first jetblue mint flight between jfk and lax
JetBlue Mint JetBlue first announced its intention to introduce premium seats on some of its transcontinental flights in March 2013.[2] The company officially announced its Mint premium class product on September 30, 2013; the aforementioned service was to be available on flights between New York and San Francisco and New York and Los Angeles, with fares for Mint-class seats starting at US$599 each way.[3] Dave Barger, JetBlue CEO at the time, said that the move was necessary for the airline to better compete with its competitors,[4] which were operating lie-flat seats in transcontinental markets, leaving JetBlue with an all-economy class cabin.[1] The routes were to be operated with new Airbus A321 aircraft, and feature Wi-Fi connectivity. JetBlue's all seven daily round-trip flights between New York and Los Angeles were to feature the service by the fourth quarter of 2014, and all five daily round-trip flights between New York and San Francisco by early 2015. The first Mint flight, from New Yorkâ€“JFK to Los Angeles, was to begin on June 15, 2014.[4]