JetBlue Airways plane are pictured at departure gates at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.
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JetBlue Airways stated it’s going to elevate flight attendant pay subsequent yr and supply different bonuses to employees whereas the union representing cabin crews agreed to support the provider’s plan to purchase price range provider Spirit Airlines.
Starting in November, flight attendants will get 5% raises. Including one other 2% elevate, a slate of different incentives and beforehand negotiated raises underneath flight attendants’ union contract, their raises in 2026 will compound to 21.5% will increase, in accordance to an organization memo, which was seen by CNBC Friday.
The raises come because the New York-based provider is within the strategy of trying to purchase Spirit, a merger the Justice Department has sued to block. A trial for that lawsuit is ready to start on Oct. 16 in Boston.
JetBlue agreed not to furlough or displace any flight attendants or shut any related bases for seven years after a possible acquisition of Spirit goes by way of, the memo stated.
“With this settlement made by your TWU Local 579 Executive Board and JetBlue, we support the JetBlue and Spirit transaction and won’t maintain an extra informational picket or communicate publicly towards the acquisition,” the union stated in a notice to members. JetBlue did not instantly remark.
JetBlue additionally agreed to further pay for employees that fly the provider’s trans-Atlantic routes and in its Mint business-class cabin, in addition to different incentives, in accordance to a letter of settlement with the Transport Workers Union, which represents JetBlue’s 7,000 flight attendants.