JetBlue to bring ‘junior Mint’ first class to domestic flights in 2026
As part of its newest effort to attract higher-paying passengers and turn a profit again, JetBlue Airways intends to install domestic first-class seats on aircraft that do not currently have its premium Mint class in 2026.
In a memo to staff, JetBlue president Marty St. George stated that all of the airline's Airbus planes that do not feature Mint, the airline's lie-flat seats, will have two or three rows of domestic first-class seats.
We have investigated the possibility of extending a version of Mint throughout the fleet since its inception more than ten years ago, frequently jokingly referring to it as junior Mint or mini-Mint, St. George stated. He claimed that because Mint cannot be replicated on shorter trips, the airline has to find a way to accommodate customers who are prepared to...