JetBlue takes investment share in California charter JetSuite

Jet Blue Airways has taken a minority stake in fast-growing, California-based jet charter company JetSuite. JetBlue CE Robin Hayes said Tuesday JetSuite was “changing the game in short-haul travel in the west coast.” JetSuite was launched in 2009. Its JetSuiteX product operates up to 4X-daily flights between the California cities of Burbank, Carlsbad, Concord and San Jose, as well as Las Vegas. It sells tickets on its small jets via its website as a public charter operation. Hayes said JetBlue’s investment was “small” but could grow. “We are very active in thinking about how this industry could change and be disrupted in future years. In JetSuite, we see a great opportunity on the west coast in terms of offering customers much more convenient alternative in how to fly,” he said. <br/>