Spirit Airlines Friday cut its Q3 outlook for a key revenue measure as it estimates an approximate $25 million hit on its sales, hurt by hundreds of flights cancellations due to Hurricane Dorian. The company now expects Q3 unit revenue to fall between 2.5% and 3.5% compared to its prior estimate of a decline of 1% to 2%. The hurricane has led airline operators including American Airlines and Delta to cancel thousands of flights across the United States this week.<br/>
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JetBlue Airways is evaluating the possibility of serving more than one London airport under its plan to start transatlantic flights to Europe in 2021.<br/>JetBlue COO Joanna Geraghty said that the airline is looking at London Heathrow, Gatwick, Luton and Stansted as potential arrival points. "We could a see scenario where we fly to multiple London airports," she adds. Earlier this year, the US carrier disclosed that it will launch transatlantic flights in 2021, with services to London from New York John F Kennedy and Boston. The decision was prompted by success of the airline's Mint premium class, which JetBlue introduced in 2014 on Airbus A321s on transcontinental and some Carribbean routes, the carrier said at the time. JetBlue foresees, in particular, a niche for premium travellers on routes to Europe. Geraghty says that the airline offered travellers in the past 50% fare reductions on routes, which it launched in competition to established operators. For the transatlantic flights, however, the New York-based carrier intends to improve its premium class. Geraghty says that the Mint product – which includes lie-flat seats – will be "upgraded" to include "many features [which] customers expect on transatlantic flights".<br/>
The two men who were questioned after an alarm set off at Newark Liberty Airport on Labor Day sparked panic have spoken out, saying they were racially profiled. The airport evacuated in a panic Monday night after an Alaska Airlines employee hit an alarm following an encounter with two men, officials said at the time. Han Han Xue, 29, a product designer for Lyft returning home to San Francisco after visiting friends in New York City over the long weekend, said he was "minding (his) own business" when an Alaska Airlines employee walked into him, then repeatedly asked Chunyi Luo, 20, a student who was standing near Xue but did not know him, if he was nervous. Luo told the employee he was nervous because his flight back to college in San Francisco was late. She asked Xue if he knew Luo and wondered why he was "acting suspiciously," both men noted. Xue added that she asked more questions, like "How much are they paying you?" and "Did they give you a visa?" He didn't know who "they" referred to or how to respond, he said, and began to walk away, feeling racially targeted and harassed. At that point, Xue said, the airline employee followed him to where other passengers waiting to board the flight and said, "I'm onto you guys. The cops are already called." “Alaska Airlines values the safety of our guests as our highest priority," the airline said Tuesday in an emailed statement. "We’re conducting a thorough investigation to determine what occurred."<br/>