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JetBlue and Mayor Eric Adams Announce 5,000 New Jobs Coming to New York City
Mayor Adams Kicks Off Hiring Event and Workforce Partnership as New York's Hometown Airline® Gears Up for Busiest Season on Record To Help Encourage City’s
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[{"type":"text","content":"\nMayor Adams Kicks Off Hiring Event and Workforce Partnership as New York's Hometown Airline® Gears Up for Busiest Season on Record\n\nTo Help Encourage City’s Tourism Rebound, JetBlue Vacations Launches Promotion for $200 Off Vacation Packages to New York City\n\n NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--\nJetBlue (NASDAQ: JBLU) New York’s Hometown Airline® and New York City Mayor Eric Adams today announced that the company will be adding 5,000 jobs in New York City in 2022. JetBlue will also work with the city to create a new workforce partnership to connect more New Yorkers with high quality JetBlue jobs and to develop a strong pipeline for future careers at the airline. Mayor Adams joined JetBlue leaders today at a major hiring event to assist in filling many of these new positions.\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20220328005622/en/New York City Mayor Eric Adam speaks at JetBlue's hiring event at JFK Airport, announcing new partnership in growing the airline's workforce. (Photo: Business Wire)\nToday’s hiring event, held at JetBlue’s hangar at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), facilitated on the spot interviews and conditional hiring of diverse candidates for a variety of positions within the JetBlue operation based in New York City, including roles in airport operations, ground operations, technical operations, inflight, information technology and other support center roles. JetBlue currently employs around 8,000 crewmembers based in New York City, at the airports as well as in JetBlue’s Long Island City Support Center, its corporate headquarters. The airline’s growth and hiring as well as its low fare expansion is due in great part to the Northeast Alliance, a partnership it has entered into with American Airlines. Those seeking information about future JetBlue hiring events and careers at JetBlue should visit jetblue.com/careers.\n\n“As New York’s Hometown Airline, JetBlue’s commitment goes well beyond the flights we operate here,” said Robin Hayes, chief executive officer, JetBlue. “We’re thrilled to partner with Mayor Adams to support his administration’s Blueprint for New York City’s Economic Recovery by encouraging travel to New York City. We’ll do that by hiring thousands of new JetBlue crewmembers in 2022, and through our continued engagement ...