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): March 5, 2020

JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)



Delaware	000-49728		87-0617894
(State or other jurisdiction of incorporation)	(Commission File Number)		(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)

N/A

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report.)

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Securities registered pursuant to Section 12(b) of the Act:



Title of each class	Trading Symbol	Name of each exchange on which registered
Common Stock, $0.01 par value	JBLU	The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC

Indicate by check mark whether the registrant is an emerging growth company as defined in Rule 405 of the Securities Act of 1933 (17 CFR 230.405) or Rule 12b-2 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (17 CFR 240.12b-2).

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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.

(b) On February 18, 2020, JetBlue Airways Corporation (the "Company") announced that Mr. Stephan Gemkow advised the Board of Directors of the Company (the "Board") that he would not seek re-election to the Board at the Company’s 2020 Annual Meeting of Stockholders scheduled for May 2020. On March 5, 2020, Airbus SE announced that it has proposed to appoint Mr. Gemkow to its board of directors at its annual general meeting to be held on April 16, 2020. Pursuant to the Company’s Corporate Governance Guidelines, a director is required to submit his or her letter of resignation when the director agrees to serve on the board of directors of another public company. On March 5, 2020, Mr. Stephan Gemkow submitted a letter of resignation to the Board.

SIGNATURE

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



			JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORPORATION
			(Registrant)

Date:	March 6, 2020	By:	/s/ Alexander Chatkewitz
			Vice President, Controller, and Chief Accounting Officer (Principal Accounting Officer)