---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000947871-22-000859"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JBLU"
cik: "0001158463"
company_name: "JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORP"
filed_at: "2022-08-11T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-24T00:39:24.680454+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.25
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# JetBlue appoints Nik Mittal to board of directors, effective August 11, 2022

## Summary
- Nikhil Mittal appointed as independent director, filling newly created seat on 11-member board.
- Mittal is president and co-portfolio manager of Molecule Ventures, an environmental markets investment firm.
- Appointed to the Audit Committee; background includes public markets investing at JANA Partners.
- Board now has 11 members, 10 of whom are independent.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000947871-22-000859
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JBLU
- cik: 0001158463
- company_name: JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORP
- filed_at: 2022-08-11T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.25
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.25
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158463/000094787122000859/0000947871-22-000859-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158463/000094787122000859/ss1238955_8k.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000947871-22-000859
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000947871-22-000859.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000947871-22-000859.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Nikhil Mittal was appointed as Director at JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On August 11, 2022, the Board of Directors of JetBlue Airways Corporation (the “Company”) increased the number of members of the Board of Directors to eleven and appointed Nikhil Mittal to fill the newly created vacancy.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158463/000094787122000859/0000947871-22-000859-index.htm

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