While only established in 1998, JetBlue followed the trend of its rivals which fly heritage jets and retro liveries by creating a fictional look of what would have been JetBlue in the 1960s, at the early times of the Jet Age. If the blue and orange stripes definitely have the 60s look, the tail was created with a lively jazz-inspired font that would have made the airline stand out from others...
The airline also created limited-edition amenity kits and performed a retro-style uniform fashion show onboard the inaugural flight of the
RetroJet. A special ceremony was held at JFK with former TWA flight attendants modeling original uniforms. JetBlue is indeed flying from JFK's Terminal 5 adjacent to TWA's original Saarinen terminal building.
Image © Gail Snyder (SFO)
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