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Will JetBlue take off for another city or state? Last month, it was reported that airline carrier JetBlue might move its headquarters from Queens because its lease is up in 2012. Now, the Daily News learns, "City officials are racing to come up with incentives to persuade JetBlue not to fly the coop." Rep. Gregory Meeks (D-Queens) says, "They are serious about leaving," and that the one way the city could sweeten the deal is by helping to "finance the construction of a new JetBlue building near Kennedy Airport," where JetBlue operates out of the renovated Terminal 5. The airline, which has 800 employees in its Forest Hills offices, says, "We're continuing to look at several options both here in the New York-metro area and outside of New York City." Apparently the city's deadline for an offer is Tuesday.
JetBlue May Hightail It From Queens
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Cut taxes.
Problem solved, end of discussion.
I can see them operating out of Utah, where a lot of their customer service center is based.
It would be odd to have their HQ housed in a building near to the hotels (And a homeless shelter) right by the entrance of JFK
Actually if they move, they'd most likely move to Orlando, where their FA training center is, complete with dorms, and the headquarters of their LiveTV subsidiary is. NYC can't afford to help finance any new building for them, nor would I want to the city to do that at this time. The city needs the money for other things.
The city would probably float some tax exempt bonds to finance the construction, and then jetblue would make the payments. Just like for the Yankees and Mets!
too bad they don't have Randy Levine on their side.