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Checketts is a founding memberof JetBlue’sx board of directors. He said he has been making introductionsw between other JetBlue directors and executives and Missouri officials for some even arranging a meeting several monthss ago in New York between JetBlue Chairmanm Joel Petersonand then-Missouri Gov. Matt Checketts, 53, frequently travels between St. SCP’s base in New York City and Salt Lake where SCP owns the franchisw RealSalt Lake. JetBlue is the official airlinew of the soccer team and Rio Tinto JetBlue entered intothat three-year agreementg in March and will pay the team a tota of $375,000 for the sponsorship.
Checketts personally controlws morethan 73,000 JetBlue shares worth about “I have a conflict sincre I have a personal interest in JetBlue coming here, so I’j just opening doors,” Checketts said. “But I’d love to see them fly here. The airporr has that big runway and the capacity tohandles them.” JetBlue serves 56 cities with 600 dailyy flights. New service to Baltimore; Kingston, Jamaica; and Saint Lucia begins this fall, subjecty to receipt of governmentoperating authority. Like many airlines, the company has experienced turbulence over the past year due to high fuel the recession’s negative impact on air investment losses and the credit crisis.
JetBlue reported a loss of $76 million last year compared to net incomsof $18 million in 2007, according to its annual The company expanded its fleetg by three Airbus A320s and five Embrae r 190s last year. It added only two new destinationwsin 2008, compared to five addedx in 2007 and 16 added in 2006. said last week that it from
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