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JetBlue’s financial system class passengers will not discover sizzling meals on the menu aboard transatlantic flights.
The airline’s new menus for its core economy class characteristic a observe: “all objects served chilled.”
Meaning chilled in a single day oats, crepes and frittatas for breakfast. Lunch and dinner objects embody chilled soba noodles, a hen grain bowl and mushrooms and lentils.
Scorching meals are nonetheless provided to transatlantic passengers flying the airline’s premium Mint class.
“After a trial run this summer time on our Dublin and Edinburgh seasonal flights, we’re extending a brand new core menu onto our six transatlantic every day flights this winter,” JetBlue mentioned just lately in an announcement to Business Insider. The airline mentioned the brand new core menu “lives as much as the usual we set for high-quality meals. This variation is a part of our effort to guarantee we will proceed to offer an amazing expertise at JetBlue’s aggressive fares on these routes.”
CNN has reached out to JetBlue for extra particulars on the change, which Live and Let’s Fly first reported, noting a discount within the variety of flight attendants on transatlantic flights.
The price-cutting comes amid the airline’s implementation of its “JetForward” technique to revive sustained profitability. Within the second quarter of 2024, JetBlue reported internet revenue of $25 million.
Final yr, JetBlue reported an adjusted loss of $151 million, though that was an enchancment from the $260 million it misplaced in 2022.
The airline just lately introduced that it’s going to open its first airport lounges beginning in late 2025 at New York’s John F. Kennedy Worldwide Airport.
The lounges are a part of the airline’s push to satisfy demand for premium choices, which inserts into its JetForward initiative.
“Lounges have develop into an important providing for the rising numbers of shoppers in search of premium experiences, and JetBlue’s lounges will additional increase the worth of our TrueBlue loyalty program as we increase our portfolio of JetBlue bank cards,” mentioned Marty St. George, president of JetBlue, in an announcement.
CNN’s Chris Isidore contributed to this report.