Jetbu customers can be rejoiced – perhaps with a dash of nostalgia. The airline bid farewell to the youngest, oldest fleet of aircraft.
With a small flight from New York to Boston on Tuesday, the carrier officially marked its embroidery 190 retirement, a 100 -seat regional jet that was a major place of its East Coast Service for two decades.
This is the first aircraft, Jetbu has fully phased out to fly in its quarter-half.
It was also a time machine, type of type. With the heritage screen on each seat, passengers who throwed a quick throw in the 2000s found a quick throbac. In Tuesday’s flight to document the retirement of the aircraft, I could listen to the ESPN theme music of the early century that was staining through my headphone during any Jetbo flight in the late 2000s.
But in 2025, the E190 cabin no longer developed it “Cheap Chic” Vibe who defines Jetb’s rise At the turn of the century – or modern aesthetics were found in its new aircraft.
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A Jetback Screen on a Jetbal Embrace 190. Scene Kudahi/The Points Gai
20 years run for Jetbu’s youngest aircraft
JETBLUE launched service at E190 20 years ago, which became the first airline to fly the then Brazilian planner’s then new aircraft and in the process, began experience of the best economy offered by any US airline on a regional jet.
The aircraft also became a lynchpin of Jetbu’s network.
Six years ago, the carrier operated more than 120,000 flights with Jet, according to data from the aviation analytics firm Sirium – even Jetbu got new, far more modern aircraft with touchscreen and received. Lie-flat seats.
Last year, Jetbu officials confirmed the summer of 2025 The E190 will mark the end of the run.
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And the official end came on Tuesday – but not without some emotionalness.
A banner was signed by the flight decks and the cumberries of the cabin, reminiscent of the end of an aircraft, which used to take millions of passengers in about two decades – especially the Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) of Jetbu, outside and outside the hub, where leaders say it was an integral part to unlock the new fate for the airline.
“E190 gave us some incredible: flexibility and ability to grow with fresh destinations,” CEO Joanna Garagti said speaking in New York on Tuesday. “It gave us Boston.”
Jetbu E190 Retirement Flight
Therefore, Boston marked a fitting final destination for the aircraft, which was filled with Jetbo dignitaries for the last, suitable number of flight 190 from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK).
Jetbu’s Chief Operating Officer Captain Warren Christie said, “A special flight really,” on Tuesday’s flight, celebrating the retirement of both aircraft and their own flight career.
Flight B6 190 offered a lot of reminders to move beyond this jet from this jet, from aging entertainment systems to past-prime seats and on-board Wi-Fi that did not work during the flight.
In 2025 there is also a case of overhead compartment for many passengers bags: “We are going to check a lot of gates,” I heard an agent with practice (and, I detected, a sign of apathy).
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Scene Kudahi/Number Man
Nevertheless, it was a historical moment. And Jetbu celebrated every seat with a memorial token. Passengers applauded applause-both in a techoff and landing, which came over half an hour after the flight on Blue-Skai Day.
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Scene Kudahi/Number Man
On the ground in New England, Jetb Staff and many passengers (involved) had a chance to step out of the aircraft, take a permanent marker and sign the aircraft.
Lump in the background, a gate over: a Jetbuble Airbus A220, far more modern and fuel-skilled 140-seight aircraft that sees as a worthy heir to the carrier E190.
“This is a better customer experience than the 190,” Jetbu president Marti St. George said about A220 in Logan on Tuesday. “It’s not that 190 was bad. We really, in fact, really became good. So it is going to be better for our customers only.”
JETBLUE will continue complementing A220 with its large A320 and A321 variants aircraft, which includes its prolonged capable aircraft which are equipped with airline The latest generation mint in front.
Those who are not mint today will soon be in queue to get ready with the carrier’s all-new. Domestic Started in 2026.
Meanwhile, it will be led to the Erizona’s desert on E190, Wednesday.
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