JetBlue new service to Puerto Rico and Dom. Rep.

What a bunch of cheap political pandering....Would have sounded kind of
funny if they made similar statements about JetBlue's new service to
Sacramento last week. Would have gone something like this:

``I am pleased that JetBlue will be expanding service to Sacramento,
which will further strengthen the strong ties New York already enjoys
with the California Central Valley and provide added convenience for
travelers who are
vacationing, on business, or visiting relatives there,'' New York
Governor George Pataki said. ``JetBlue Airways' decision to provide
affordable, high quality service from JFK Airport to the Sacramento
is also tremendous news for New Yorkers, particularly for the
thousands of Californian's who have loved ones out west.''

U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer said: ``One of the most important issues
facing the transplanted Californian community in New York is being able to
get to
Sacramento and back without paying through the roof. When we asked
JetBlue to begin serving Sacramento, they came through. The next step
is filling the seats so that we can convince JetBlue to add even more
flights and more service to other areas in the Western United States.''

Charles A. Gargano, Chairman of Empire State Development and Vice
Chairman of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said, ``This
is an exciting day for New Yorkers -- especially those who have family
in or do business with California. JetBlue's new service to
Sacramento, will increase business and tourism between New York
and California, and marks another step forward in Governor Pataki's
goal of creating one million new private sector jobs by the end of
this decade.''


Matt

On Mon, 8 Mar 2004 08:54:03 -0800, Matt hath writ:
What a bunch of cheap political pandering....Would have sounded kind of
funny if they made similar statements about JetBlue's new service to
Sacramento last week. Would have gone something like this:

Why are you replying to a spammer? The scum never *read* ng's --
not even followups to their own spam postings.

I just wish they would expand more out west since that's where I always fly
and they sound like a good airline.

Matt

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"Matt" wrote:

What a bunch of cheap political pandering....Would have sounded kind of
funny if they made similar statements about JetBlue's new service to
Sacramento last week. Would have gone something like this:

Well, they're politicians and that's what politicians do. But JetBlue
is their darling, started out providing cheap, reliable service to
communities in upstate NY, and has grown into a major domestic player.
Now they're expanding in the Caribbean, and that's good news to NYC
residents and people connecting from upstate. It's breaking AA's
stranglehold at JFK, which has always been a tough nut to crack
historically, and the promise of greater Caribbean competition is
always nice.