BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

__________________________________________ Application of )

)

JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION ) OST

- 2010

- 0228

)

for renewal of an exemption, pursuant t o )

49 U.S.C. § 40109 to provide )

foreign scheduled air transportation of persons, )

property, and mail between the )

United States and the Turks & Caicos Islands )

__________________________________________)

APPLICATION OF JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPOR ATION

FOR RENEWAL OF AN EXEMPTION TO PROVIDE

FOREIGN SCHEDULED AIR TRANSPORTATION

Communications with respect to this document should be addressed to:

James Hnat Jonathan B. Hill

Executive Vice President , Corporate Affairs, Geoffrey Rapoport

Gene ral Counsel & Secretary Cooley LLP

1299 Pennsylvania Ave., NW

Robert C. Land Suite 700

Senior Vice President, Government Affairs, Washington, DC 200 04

& Associate General Counsel Telephone: 202/ 842 7800

Fax: 202/842

- 7899

Jeffrey Goodell jhill@cooley.com

Vice President, Government Affairs grapoport@cooley.com

Adam Schless Counsel for

Director, Aircraft Transactions & JetBlue Airways Corporation

International Counsel

202

- 715

- 255 7

JetBlue Airways Corporation

1 212 New York Avenue, N.W.

, Suite 1212

Washington, D.C. 20005

March 6 , 2014

Notice: Answers to this Application must be submitted by March 21, 2014.1 BEFORE THE

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION

WASHINGTON, D.C.

__________________________________________ A pplication of )

)

JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION ) OST

- 2010

- 0228

)

for renewal of an exemption, pursuant to )

49 U.S.C. § 40109 to provide )

foreign scheduled air transportation of persons, )

property, an d mail between the )

United States and the Turks & Caicos Islands )

__________________________________________)

APPLICATION OF JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION

FOR RENEWAL OF AN EXEMPTION TO PROVIDE

FOREIGN SCHEDULED AIR TRANSPORTATION

JetBlue Airways Co rporation (“JetBlue”) respectfully requests that the

Department of Transportation (“DOT” or the “Department”) re issue JetBlue an

exemption pursuant to 49 U.S.C. § 40109 and Subpart C of Part 302 of the Department ’s

r egulations, 14 C.F.R. Part 302, to opera te scheduled combination service between any

point or points in the United States, on the one hand, and any points or points in the Turks

and Caicos Islands , on the other hand

. DOT issued the original exemption through a

NOAT dated September 28, 2010 in d ocket DOT

- OST

- 2010

- 0228 and a renewal

pursuant to a Notice of Action Taken in the same docket issued August 2, 2012

. 1

JetBlue will continue its daily service with A320 or E190 aircraft from JFK to

Providenciales, Turks and Caicos Islands (PLS) , and Saturd ay

- only seasonal (November

April) service with A320 or E190 aircraft from BOS to PLS

. JetBlue respectfully

1 1 JetBlue herewith invokes the provisions of 5 U.S.C. § 558(c) to continue operations under its existing

a uthority until final action has been taken on this request for renewal of its exemption.2 requests that the Department renew the blanket exemption authority to operate scheduled

combination service between any point or points in the Unite d States and any point or

points in the Turks and Caicos Islands so that it may expand or change its service

offerings in that market in the future without requiring the grant of additional authority.

JetBlue also renews its request that the Department ad d this blanket authority to the

Route 894 authority currently held by JetBlue, as part of its Consolidated Certificate

issued as part of Order 2009

- 9

- 4 (corrected).

In support of its application JetBlue states as follows:

1. JetBlue is a Delaware corpo ration with its principal office located at 27

- 01

Queens Plaza North, Long Island City, NY 11101

.

2. JetBlue is a citizen as defined by 49 U.S.C § 40102(a ) ( 15 ) ( c), as

amended, and is fit, willing and able to provide the services contemplated by this

exe mption application. JetBlue holds a Certificate for Public Convenience and Necessity

for Interstate Air Transportation issued on February 4, 2000, Order 2000

- 2

- 7 ( see DOT

Docket OST

- 99

- 5616); and Consolidated Certificates for Routes 893, 894 and 895 ( see

Order 2009

- 9

- 4 (corrected), Docket OST

- 2005

- 22228). JetBlue requests the Department

take official notice of all the information contained in those dockets pursuant to Rule 24.

3. The renewal requested herein is for the transportation of persons, property

and mail, in combination service between any point or points in the United States, on the

one hand, and any point or points in the Turks and Caicos Islands , on the other hand.

JetBlue will operate each route with Stage 3

- compliant A321, A320 or E190 airc raft.

JetBlue’s A320 aircraft are configured to carry 150 customers. JetBlue’s E190 aircraft3 are configured to carry 100 customers. JetBlue’s A321 aircraft are configured to carry

190 customers.

4. DOT issued the original exemption in this docket on S eptember 28, 2010

by Notice of Action Taken and issued a renewal of the original exemption in this docket

on August 2, 2012

.

5

. JetBlue’s operations to the Turks and Caicos Islands are fully consistent

with the Air Transport Service Agreement b etween the United States of America and the

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland signed July 23, 1977 , as amended,

as it a pplies to the Turks and Caicos Islands

. Under that agreement, service by U.S.

carriers to the Turks and Caicos Islands is unrest ricted.

5. JetBlue’s renewal application poses no environmental or energy issue and

all flights will be operated with Stage 3 aircraft. Approval of this application will not

result in the near

- term consumption of ten (10) million or more gallons of fuel.

6. The continuation of JetBlue’s well known and well received operations to

and from the United States and the Turks and Caicos Islands will continue to provide

additional stimulation and benefits to the traveling public.4 WHEREFORE, JetBlue respectfully requests that the Department renew JetBlue ’s

blanket exemption authority permitting it to engage in the carriage of persons, property

and mail in combination service between the United States and the Turks and Caicos

Islands as set forth herein.

Res pectfully submitted,

Jonathan B. Hill

Geoffrey Rapoport

Cooley LLP

12 99 Pennsylvania Ave., NW

Suite 700

Washingt on, DC 20004

Telephone: 202/ 842 7800

Fax: 202/ 842

- 7899

jhill@ cooley .com

grapoport@cooley.com

Counsel for

JetBlue Airways Corporation

March 6

, 2014CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing Application of JetBlue Airways

Corporation for an Exemption to Provide Foreign Scheduled Air Tr ansportation was

served this 6th day of March

, 201 4 via email or first class mail on the following persons :

Robert.Wirick@aa.com

Howard.kass@aa.com

Benjamin.slocum@aa.com

Sascha.vanderbellen@delta.com

Jeff.morgan@delta.com

Scott.mcclain@delta.com

dan.wei ss@united.com

steve.morrissey@united.com

jonathan.linde@united.com

lhalloway@crowell.com

gmurphy@crowell.com

jyoung@yklaw.com

Urskr@state.gov

Esta.rosenberg@dot.gov

Robert.finamore@dot.gov

brian.hedberg@dot.gov

cmcintyr@panynj.gov

brubinst@panynj.gov

Inf o@airlineinfo.com

Boston Logan International Airport

One Harborside Drive

Suite 2005

East Boston, MA 02178

/s/

Deborah Kunkle