full view, information and other photos.

Will US Airways sell 10 Embraer ERJ 190s?

Copyright Photo: Bruce Drum. Please click on photo for full view, information and other photos.

US Airways (Phoenix) has informed its employees that it intends to sell 10 (of 25) Embraer ERJ 190s to an unnamed party (believed to be Republic Airways Holdings). The pilots are opposing this deal because it will reduce the amount of flying. With the pending New York La Guardia – Washington Reagan National slot trade with Delta Air Lines there will be a reduction in flying for US. For Republic this will allow them to bring some ERJ 190s to Denver to operate Frontier Airlines routes (probably operated by Republic Airlines) and Milwaukee, while freeing up some Frontier A319s to operate West Coast and longer range routes for Midwest Airlines from Milwaukee.

News link:

www.thestreet.com/_yahoo/story/10606757/1/pilots-oppose-us-airways-jet-sale.html?cm_ven=YAHOO&cm_cat=FREE&cm_ite=NA

Scott Kirby’s letter to the US employees:

Dear Fellow Employees:

At our last State of the Airline employee meeting (July 2009), Doug shared with all of you that we would be exploring the possibility of selling our 25 Embraer190 aircraft. I am writing today to let you know that we are close to finalizing an agreement to sell ten of these aircraft to another carrier.

While this is the right move for our company, it will impact some of our co-workers and that is a decision none of us makes easily. Even though the airline industry is beginning to see improvement in the business environment, our industry is a long way from returning to sustainable profitability. The revenue environment remains challenging and the E-190 capacity presents the only flexibility we have to further reduce capacity to right size supply with demand.

Because we wanted to keep all employees informed about the status of the E-190 fleet, we wanted to let you know where this stands today. Removing ten E-190s from our fleet will reduce flying and have an impact on staffing levels in a number of employee groups and locations. We are still working on the revised schedule and will announce changes as soon as we know them. We realize that people need to know what is happening and how it may impact their lives, and we are committed to getting you that information as soon as we have firm answers to all of the questions you might have.

These are challenging times, but these are the necessary and right steps to take for our airline. We feel very good about the airline we are running (first in on-time among the network carriers year to date) and I thank all of you for delivering every day on our goals. As we continue to run a great airline, and in spite of the uncertainty of the economic challenges, the best thing for all of us to do is remain focused on doing our best to take care of our customers and continue running one of the industry’s on-time performing airlines.

Scott