JetBlue Drops Cargo Business to Add More Human Cargo on Each Plane


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Passengers will certainly JetBlue know how they feel -- one way or the other -- about the reduced pitch and extra seats added in JetBlue's A320s starting midway through 2016. Barring a passenger rebellion, the extra seats will be a financial bonanza for JetBlue.

JetBlue officially got out of the cargo business about a week ago, and one of the factors leading to that business line's cessation was the airline's move to place -- some would say cram -- 15 additional seats into its fleet of Airbus A320 aircraft in the coach section starting in the second half of 2016. The multiyear project