Starboard - Issue 4

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Perfect Partners Jet Blue announces new partnerships to bring dining and wellbeing experiences to the sky.

As the first airline to disrupt the domestic

feel their best throughout their journey; featuring

business-class category with the introduction

healthy snacks and personal care items, the kits

of Mint in 2014, Jet Blue is once again taking

will be distributed according to the time of day.

affordable, premium air travel to new heights.

To enhance the sleep experience, Jet Blue has

The airline has refreshed its service with a new

partnered with digitally native mattress company

line-up of on-board partners, each selected

Tuft & Needle to provide a memory foam pillow, a

to bring the same high quality of product and

blanket featuring built-in foot pocket and snooze

service to the sky as on land.

kits. And for passengers tuning in to the in-flight

Heading up the new dining offer, Delicious

entertainment, luxury audio brand Master &

Hospitality Group – the team behind acclaimed

Dynamic has created custom designed over-ear

New York City restaurants Charlie Bird, Legacy

headphones with noise reduction qualities.

Records and Pasquale Jones – will introduce its

Services from the new partners will be rolled

inventive culinary style to passengers travelling

out across all flights, as well as the forthcoming

on any of Mint’s 90 daily flights. Executive Chef

London route. “Jet Blue’s reimagined Mint is

Ryan Hardy has curated a rotating menu of small

turning the journey itself into a destination,

plates prepared with fresh, seasonal ingredients,

offering the comforts of a premium travel

while Wine Director Grant Reynolds has put

experience at a more affordable price point,”

together a selection of international wines and

comments Elizabeth Windram, Vice President of

craft cocktails to be shaken on board.

Marketing, Jet Blue. “This onboard refresh allows

Wanderfuel meanwhile has created new

us to reset that high bar we set in 2014, with the

amenity kits, designed in collaboration with

very best in dining and hospitality, comfort and

nutritionist Sarah Wragge to help passengers

wellness at 35,000 feet.”

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