JetBlue
has unveiled the premium offering for its transatlantic services that are
planned to launch later this year. The airline announced in 2019 that it would launch its first European services to London using Airbus A321LR
single-aisle aircraft this summer.
The
airline’s service will feature 24 Mint ‘suites’ featuring Thompson Aero
Seating’s VantageSOLO seat in a herringbone configuration with sliding doors
for privacy, an enhancement of its domestic Mint offering which is now on 30
routes in the US.
The Mint suite will also include a tilting 17-inch seatback screen, wireless charging
capabilities, in-seat power, as well as laptop, shoe and handbag stowage and a Tuft & Needle adaptive mattress foam cushion.
The cabin design,
featuring textures,
such as flannel-covered privacy dividers, concrete lampshades, woodgrain table
patterns and soft, vegan leather-covered seats and headrests, is "intended to make
customers feel at home in the air".
Each
flight will also include two Mint Studios in the front row of the plane. These feature an additional guest seat and side table and a 22-inch
tilting seatback screen.
The carrier
says Mint Studio will be “the largest lie-flat bed of
any US carrier”.
“Mint
was an idea to make premium travel across the US less stuffy and more
affordable, and its performance has exceeded even our most optimistic
expectations of going beyond New York, Los Angeles and San
Francisco,” said Joanna Geraghty, JetBlue’s president and chief operating
officer.
JetBlue
is expected to launch its services from New York and Boston to London in summer
2021 and will also offer Mint Studio on a limited number of flights
between New York and Los Angeles later in 2021.