JetBlue Offers All the Comforts of Home,
and We'll Even Bring the Beer
All-Leather Seats; Your Own TV;
Live Coverage of the Games;
Unlimited Snacks; and a Free Beer
NEW YORK, Nov. 21, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- In addition to serving a heaping helping of low-fares, JetBlue Airways Corporation (Nasdaq:JBLU) today announced that customers traveling on Thanksgiving will be offered a complimentary beer or cocktail (a) to accompany their comfy, all-leather recliner and personal seat-back television (equipped with its own remote control). Beer completes the American holiday tradition for most flying football fans as they savor the best dish of the day: 36 channels of live DIRECTV(r) programming (served up by our satellite dish on every plane), including CBS coverage of the Miami Dolphins at Detroit Lions game at 12:30 p.m. ET and the 3:30 p.m. ET Tampa Bay Buccaneers at Dallas Cowboys game on FOX.
"JetBlue customers can enjoy the comfort of home in the skies this Thanksgiving with a front-row seat to the game and a free beer," said Eric Brinker, JetBlue's Director of Brand Management and Customer Experience. "Our customers deserve the best, whether it's a second helping of snacks, a cornucopia of inflight entertainment choices or friendly, award-winning service. It's our way of saying 'thanks' and providing the best possible flying experience every day of the year."
JetBlue's snack lineup features Terra Blues(r) Potato Chips, the official snack of JetBlue, made from naturally blue potatoes. In lieu of traditional rolling carts, JetBlue's snacks and beverages are hand-delivered by friendly inflight crewmembers to allow customers the freedom to move about the cabin. As an added bonus, the snacks are free and unlimited, and requests for seconds or thirds are always encouraged.
JetBlue's full line-up of complimentary trans-fat free snacks (b) includes:
All Nuts(tm) Jumbo Cashew Halves Doritos(r) Munchies Mix Immaculate Baking Co.'s ChocoBillys(tm) Chocolate Chunk Mamma Says(r) Pistachio or Gingerbread Biscotti Mrs. GoodCookie(r) Jungle Crackers Nabisco(r) 100 Calorie Pack Wheat Thins(r) Minis (long-haul flights only) Terra Blues(r) Potato Chips (b) Snack selections may vary, while supplies last.
In the six years since its launch, JetBlue Airways has focused on creating a new airline category -- an airline that offers value, service and style. Based out of New York City, the low-cost carrier currently serves 47 destinations with up to 470 flights daily. Onboard JetBlue, customers enjoy roomy leather seats and 36 channels of free DIRECTV(r) programming (c), the most live TV available on any airline. On flights longer than two hours, a selection of first-run movies and bonus features from FOX InFlight(tm) is also available. JetBlue offers customers generous brand name snacks and beverages, including freshly brewed Dunkin' Donuts(r) coffee, and delicious wines selected by the airline's Low Fare Sommelier, Josh Wesson from Best Cellars(r). On overnight flights from the West, the airline now offers Shut-Eye Service(tm), with a comfort kit designed exclusively for JetBlue by Bliss Spa and other special amenities including a "good morning" hot towel service. With JetBlue, all seats are assigned, all travel is ticketless, all fares are one-way, and an overnight stay is never required. For information or reservations call 1-800-JETBLUE (1-800-538-2583) or visit www.jetblue.com/?source=pr.
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(a) Offer available only to customers who show positive
government-issued photo identification with proof of age 21
years or older. Limit, one free drink per customer, while
supplies last. Offer not available to JetBlue Crewmembers or
other airline employees traveling on JetBlue. Please drink
responsibly.
(c) DIRECTV(r) service is not available on flights outside the
continental United States; however, where applicable FOX
InFlight(tm) is offered complimentary on these routes. FOX
InFlight(tm) is a trademark of Twentieth Century Fox Film
Corporation. JetBlue's in-flight entertainment is powered by
LiveTV, a wholly-owned subsidiary of JetBlue.
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