-----BEGIN PRIVACY-ENHANCED MESSAGE----- Proc-Type: 2001,MIC-CLEAR Originator-Name: webmaster@www.sec.gov Originator-Key-Asymmetric: MFgwCgYEVQgBAQICAf8DSgAwRwJAW2sNKK9AVtBzYZmr6aGjlWyK3XmZv3dTINen TWSM7vrzLADbmYQaionwg5sDW3P6oaM5D3tdezXMm7z1T+B+twIDAQAB MIC-Info: RSA-MD5,RSA, OhWMx2Aun47gKK5E4umM1xcA4B/O0Kwc+KQ13dL9otCLMtgrIW9607ML0QeWy+cX Wdr6a7uvk0ck1TEa4oy1lQ== 0000950136-08-002793.txt : 20080527 0000950136-08-002793.hdr.sgml : 20080526 20080527164332 ACCESSION NUMBER: 0000950136-08-002793 CONFORMED SUBMISSION TYPE: 8-K PUBLIC DOCUMENT COUNT: 2 CONFORMED PERIOD OF REPORT: 20080523 ITEM INFORMATION: Other Events ITEM INFORMATION: Financial Statements and Exhibits FILED AS OF DATE: 20080527 DATE AS OF CHANGE: 20080527 FILER: COMPANY DATA: COMPANY CONFORMED NAME: JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORP CENTRAL INDEX KEY: 0001158463 STANDARD INDUSTRIAL CLASSIFICATION: AIR TRANSPORTATION, SCHEDULED [4512] IRS NUMBER: 870617894 STATE OF INCORPORATION: DE FISCAL YEAR END: 1231 FILING VALUES: FORM TYPE: 8-K SEC ACT: 1934 Act SEC FILE NUMBER: 000-49728 FILM NUMBER: 08861169 BUSINESS ADDRESS: STREET 1: 118-29 QUEENS BOULEVARD CITY: FOREST HILLS STATE: NY ZIP: 11375 BUSINESS PHONE: 7182867900 MAIL ADDRESS: STREET 1: 118-29 QUEENS BOULEVARD CITY: FOREST HILLS STATE: NY ZIP: 11375 8-K 1 file1.htm FORM 8-K

 
 

UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT
PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE
SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): May 23, 2008

JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Delaware

(State of Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)

     
000-49728
(Commission File Number)
  87-0617894
(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)
     
118-29 Queens Boulevard, Forest Hills, New York
(Address of principal executive offices)
  11375
(Zip Code)

(718) 286-7900
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions (see General Instruction A.2. below):

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Item 8.01.

Other Events.

On May 27, 2008, JetBlue Airways Corporation issued a press release announcing the deferral of 21 Airbus A320 aircraft. JetBlue Airways Corporation and Airbus, S.A.S. amended the A320 Purchase Agreement, dated as of April 20, 1999, by Amendment 32, entered into as of May 23, 2008, by which amendment JetBlue and Airbus agreed to defer 21 Airbus A320 aircraft originally scheduled for delivery between 2009 through 2011 to 2014 through 2015. A copy of the press release is filed herewith as Exhibit 99.

JetBlue Airbus A320 Modified Firm Aircraft Delivery Schedule:

 

 

2009

 

2010

 

2011

 

2012

 

2013

 

2014

 

2015

 

Previous Firm A320 Orders

 

12

 

10

 

10

 

13

 

13

 

0

 

0

 

Revised Firm A320 Orders

 

3

 

3

 

5

 

13

 

13

 

12

 

9

 

Net Change

 

(9)

 

(7)

 

(5)

 

0

 

0

 

12

 

9

 

Item 9.01.

Financial Statements and Exhibits.

(d)

Exhibits.

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description

99

 

Press Release dated May 27, 2008 announcing deferral of 21 Airbus A320 aircraft.

 

 



SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION
(Registrant)

 

By: 


/s/ EDWARD BARNES

 

 

 

Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer (principal financial officer and principal accounting officer)

Date: May 27, 2008

 

 



EXHIBIT INDEX

 

Exhibit
Number

 

Description

99

 

Press Release dated May 27, 2008 announcing deferral of 21 Airbus A320 aircraft.

 

 


EX-99 2 file2.htm PRESS RELEASE

Exhibit 99

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

 

 

CONTACTS:

 

 

Investor Relations

 

 

(718) 709-2202

 

 

ir@jetblue.com

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Communications

 

 

(718) 709-3089

 

 

CorporateCommunications@jetblue.com

 

JETBLUE AIRWAYS ANNOUNCES DEFERRAL OF 21 AIRBUS A320 AIRCRAFT

NEW YORK (May 27, 2008) — JetBlue Airways Corporation [NASDAQ: JBLU] announced today that it plans to defer 21 Airbus A320 aircraft originally scheduled for delivery between 2009 through 2011 to 2014 through 2015.

“In the face of escalating fuel costs, we believe it is essential to take a more financially conservative approach to managing our business,” said Dave Barger, JetBlue’s CEO. “The aircraft deferrals we announced today will help us further moderate our growth rate in 2009 and beyond, which will enhance liquidity, defer future debt obligations, and drive improved profitability.

“We would like to thank our partners at Airbus and International Aero Engines for their continued support and commitment to the long-term success of JetBlue,” said Barger.

 

 



New York-based JetBlue Airways has created a new airline category based on value, service and style. Known for its award-winning service and free TV as much as its low fares, JetBlue is now pleased to offer customers Lots of Legroom and super-spacious Even More Legroom seats. JetBlue introduced complimentary in-flight e-mail and instant messaging services on aircraft “BetaBlue,” a first among U.S. domestic airlines. JetBlue is also America’s first and only airline to offer its own Customer Bill of Rights, with meaningful and specific compensation for customers inconvenienced by service disruptions within JetBlue’s control. Visit www.jetblue.com/promise for details. JetBlue serves 53 cities with 550 daily flights. 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.

This press release contains statements of a forward-looking nature which represent our management’s beliefs and assumptions concerning future events. Forward-looking statements involve risks, uncertainties and assumptions, and are based on information currently available to us. Actual results may differ materially from those expressed in the forward-looking statements due to many factors, including, without limitation, our extremely competitive industry; increases in fuel prices, maintenance costs and interest rates; our ability to implement our growth strategy, including the ability to operate reliably the EMBRAER 190 aircraft and our new terminal at JFK; our significant fixed obligations; our ability to attract and retain qualified personnel and maintain our culture as we grow; our reliance on high daily aircraft utilization; our dependence on the New York metropolitan market and the effect of increased congestion in this market; our reliance on automated systems and technology; our being subject to potential unionization; our reliance on a limited number of suppliers; changes in or additional government regulation; changes in our industry due to other airlines’ financial condition; and external geopolitical events and conditions. Further information concerning these and other factors is contained in the Company’s Securities and Exchange Commission filings, including but not limited to, the Company’s 2007 Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. We undertake no obligation to update any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances that may arise after the date of this release.


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