FILE - In this July 19, 2005 file photo, a JetBlue Airbus flies over a pair of Southwest Airlines' jets from Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Calif. , bound for New York's JFK airport. After years of following similar game plans to lure passengers with fares that are a cut below and customer service that's a cut above, JetBlue and Southwest are going head-to-head in major Northeast markets. AP Photo logo AP Photo 3 months ago

FILE - In this July 19, 2005 file photo, a JetBlue Airbus flies over a pair of Southwest Airlines' jets from Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Calif. , bound for New York's JFK airport. After years of following similar game plans to lure passengers with fares that are a cut below and customer service that's a cut above, JetBlue and Southwest are going head-to-head in major Northeast markets.

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  1. FILE - In this May 16, 2008 file photo, Southwest Airlines jets are seen at Baltimore Washington International Airport in Linthicum, Md. Southwest Airlines Co. faces a deadline Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009, for settling a dispute with regulators over the use of unapproved parts on more than 80 planes.
  2. A Southwest Airlines 737 takes off from Midway Airport, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009 in Chicago. Southwest Airlines Co. is facing a Tuesday deadline to settle a dispute with regulators over the use of unapproved parts.
  3. A Southwest Airlines 737 takes off from Midway Airport, Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009 in Chicago. Southwest Airlines Co. is facing a Tuesday deadline to settle a dispute with regulators over the use of unapproved parts.
  4. FILE - In this May 16, 2008 file photo, Southwest Airlines jets are seen at Baltimore Washington International Airport in Baltimore, Md. Southwest Airlines Co. faces a deadline Tuesday, Sept. 1, 2009, for settling a dispute with regulators over the use of unapproved parts on more than 80 planes.
  5. In this Oct. 9, 2009 photo, Public Relations Coordinator Christi Day is shown monitoring Southwest Airlines social networking sites at there headquarters in Dallas.
  6. In this Oct. 9, 2009 photo, a Southwest Airlines social networking site is shown on a personal digital assistant at there headquarters in Dallas.
  7. In this photo taken Monday, Oct. 19, 2009, a traveler checks at the counter of JetBlue Airways at the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Calif. JetBlue Airways Corp. said Thursday it made money in the third quarter thanks to lower costs and cheaper fares that drew more passengers.
  8. A traveler checks at the counter of United Express at the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Calif. Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. The parent of United Airlines is reporting a money-losing third quarter Tuesday, Oct. 20, 2009, but it could have been worse.
  9. Travelers check at the counter of Alaska Airlines at the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Calif. Monday, Oct. 19, 2009. Improvements it has made in on-time performance and being insulated from the slump in international travel helped Alaska Air Group post a profit for the third quarter.
  10. In this photo taken Monday, Oct. 19, 2009, an American Airlines jet plane takes off at the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, Calif. American's parent, AMR Corp., on Wednesday, Oct. 21 said it lost about $300 million in the third quarter.
  11. BURBANK, CA - SEPTEMBER 02: In this photo taken on August 30, 2009, Southwest passengers walk off the plane at the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, California.
  12. In this photo released by JetBlue, Pro Football Hall of Famer and former New York Jets quarteback Joe Namath throws a pass during a promotional event announcing a marketing arrangement between the New York Jets and JetBlue airways at T5 terminal at New York's JFK airport on Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009. JetBlue CEO David Barger, left, and former Jets Marty Lyons, second from left, and Jets owner Woody Johnson, second from right, look on.
  13. COMMERCIAL IMAGE: In this photograph taken by AP Images for JetBlue, Silver Spurs and Bevo, Shanon Woodring, Laura Neumeyer,Jorge Navarro, Teresa Jedinak, Paul Tyler, Kris Borman Marty St. George, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Commercial Strategy of JetBlue with Chris Plonsky and De Loss Dodds, University of Texas Athletics Director of women's and men's, at the JetBlue Hook the Horns press conference at the Austin- Bergstrom International Airport in Austin,Texas on Wednesday, August 26, 2009.
  14. COMMERCIAL IMAGE: In this photograph taken by AP Images for JetBlue, Hook ' em and Marty St. George, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Commercial Strategy of JetBlue, Chris Plonsky and De Loss Dodds, University of Texas Athletics Director of women's and men's, at the JetBlue Hook the Horns press conference at the Austin- Bergstrom International Airport in Austin,Texas on Wednesday, August 26, 2009.
  15. COMMERCIAL IMAGE: In this photograph taken by AP Images for JetBlue, Hook 'em and Marty St. George, Senior Vice President of Marketing and Commercial Strategy of JetBlue, at the JetBlue Hook the Horns press conference at the Austin- Bergstrom International Airport in Austin,Texas on Wednesday, August 26, 2009.
  16. FORT LAUDERDALE, FL - NOVEMBER 06: Singer Gabe Saporta of Cobra Starship performs at a free concert after a press conference to announce JetBlue's new partnership with Sunrise Sports & Entertainment as the organizations Official and Exclusive Airline Partner of the National Hockey League's Florida Panthers and a Pillar Partner of the BankAtlantic Center on November 6, 2009 in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

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