JetBlue 1038
Austin-Bergstrom [AUS/KAUS] - Boston [BOS/KBOS]
August 31st, 2018
STD: 18:33 (CDT)
STA: 23:30 (EST)
Actual flight time: 3 hours 46 minutes
N568JB, A320-200 (Blue Sapphire)
Seat 22A, Economy Class
I took the bus to the airport, and arrived a couple of hours before departure. Security took longer than expected, but I was airside by 5:30 PM.
Don't know what happened there, but I didn't hear anything about it so I assume it was just a precaution.
N662QS - NetJets C560XL (c/n 560-5262) at Austin [AUS/KAUS] by ChennaiPlaneSpotter, on FlickrMy aircraft for the day, N568JB (Blue Sapphire) had just arrived (early) from FLL at gate 28.
N568JB - JetBlue A320-232 (c/n 2063) at Austin [AUS/KAUS] by ChennaiPlaneSpotter, on FlickrBoarding was on time; I settled into 22A. N568JB was one of just 3 of JetBlue's A320s that had been refurbished with the new interior and IFE at the time. The aircraft featured newly upholstered seats (in a darker grey color), larger IFE touchscreens (10") with USB ports and in-seat power. The IFE itself included videos on demand, a step up from the 3 looped movies on the rest of the fleet.
Image below is courtesy of JetBlue.com.
We were soon off, taking off from runway 35R. The sun soon set.
Sunset from 36000 feet by ChennaiPlaneSpotter, on FlickrThe cabin crew came around with the complimentary snacks and drinks soon after takeoff. As you can probably tell from the photos, the dark blue mood lighting was used quite liberally, throughout the flight.
Sometime later we passed over Cleveland.
Cleveland by ChennaiPlaneSpotter, on FlickrI took a nap after a while, and woke up as we were touching down on Boston's runway 4L.
To sum it up, JetBlue's refurbished interior is a much needed step up. The reupholstered seats clearly made a difference, as did the better organized IFE. If only they could roll this out quicker. Thank you for reading, and do check out my Flickr stream!
Previous trip reports:
American Airlines longhaul Y, LHR-DFW on the B77W, August 2018 [lots of pictures]
Spotting at SFO + Virgin America (not yet Alaska!) A320 SFO-AUS, April 2018
MAA-DEL-MAA on Air India A20N and IndiGo A320, March 2018
Spotting at BLR + Jet Airways BLR-MAA, October 2017
