JetBlue has revealed plans to open a pilot and flight attendant crew base at Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU) in San Juan, Puerto Rico. It is expected to open by the end of the year and bring over 400 jobs to the area by the following year.
""We’re so excited to base hundreds more crewmembers right here in San Juan, where we are proud to be the largest airline with plans to grow even more,"" said JetBlue chief operating officer Warren Christie. ""The new crew base will support our operation as we grow and benefit the local economy in a place we are proud to call home.""
This operational expansion will station up to 120 pilots and up to 325 inflight crewmembers in San Juan, with the base opening in phases. Assigned pilots and inflight crewmembers will begin and end trips in San Juan, which, according to JetBlue, will allow to “further diversify its crew’s geography to better recover during irregular operations, such as severe weather”.
JetBlue reveals plan for new pilot and flight attendant crew base
