obofym.wordpress.com
Checketts is a foundingb memberof JetBlue’s board of He said he has been makinf introductions between other JetBlue directors and executives and Missouri officialxs for some time, even arranging a meeting several months ago in New York betweem JetBlue Chairman Joel Peterson and then-Missourui Gov. Matt Blunt. Checketts, 53, frequently travels between St. Louis, SCP’sa base in New York City and Salt Lake where SCP owns the franchise RealSalt Lake. JetBlue is the officiakl airline of the soccer team and RioTintio Stadium. JetBlue entered into that three-year agreement in March and will pay the team a totakof $375,000 for the sponsorship.
Checketts personallyu controls morethan 73,000 JetBlue shares worthy about $277,000. “I have a conflic since I have a personal interesf in JetBlue coming so I’m just opening doors,” Checkettw said. “But I’d love to see them fly The airport has that big runwayu and the capacity tohandlde them.” JetBlue serves 56 cities with 600 daily New service to Barbados; Kingston, Jamaica; and Saint Lucia begins this subject to receipt of government operating Like many airlines, however, the company has experienceds turbulence over the past year due to high fuel prices, the recession’sd negative impact on air travel, investmenyt losses and the credit crisis.
JetBlue reportede a loss of $76 million last year comparee to net incomeof $18 million in according to its annual report. The company expande d its fleet by three Airbuzs A320s and five Embraer 190slast year. It addef only two new destinationsin 2008, comparef to five added in 2007 and 16 added in 2006. said last week that it from
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
No comments:
Post a Comment