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Long-term Debt, Short-term Borrowings and Finance Lease Obligations
 9 Months Ended
Sep. 30, 2024
Debt Disclosure [Abstract]  
Long-term Debt, Short-term Borrowings and Finance Lease Obligations Long-term Debt, Short-term Borrowings and Finance Lease Obligations
During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, we made principal payments of $631 million on our outstanding debt and finance lease obligations. This includes the early retirement of $425 million related to our existing 0.50% convertible senior notes.
At September 30, 2024, we had pledged aircraft, engines, other equipment and facilities assets with a net book value of $6.9 billion as security under various financing arrangements. In addition, certain TrueBlue® program assets have been pledged as part of the financing of the TrueBlue® program described below.
At September 30, 2024, scheduled maturities of our long-term debt and finance lease obligations were as follows (in millions):
YearTotal
Remainder of 2024$111 
2025341 
2026663 
2027344 
2028 444 
Thereafter6,328 
Total$8,231 
The carrying amounts and estimated fair values of our long-term debt, net of debt issuance costs, at September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023 were as follows (in millions):
September 30, 2024December 31, 2023
Carrying Value
Estimated Fair Value (1)
Carrying Value
Estimated Fair Value (1)
Public Debt
Fixed rate special facility bonds, due through 2036$42 $43 $42 $43 
Fixed rate enhanced equipment notes:
  2019-1 Series AA, due through 2032463 464 476 474 
  2019-1 Series A, due through 2028144 146 149 150 
2019-1 Series B, due through 202763 76 70 86 
2020-1 Series A, due through 2032486 575 506 597 
2020-1 Series B, due through 2028108 136 117 150 
Non-Public Debt
Fixed rate equipment notes, due through 2028239 233 322 305 
Floating rate equipment notes, due through 2036 (2)
434 496 109 113 
Aircraft sale-leaseback transactions, due through 2036 (2)
2,186 2,455 1,648 1,738 
TrueBlue® senior secured notes, due through 20311,954 2,095 — — 
TrueBlue® senior secured term loan facility, due through 2029 (2)
737 911 — — 
Unsecured CARES Act Payroll Support Program loan, due through 2030259 201 259 184 
Unsecured Consolidated Appropriations Act Payroll Support Program Extension loan, due through 2031144 110 144 101 
Unsecured American Rescue Plan Act of 2021 Payroll Support loan, due through 2031132 101 132 93 
0.50% convertible senior notes due through 2026
323 301 742 657 
2.50% convertible senior notes, due through 2029
450 401 — — 
Total (3)
$8,164 $8,744 $4,716 $4,691 
(1) The estimated fair values of our publicly held long-term debt are classified as Level 2 in the fair value hierarchy. The fair values of our non-public debt are estimated using a discounted cash flow analysis based on our borrowing rates for instruments with similar terms and therefore classified as Level 3 in the fair value hierarchy. The fair values of our other financial instruments approximate their carrying values. Refer to Note 7 for an explanation of the fair value hierarchy structure.
(2) Certain debt bears interest at a floating rate equal to Secured Overnight Financing Rate ("SOFR"), plus a margin.
(3) Total excludes finance lease obligations of $67 million at September 30, 2024 and an immaterial amount at December 31, 2023.
We have financed certain aircraft with Enhanced Equipment Trust Certificates ("EETCs"). One of the benefits of this structure is being able to finance several aircraft at one time, rather than individually. The structure of EETC financing is that we create pass-through trusts in order to issue pass-through certificates. The proceeds from the issuance of these certificates are then used to purchase equipment notes which are issued by us and are secured by our aircraft. These trusts meet the definition of a variable interest entity ("VIE"), as defined in Topic 810, Consolidation of the Financial Accounting Standards Board ("FASB") Codification, and must be considered for consolidation in our financial statements. Our assessment of our EETCs considers both quantitative and qualitative factors including the purpose for which these trusts were established and the nature of the risks in each. The main purpose of the trust structure is to enhance the creditworthiness of our debt obligation through certain bankruptcy protection provisions and liquidity facilities, and also to lower our total borrowing cost. We concluded that we are not the primary beneficiary in these trusts because our involvement in them is limited to principal and interest payments on the related notes, the trusts were not set up to pass along variability created by credit risk to us, and the likelihood of our defaulting on the notes. Therefore, we have not consolidated these trusts in our financial statements.
2024 Financings
TrueBlue® Financings
TrueBlue® Senior Secured Notes
In August 2024, JetBlue and JetBlue Loyalty, LP ("Loyalty LP" and, together with the Company, the "TrueBlue® Issuers") co-issued $2.0 billion aggregate principal amount of senior secured notes due 2031 (the "TrueBlue® Notes"). The TrueBlue® Notes bear interest at a rate of 9.875% per annum, in each case payable quarterly in arrears beginning in December 2024. The TrueBlue® Notes are scheduled to mature in September 2031, unless earlier redeemed or repurchased by the TrueBlue® Issuers.

The TrueBlue® Notes were issued under an indenture (the "TrueBlue® Indenture"), dated as of August 27, 2024, by and among the TrueBlue® Issuers, the guarantors party thereto (the "Guarantors") and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee. The TrueBlue® Notes were sold pursuant to a purchase agreement, dated August 13, 2024, by and among the TrueBlue® Issuers, the Guarantors and Goldman Sachs & Co. LLC and Barclays Capital Inc., as representatives of the several initial purchasers identified therein.

The TrueBlue® Notes are fully and unconditionally guaranteed on a senior secured basis, jointly and severally, by each of the Guarantors. The TrueBlue® Notes and the TrueBlue® Note guarantees are secured, together with all outstanding obligations under the TrueBlue® Term Loan Facility (as defined below), by a first lien on certain collateral in connection with the Company’s customer loyalty program, TrueBlue® (the "Collateral").

At any time prior to August 27, 2027, the TrueBlue® Issuers may redeem the TrueBlue® Notes, in whole or in part, at a price equal to 100% of the principal amount thereof, plus an applicable "make-whole" premium. On or after August 27, 2027, the TrueBlue® Issuers may redeem the TrueBlue® Notes, in whole or in part, at the applicable redemption prices described in the Indenture. No sinking fund is provided for the TrueBlue® Notes, which means the TrueBlue® Issuers are not required to set aside funds periodically for redemption or retirement of the TrueBlue® Notes. Upon the occurrence of certain circumstances, the TrueBlue® Issuers will prepay a pro rata portion of the TrueBlue® Notes.

The TrueBlue® Indenture contains customary affirmative, negative and financial covenants including compliance with certain debt service coverage ratios and minimum liquidity requirements as well as events of default. In the case of an event of default with respect to the TrueBlue® Issuers and/or the Guarantors arising from specified events of bankruptcy or insolvency, all outstanding TrueBlue® Notes will become due and payable immediately without further action or notice.
TrueBlue® Senior Secured Term Loan Facility
In August 2024, the Company and Loyalty LP entered into a new senior secured term loan credit and guaranty agreement among the Company and Loyalty LP, as co-borrowers, the Guarantors, the lenders party thereto, Barclays Bank PLC, as administrative agent, and Wilmington Trust, National Association, as collateral administrator, for a $765 million senior secured term loan facility (the "TrueBlue® Term Loan Facility") due 2029. The TrueBlue® Term Loan Facility is guaranteed by the Guarantors and secured, on a pari passu basis with the TrueBlue® Notes, by the Collateral. The loans under the TrueBlue® Term Loan Facility bear interest at a variable rate equal to Term SOFR plus an applicable margin (subject to a Term SOFR floor), or another index rate plus an applicable margin. The TrueBlue® Term Loan Facility is subject to quarterly amortization payments beginning in December 2024.
The TrueBlue® Term Loan Facility also contains mandatory prepayment provisions, which may require the co-borrowers, in certain instances, to prepay obligations owing under the TrueBlue® Term Loan Facility or other priority lien debt in connection with, among other things, dispositions of collateral or a change of control. Any prepayment of the loans under the TrueBlue® Term Loan Facility prior to the maturity date (other than as a result of an early amortization event, an event of default or certain other mandatory prepayment events thereunder) may require the TrueBlue® Issuers to pay a prepayment premium.
The TrueBlue® Term Loan Facility contains covenants and events of default substantially similar to those applicable to the TrueBlue® Notes, including a cross-default to other material indebtedness including the TrueBlue® Notes.
2.50% Convertible Senior Notes, Due through 2029
In August 2024, we issued $460 million of 2.50% convertible senior notes due in September 2029, consisting of an initial $400 million offering and a subsequent $60 million option, under an indenture, dated as of August 16, 2024 with Wilmington Trust, National Association, as trustee. Interest is payable semi-annually in arrears in March and September of each year, beginning in March 2025. The notes are general unsecured senior obligations and will rank equal in right of payment with our existing and future senior unsecured indebtedness and senior in right of payment to our existing and future subordinated debt. The notes will effectively rank junior in right of payment to any of our existing and future secured indebtedness to the extent of the value of the assets securing such indebtedness and are structurally subordinated to all indebtedness and other liabilities of our subsidiaries.
Holders of the notes may convert them into shares of our common stock subsequent to December 31, 2024 but prior to June 1, 2029 only under certain enumerated circumstances, such as upon the satisfaction of the sale price condition, the satisfaction of the trading price condition, notice of redemption, or specified corporate events, and thereafter at any time upon conversion, the notes will be settled in cash up to the aggregate principal amount of the notes to be converted and, at our election, in shares of our common stock, cash or a combination of cash and shares of our common stock in respect of the remainder, if any, of our conversion obligation.
The initial conversion rate of 163.3987 shares of common stock per $1,000 principal amount of notes, corresponds to an initial conversion price of approximately $6.12 per share. The conversion rate is subject to adjustment upon the occurrence of certain specified events, including, but not limited to, the issuance of certain stock dividends on common stock, the issuance of certain rights or warrants, subdivisions, combinations, distributions of capital stock, indebtedness or assets, cash dividends and certain issuer tender or exchange offers.
We are not required to redeem or retire the notes periodically. We may, at our option, redeem any of the notes for cash at a redemption price of 100% of their principal amount, plus accrued and unpaid interest at any time on or after September 1, 2027 until the 45th scheduled trading day before the maturity date, under certain circumstances. Additionally, holders may under specified conditions, have the right to require the Company to repurchase all or a portion of the notes for a cash price equal to 100% of the principal amount of the notes to be repurchased plus accrued and unpaid interest, if any.
We have evaluated the conversion feature of this note offering for embedded derivatives in accordance with ASC 815, Derivatives and Hedging, and ASC 470, Debt. Based on our assessment, separate accounting for the conversion feature of this note offering is not required.
Of the $460 million 2.50% convertible senior notes issued, we incurred $10 million in issuance costs, which resulted in net proceeds of $450 million. We used the net proceeds of the initial offering to retire $425 million of our existing 0.50% convertible senior notes, due 2026. As a result of this retirement, we recognized a gain on debt extinguishment of $22 million, in the third quarter of 2024. This gain was included within other income (expense) on our consolidated statements of operations. As of September 30, 2024, $323 million (net of unamortized issuance costs) remains outstanding on these convertible notes.
For the third quarter of 2024, the effective interest rate of the $460 million 2.50% convertible senior notes was 2.6%. With respect to these notes, for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2024, we recognized interest expense of $1.7 million, of which, $0.3 million was due to the amortization of debt issuance costs and $1.4 million was due to contractual interest expense.
Floating Rate Equipment Notes
During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, we issued $350 million in floating rate equipment notes. Debt incurred matures on an aircraft-by-aircraft basis from October 2027 to June 2036, with principal and interest payable quarterly in arrears.
Sale-Leaseback Transactions
During the nine months ended September 30, 2024, we entered into $607 million of sale-leaseback transactions. These transactions did not qualify as sales for accounting purposes. The assets associated with these transactions remain on our consolidated balance sheets within property and equipment and the related liabilities under the lease are classified within debt and finance leases obligations. These transactions are treated as cash from financing activities on our condensed consolidated statements of cash flows.
Short-term Borrowings
Citibank Line of Credit
As previously disclosed, on October 21, 2022, JetBlue entered into the $600 million Second Amended and Restated Credit and Guaranty Agreement (the "Facility"), among JetBlue, Citibank N.A., as administrative agent, and the lenders party thereto.
On July 29, 2024, the Company entered into the Second Amendment to the Second Amended and Restated Credit and Guaranty Agreement, which modifies the Facility to, among other things, (i) extend the final maturity of the Facility to October 21, 2029; provided that if the Company’s 0.50% convertible senior notes due 2026 are not extended, refinanced or paid off, subject to a specified minimum outstanding principal amount thereof, then the Facility expiration will be automatically shortened to December 31, 2025; (ii) adjust the margin and the minimum liquidity requirements of the Company; (iii) replace the sustainability adjustment mechanism; (iv) allow for certain additions of eligible collateral; and (v) remove provisions relating to the terminated merger agreement with Spirit Airlines, Inc. ("Spirit").
As of and for the periods ended September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, we did not have a balance outstanding or any borrowings under the Facility.
Morgan Stanley Line of Credit
We have a revolving line of credit with Morgan Stanley for up to approximately $200 million. This line of credit is secured by a portion of our investment securities held by Morgan Stanley and the amount available to us under this line of credit may vary accordingly. This line of credit bears interest at a floating rate based upon LIBOR (or such replacement index as the bank shall determine from time to time in accordance with the terms of the agreement), plus a margin. As of and for the periods ended September 30, 2024 and December 31, 2023, we did not have a balance outstanding or any borrowings under this line of credit.
2022 $3.5 Billion Senior Secured Bridge Facility
JetBlue entered into a Second Amended and Restated Commitment Letter (the "Commitment Letter"), dated July 28, 2022, with Goldman Sachs Bank USA; BofA Securities, Inc.; Bank of America, N.A.; BNP Paribas; Credit Suisse AG, New York Branch; Credit Suisse Loan Funding LLC; Credit Agricole Corporate and Investment Bank; Natixis, New York Branch; Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corporation; and MUFG Bank, Ltd. (collectively, the "Commitment Parties"), pursuant to which the Commitment Parties committed to provide a senior secured bridge facility in an aggregate principal amount of up to $3.5 billion to finance the acquisition of Spirit under the Agreement and Plan of Merger (the "Merger Agreement"). The Commitment Letter was terminated on March 4, 2024. Prior to its termination, we did not have a balance outstanding or any borrowings under this facility. Please refer to Note 12 for additional details on the termination of the Merger Agreement.