Commitments

12 Months Ended

Dec. 31, 2024

Commitments and Contingencies Disclosure [Abstract]

Flight Equipment Commitments

Our committed expenditures for aircraft and related flight equipment, including estimated amounts for contractual price escalations and pre-delivery deposits, is set forth in the table below (in millions):


Flight Equipment Commitments
Year	Total
2025	$	981
2026	690
2027	288
2028	410
2029	321
Thereafter	3,754
Total	$	6,444

Our firm aircraft orders include the following aircraft:


Flight Equipment Deliveries (1)
Year	Airbus A220	Airbus A321neo	Total
2025	20	4	24
2026	17	—	17
2027	5	—	5
2028	9	—	9
2029	7	—	7
Thereafter	—	44	44
Total (2)	58	48	106

(1) The aircraft orders stated above represents the current delivery schedule set forth in our Airbus order book as of December 31, 2024.

(2) In addition, we have options to purchase 20 A220-300 aircraft in 2027 and 2028.

Other Commitments

We utilize several credit card processors to process our ticket sales. Our agreements with these processors do not contain covenants, but do generally allow the processor to withhold cash reserves to protect the processor from potential liability for tickets purchased, but not yet used for travel. While we currently do not have any collateral requirements related to our credit card processors, we may be required to issue collateral to our credit card processors, or other key business partners, in the future.

As of December 31, 2024, we had $89 million in restricted cash and cash equivalents held as a reserve for principal and interest payments associated with the financing of the TrueBlue® program. We also had $61 million for letters of credit relating to a certain number of our leases, which will expire at the end of the related lease terms as well as a $65 million letter of credit relating to our 5% ownership in JFK Millennium Partners ("JMP"), a private entity that will finance, develop, and operate JFK Terminal 6. The letters of credit are included in restricted cash and cash equivalents on the consolidated balance sheets. Additionally, we had $12 million cash pledged primarily related to other business partner agreements, which will expire according to the terms of the related agreements.

We have a long-term lease for our primary corporate office in Long Island City until 2039. We have a one-time option to terminate the lease in 2034. At the end of the initial lease term, we have the option to renew the lease for either one renewal term of 10 years, or two renewal terms of five years each. Our lease commitments are $5 million in 2025, $5 million in 2026, $5 million in 2027, and an anticipated lease expenditure of $66 million over the remainder of the term.

Labor Unions and Non-Unionized Crewmembers

As of December 31, 2024, 51% of our full-time equivalent crewmembers were represented by labor unions. The pilot group, which represents 23% of our full-time equivalent crewmembers, is covered by a collective bargaining agreement ("CBA"). Negotiations for an amended pilot CBA began in May 2024 and are ongoing.

Our pilots are represented by ALPA. Our inflight crewmembers and flight instructors are represented by the Transport Workers Union of America ("TWU"); our other frontline crewmembers do not have third party representation.

TWU

On July 14, 2022, TWU filed a representation application with the National Mediation Board ("NMB") seeking an election among the 35 pilot instructors ("Flight Instructors"). JetBlue disputed TWU’s application alleging that Flight Instructors do not constitute a craft or class. On October 26, 2023, the NMB notified the participants that it rejected JetBlue’s argument and ordered an election. The Flight Instructors voted for TWU representation. Contract negotiations for an initial CBA began in April 2024 and are ongoing.

ALPA

In April 2021, ALPA, on behalf of the JetBlue pilot group, filed a grievance relating to the Northeast Alliance (the "NEA"). ALPA claims that by entering the NEA, JetBlue violated certain scope clauses contained in the pilots’ ALPA collective bargaining agreement. As a result of a mediation process, the parties agreed to certain changes to the collective bargaining agreement. The agreement, ratified by the JetBlue pilot group in April 2022, included a one-time payment and associated payroll taxes of $32 million, paid and recorded as an expense within special items, and a 3% base pay increase effective May 1, 2022.

In January 2023, JetBlue pilots approved a two-year contract extension effective March 1, 2023, which included a ratification payment and adjustments to paid-time-off accruals resulting from pay rate increases of $95 million. JetBlue pilots received an additional pay rate increase in August 2024 from this ratification, which resulted in an adjustment to paid time-off accruals of $26 million. These expenses are included within special items.

Non-Unionized Crewmembers

We enter into individual employment agreements with each of our non-unionized FAA-licensed crewmembers which include dispatchers, technicians, inspectors, and air traffic controllers. Each employment agreement is for a term of five years and automatically renews for an additional five years unless either the crewmember or we elect not to renew it by giving at least 90 days' notice before the end of the relevant term. Pursuant to these agreements, these crewmembers can only be terminated for cause. In the event of a downturn in our business that would require a reduction in work hours, we are obligated to pay these crewmembers a guaranteed level of income and to continue their benefits if they do not obtain other aviation employment.