On March 15, 2015, JetBlue announced seasonal expansion of its Mint service to Caribbean routes, with service from JFK Airport to Aruba and Barbados. The first Mint flight, from New York–JFK to Los Angeles, was to begin on June 15, 2014. JetBlue's daily round-trip flights between New York and Los Angeles were to feature the service by the fourth quarter of 2014, and all five daily round-trip flights between New York and San Francisco by early 2015. The routes were to be operated with new Airbus A321 aircraft and feature Wi-Fi connectivity. Dave Barger, JetBlue CEO at the time, said that the move was necessary for the airline to better compete with its competitors, which were operating lie-flat seats in transcontinental markets, leaving JetBlue with an all-economy class cabin. The company officially announced its Mint premium class product on Septemthe aforementioned service was to be available on flights between New York and San Francisco and New York and Los Angeles, with fares for Mint-class seats starting at US$599 each way. JetBlue first announced its intention to introduce premium seats on some of its transcontinental flights in March 2013. The service is operated with a fleet of Airbus A321 aircraft in a premium configuration, with lie-flat seats in business class. Mint is a Business Class airline product offered by JetBlue on some flights between the West Coast and the East Coast of the contiguous United States, seasonally on some flights between the United States and Caribbean destinations, and to London Heathrow and London Gatwick in the United Kingdom. N923JB "It's Mint To Be", one of JetBlue's Airbus A321 aircraft used for Mint flights Premium cabin offering of JetBlue Airways
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