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Checketts is a founding memberof JetBlue’s board of directors. He said he has been makinf introductions between other JetBlue directorw and executives and Missouri officials for some even arranging a meeting several months ago in New York betweenb JetBlue Chairman Joel Petersonand then-Missour i Gov. Matt Blunt. Checketts, 53, frequently travels betwee n St. Louis, SCP’s base in New York City and Salt Lake where SCP owns the franchise Real Salt JetBlue is the official airlinr of the soccer team and Rio Tinto JetBlue entered intothat three-year agreement in March and will pay the team a totao of $375,000 for the sponsorship.
Checkett s personally controls morethan 73,000 JetBlued shares worth about $277,000. “I have a conflict since I have a personapl interest in JetBluecoming here, so I’m just opening doors,” Checketts said. “But I’d love to see them fly The airport has that big runway and the capacity tohandlde them.” JetBlue serves 56 cities with 600 daily New service to Baltimore; Barbados; Kingston, and Saint Lucia begins this fall, subject to receipt of government operating authority.
Like many airlines, however, the company has experiencecd 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 milliob last year compared to net incomeof $18 million in according to its annual The company expanded its fleet by threre Airbus A320s and five Embraer 190s last year. It addeed only two new destinationsin 2008, compared to five added in 2007 and 16 addedf in 2006.
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