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Jet Blue is searching for a new home base. The lease on their corporate headquarters in Forest Hills expires in 2012; the company, which launched in NYC in 1999, employs some 400 employees at the location. According to NY1, the discount airline began searching last week for new locations in the New York metro area and beyond. A Jet Blue spokesman tells the St. Petersburg Times that the airline wants to consolidate its Queens headquarters with its departments in Long Island and Connecticut into a single location. But he insists they'll continue to have a significant presence the Big Apple because their largest base of operations is at JFK. Bids are currently being solicited by the airline, which could relocate even before the lease on their headquarters expires in 2012.
Jet Blue May Bid Adieu to Queens
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Not unexpected. They've outgrown that area years ago. A move to midtown will probably be the case.
Bad domestic airlines keep the home office in Midtown, like PanAm did.
The survivors keep their offices where the action is: The Airport.
They'll move to midtown, alright...midtown Orlando, Dallas, Houtson, or Phoenix
Keep hiking those taxes boys up in albany!
Blame the owners of real estate too. It's not just the taxes, but the exorbitant rents that are driving everyone away.
I used to work for a company that had a small space in midtown. Just the real estate tax from the city on the place alone was a large portion of the lease. Let alone all the extra NYC and NYS taxes that needed to be paid. Needless to say, the company moved to NJ after a couple of years.
there is no reason for them to move to midtown. They'll probably consolidate in CT or in another area entirely. The tax situation in this state makes running a business increasingly difficult -- and it makes the cost of living here just to high as well.
They'll probably just find a good deal in midtown, but then choose a location with a little more legroom for $30 more.
I would suggest that they buy and build in LIC!
They moved some of their IT ops from Forest Hills to Orlando earlier this year...gave employees the option of moving or a decent severance package. Wouldn't be surprised if more of that sort of back office stuff were moved out of the city.