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<ul class="summary-list"><li>JetBlue Airways announced plans to build its first-ever airport lounges.</li><li>The first lounge will come online at New York's JFK International next year with Boston to follow.</li></ul><a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/jetblue-mint-business-class-apartment-studio-jfk-edinburgh-scotland-2024-5">JetBlue Airways</a> plans to build its first airport lounges, it announced Thursday.The new lounges, the first of which are set for New York's JFK International and Boston Logan International, are part of the New York-based carrier's continued push to bolster its premium <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/review-jetblue-mint-business-class-paris-lie-flat-seats-2023-7">Mint business class experience</a>."Customers have asked for a JetBlue lounge for years, and we can't wait to unveil our take in New York and Boston," Jetblue President Marty St. George said in a press release.The first lounge is set to open in New York in late 2025. The 8,000-square-foot facility will be located in Terminal 5, JetBlue's head of marketing, Jayne O'Brien, told Business Insider.In Boston, a larger, 11,000-square-foot facility would be located in the airport's Terminal B to C connector,<div type="image" title="JetBlue terminal 5 at JFK." height="4054" width="6082" msid="113501927" hostid="261" sizebytes="1089532"></div>Access to the new lounges will initially be limited to transatlantic Mint customers, holders of the airline's soon-to-be-announced premium credit card, and the highest tier (level 4) members of JetBlue's TrueBlue Mosaic loyalty program."Initially, we want to see how this goes and approach it very carefully so that we don't have overcrowded lounges and disappointed customers," O'Brien said of the decision to limit initial access to the lounge.<h2 id="84bbec34-9e1e-4b53-a327-2bf0a6c2224e">Lounges were a glaring hole in JetBlue's Mint experience</h2>JetBlue was established more than a quarter century ago as a single-cabin, low-cost carrier that delivered the comforts and service of a pricier mainline carrier.That changed in 2016 when the airline launched its first <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/comparison-jetblue-mint-business-economy-class-even-more-space-seat-2023-8">Mint premium business class cabin with lie-flat seats</a>.While <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/upgrade-to-jetblue-mint-business-class-cabin-worth-it-2024-6">Mint's in-flight product</a> has been very well received by critics and the traveling public, the lack of a dedicated airport lounge dampened the cabin's overall competitiveness.The airline has attempted to address this shortcoming by offering complimentary members to Priority Pass through its co-branded credit cards.JetBlue customers also briefly had access to American Airlines Admirals Club lounges through the carriers' Northeast Alliance partnership, which was dissolved in July 2023 after a federal judge ruled it violated antitrust laws.<div type="image" title="American Airlines JFK Airport Lounge" height="1666" width="2500" msid="113501930" hostid="261" sizebytes="216858"></div>According to O'Brien, the airline is taking a measured, wait-and-see approach to establishing additional lounges across the Atlantic or at its other major operational hubs in the US.<h2 id="b3146b00-52b9-4ee2-a44b-56e4033c3101">Loyalty is big business for airlines</h2>For the airline industry, loyalty extends beyond the benefits of return business.<a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/airlines-rewards-programs-investigation-united-delta-american-southwest-2024-9">Selling frequent-flyer miles to credit card</a> companies to be offered as customer rewards has become a highly lucrative source of extra income for airlines in recent years.A major selling point for these airline credit cards, some of which can cost consumers more than $500 a year in fees, is <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/chase-airport-lounge-vs-amex-centurion-compared-laguardia-nyc-2024-9">the prospect of lounge access.</a>In 2023, Delta earned $6.8 billion from American Express, while American Airlines made $5.2 billion from its Citi Mastercards and other partners, for example.JetBlue generated just $422 million in loyalty-related revenue during that same period, helping pad an otherwise <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/why-airlines-are-struggling-despite-record-travel-demand-profits-revenue-2024-6">rough few months of financial performance. </a>With the new lounges in its arsenal, the airline will be better positioned to keep loyal customers coming back. It should also bolster the revenue generated from its <a target="_blank" class="" href="https://www.businessinsider.com/personal-finance/credit-cards/jetblue-plus-credit-card-review">JetBlue Mastercards.</a>"Our core, most valuable customers are telling us that lounges are important to them, so that is why we're doing this now," O'Brien said.

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<keyword id="2573" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Air-India" source="Orion">Air India</keyword> on Thursday announced the launch of 12 weekly flights to <keyword id="6354968" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="london" source="Orion">London</keyword>'s <keyword id="126593" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="gatwick" source="Orion">Gatwick</keyword> Airport and five additional services to <keyword id="131249" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="Heathrow-airport" source="Orion">Heathrow Airport</keyword>. To Gatwick, Air India will operate a thrice-a-week service from cities such as Amritsar, Ahmedabad, Goa, and Kochi, and is the only scheduled airline to offer direct services to the UK's second-largest airport. To Heathrow, Air India will add five additional weekly frequencies with Delhi increasing from 14 to 17 times a week and Mumbai from 12 to 14 times a week. Just like Heathrow airport, Gatwick also provides passengers with direct access to the UK's road network which will facilitate the convenience of travel to London and South-East England. Moreover, with round-the-clock direct rail access from the <keyword id="16041005" type="General" weightage="20" keywordseo="South-Terminal" source="Orion">South Terminal</keyword>, passengers can reach Central London in less than half an hour. The addition of new routes is part of the airline's ongoing endeavour to spread its wings on the international aviation map, hence, increasing its market share on international routes. SEE ALSO: <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/international/news/indian-american-lawmakers-of-samosa-caucus-welcome-a-new-member-into-their-fold/articleshow/96935343.cms">Indian-American lawmakers of 'Samosa Caucus' welcome a new member into their fold</a> <a target="_blank" class="c-link c-message_attachment__title_link" href="https://www.businessinsider.in/business/news/i-come-from-a-rural-family-indian-origin-techie-who-lost-job-at-goldman-sachs/articleshow/96935468.cms">I come from a rural family: Indian-origin techie who lost job at Goldman Sachs</a>

Air India launches 12 weekly flights to London's Gatwick airport and 5 more to Heathrow

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Operations at the Terminal-2 of the <keyword id="89772" type="LOCATION" weightage="20" keywordseo="Indira-Gandhi-International-Airport">Indira Gandhi International Airport</keyword> here will recommence from October 1 after a gap of around six months. Till now, only T-3 at the IGIA was operational for passenger travel. "The resumption of operations at T-2 will be with 96 air traffic movements (48 departures and 48 arrivals) per day and increase progressively up to 180 by the end of October," Delhi International Airport (DIAL) said in a statement. "The terminal will resume operations with IndiGo's 2000 series flights and entire operations of GoAir in the initial phase. About 27 counters - 11 for GoAir and 16 for IndiGo - have been created to cater to the passengers of respective flights." According to DIAL, the first flight scheduled from T-2 after reopening will be of Srinagar-bound Indigo aircraft that will depart at 6.25 am. "To start with, all IndiGo flights with series 2000 (6E 2000 - 6E 2999) will operate from T-2," the statement said. "These will cater to 20 destinations from T-2, including Ahmedabad, Amritsar, Bhubaneswar, Bhopal, Bengaluru, Cochin, Guwahati, Indore, Jammu, Lucknow, Chennai, Patna, Srinagar, Trivandrum, and Visakhapatnam among others." In the next phase, from October 8, flights to 12 more destinations, including Mumbai, Kolkata, Coimbatore, Dehradun, Goa, Hyderabad, Madurai, Jaipur, and Nagpur, will start operating from T-2, DIAL said. SEE ALSO: <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/upcoming-ipos-in-india-mazagon-dock-shipbuilders-uti-amc-and-likhitha-infrastructure/articleshow/78293918.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink">Three more IPOs to hit the Indian market next week — Mazagon Dock Shipbuilders, UTI AMC and Likhitha Infrastructure</a> <a href="https://www.businessinsider.in/stock-market/news/how-to-check-cams-ipo-share-allotment-status/articleshow/78311094.cms" data-type="tilCustomLink">CAMS IPO allotment: Here’s how to check share allotment status</a>

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