United Airlines and JetBlue strike deal, swapping routes and impacting points

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JetBlue and United Airlines person announced a caller concern that volition let predominant fliers to gain and usage points connected some airlines and volition swap slots astatine New York country airports.

As portion of the deal, United volition summation 7 takeoff and landing slots astatine John F. Kennedy International Airport successful New York starting successful 2027. In exchange, JetBlue volition get 8 takeoff and landing slots astatine Newark Liberty International Airport successful New Jersey. The airlines person not announced what routes volition usage those terminal slots.

The woody is inactive taxable to regulatory review.

United Airlines' instrumentality to JFK

This volition people United's instrumentality to JFK Airport for the archetypal clip since 2022. JetBlue runs astir 180 regular flights retired of JFK.

"United's planetary scope perfectly complements JetBlue's East Coast leisure network, and importantly expands the options and benefits for TrueBlue members, nary substance wherever successful the satellite they are traveling," JetBlue CEO Joanna Geraghty said successful a connection Thursday.

"We're ever looking for ways to springiness our MileagePlus members adjacent much worth and benefits and this collaboration gives them new, unsocial ways to usage their hard-earned miles and find options that acceptable their schedule," Kirby said.

Airlines stay independent

JetBlue and United accidental they volition proceed to negociate and terms their networks independently, including the motorboat of caller routes, frequencies and promotions.

Members of each company's loyalty programme volition beryllium capable to usage and gain points crossed the 2 airlines and person entree to the perks of their ain loyalty programme - similar preferred boarding and seating - erstwhile flying either airline.

The caller statement is slated to commencement rolling retired this fall. The companies are inactive sorting retired immoderate method issues that volition let fliers to publication United flights done JetBlue, and vice versa.

Shares of some airlines climbed earlier the marketplace open.

Newark Airport issues

The announcement came soon aft the Federal Aviation Administration said it was extending the formation limits astatine Newark into June owed to air postulation controller shortages and method issues.

United, which has a hub astatine Newark, cut immoderate flights retired of the airdrome earlier this month, and CEO Scott Kirby issued a missive to customers discussing the difficulties.

Renee Anderson

Renee Anderson is simply a integer shaper astatine CBS New York, wherever she covers breaking quality and different section stories. Before joining the squad successful 2016, Renee worked astatine WMUR-TV.

Kris Van Cleave contributed to this report.

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