Skift Take
It looks like JetBlue’s new strategy that emphasizes cutting unprofitable routes and bolstering leisure capacity in the East Coast is continuing to pay off.
JetBlue raised its third-quarter guidance Thursday primarily due to an uptick in bookings, particularly in Latin America.
The carrier now expects to see anywhere between a 2.5% decrease and a 1% increase in its revenue for the third quarter. Previously, JetBlue estimated to see revenue decrease from 5.5% to 1.5%.
JetBlue also said it benefited from rebookings that took place during the CrowdStrike outage in July and m