Current Report Filing (8-k)

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM 8-K

CURRENT REPORT

PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE

SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): December 8, 2014

JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



Delaware		87-0617894
(State of Other Jurisdiction of Incorporation)		(I.R.S. Employer Identification No.)

27-01 Queens Plaza North, Long Island City, New York		11101
(Address of principal executive offices)		(Zip Code)

(718) 286-7900

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

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Item 5.02	Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers; Compensatory Arrangements of Certain Officers.

(a)

Effective December 8, 2014, the JetBlue Airways Corporation’s Board of Directors appointed Mr. Alexander Chatkewitz, age 50, Vice President, Controller and chief accounting officer. Mr. Chatkewitz comes to JetBlue from Philip Morris International, where he served as Vice President & Controller - Financial Reporting & Accounting Research since 2008. Prior to Phillip Morris, he served for a decade as Altria Group’s Vice President Assistant Controller - Financial Reporting & Consolidations. There are no arrangements or understandings between Mr. Chatkewitz and any other person pursuant to which he was selected as an officer. Mr. Chatkewitz does not have any family relationship with any director or other executive officer of the Company or any person nominated or chosen by the Company to become a director or executive officer, and there are no transactions in which Mr. Chatkewitz has an interest requiring disclosure under Item 404(a) of Regulation S-K.

SIGNATURE

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned thereunto duly authorized.