Markedet reagerer iallefall positivt (USA Today):
Was JetBlue’s quarterly loss good news?
Wall Street seemed to think so, or at least analysts liked the “recovery plan” that JetBlue
CEO David Neeleman outlined in conjunction with the loss announcement. That plan -– which includes raising fares and slowing growth –- pushed the airline’s stock to its biggest one-day gain since JetBlue went public four years ago, the Chicago Tribune (free registration) reports. The paper says shares of JetBlue on Tuesday jumped $1.24, or 13.2%, to $10.64, on the Nasdaq stock market following Neeleman’s comments, in which he said that the airline would delay aircraft deliveries, eliminate some cross-country flights and concentrate on higher-return, shorter-haul markets. JetBlue's stock price remained up Wednesday, ending the day with a trading price of $10.72 per share. Neeleman also said the airline will attempt to increase the number of higher-priced tickets on each flight, saying the airline’s current average fares were “not good enough." As part of that JetBlue also raised the maximum fare it will charge on a one-way flight from $349 to $399, according to a Bloomberg News report in the Chicago Tribune (free registration).