BOB HOPE AIRPORT in Burbank Southern California (no its not a joke ” the world likes to name airports after the deceased ” with the exception of Houston George Bush ” Sadam International was force majure) is to gain non-stop services from New York's John F. Kennedy (likewise passed on). With Burbank”s location north of LA it could prove to be a useful alternative to LAX, operator JetBlue confident enough to plan three daily services from 24 May with a forth flight due for introduction 15 July. Night owls might like to know that the 2050 BUR departure gets in at JFK at 0500. JetBlue currently operates a fleet of 71 Airbus A320 aircraft and plans to add 13 additional A320s and seven Embraer E190s to its fleet in 2005.
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