Exhibit 10.1

 

 

Amendment No. 19

 

To the A320 Purchase Agreement
Dated as of April 20, 1999

 

Between

 

AVSA, S.A.R.L.

 

And

 

JetBlue Airways Corporation

 

 

This Amendment No. 19 (hereinafter referred to as the “Amendment) is entered
into as of

 

June 4, 2004, between AVSA, S.A.R.L., a société à responsabilité limitée
organized and existing under the laws of the Republic of France, having its
registered office located at 2, Ron-Point Maurice Bellonte, 31700 Blagnac,
France (hereinafter referred to as the “Seller”), and JetBlue Airways
Corporation, a corporation organized and existing under the laws of the State of
Delaware, United States of America, having its principal corporate offices
located 118-29 queens Boulevard, 5th Floor, Forest Hills, New York 11375 USA
(hereinafter referred to as the “Buyer”).

 

WITNESSETH

 

WHEREAS, the Buyer and the Seller entered into an A320 Purchase Agreement, dated
as of April 20, 1999, relating to the sale by the Seller and the purchase by the
Buyer of certain Airbus Industrie A320-200 aircraft (the “Aircraft”), including
twenty-five option aircraft (the “Option Aircraft”), which, together with all
Exhibits, Appendixes and Letter Agreements attached thereto and as amended by
Amendment No. 1, dated as of September 30, 1999, Amendment No. 2, dated as of
March 13, 2000, Amendment No. 3 dated as of March 29, 2000, amendment No. 4,
dated as of September 29, 2000, Amendment No. 5 dated as of November 7, 2000,
Amendment No. 6 dated as November 20, 2000, Amendment No. 7 dated as of
January 29, 2001, Amendment No. 8 dated as of May 3, 2001, Amendment No. 9 dated
as of July 18, 2001, Amendment No. 10 dated as of November 16, 2001, Amendment
No. 11 dated as of December 31, 2001, Amendment No. 12 dated as of April 19,
2002, Amendment No. 13 dated as of November 22, 2002, Amendment No. 14 dated as
of December 18, 2002, Amendment No. 15 dated as of February 10, 2003, Amendment
No. 16 dated as of April 23, 2003, Amendment No. 17 dated as of October 1, 2003
and Amendment No. 18 dated as of November 12, 2003 is hereinafter called the
“Agreement.”

 

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WHEREAS the Seller and the Buyer have agreed to amend the Agreement as follows.

 

1.                                       DEFINITIONS

 

1.1                                 Capitalized terms used herein and not
otherwise defined herein will have the meanings assigned to them in the
Agreement.  The terms “herein”,  “hereof” and “hereunder” and words of similar
import refer to this Amendment.

 

2.                                      ***

 

3.              EFFECT OF THE AMENDMENT

 

The Agreement will be deemed amended to the extent herein provided, and, except
as specifically amended hereby, will continue in full force and effect in
accordance with its original terms.  This Amendment supersedes any previous
understandings, commitments, or representations whatsoever, whether oral or
written, related to the subject matter of this Amendment.

 

Both parties agree that this Amendment will constitute an integral, nonseverable
part of the Agreement and be governed by its provisions, except that if the
Agreement and this Amendment have specific provisions that are inconsistent, the
specific provisions that are inconsistent, the specific provisions contained in
this Amendment will govern.

 

This Amendment will become effective upon execution hereof and upon payment of
the amounts due as per Clause 5.2.5 of the Agreement.

 

4.              CONFIDENTIALITY

 

This Amendment is subject to the confidentiality provisions set forth in Clause
22.5 of the Agreement.

 

5.              ASSIGNMENT

 

Notwithstanding any other provisions of this Amendment or of the Agreement, this
Amendment will not be assigned or transferred in any manner without the prior
written consent of the Seller, and any attempted assignment or transfer in
contravention of the provisions of this Paragraph 5 will be void and of no force
or effect.

 

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[***]                   Represents material which has been redacted and filed
separately with the Commission pursuant to a request for confidential treatment
pursuant to Rule 24b-2 under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended.

 

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6.              COUNTERPARTS

 

This Amendment may be executed by the parties hereto in separate counterparts,
each of which when so executed and delivered shall be an original, but all such
counterparts shall together constitute one and the same instrument.

 

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IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have caused this Amendment to be executed
by their respective officers or agents on the dates written below.

 

 

AVSA, S.A.R.L.

 

 

 

By:

/s/ MARIE-PIERRE MERLE-BERAL

 

 

 

Its:

AVSA Chief Executive Officer

 

 

 

Date:

June 4, 2004

 

JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION

 

By:

/s/ THOMAS E. ANDERSON

 

 

Its:

Senior Vice President

 

 

Date:

June 4, 2004

 

 

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