---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001158463-24-000021"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "JBLU"
cik: "0001158463"
company_name: "JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORP"
filed_at: "2024-09-16T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-05-31T04:29:30.338108+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.5
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# JetBlue appoints former Sabre chair Sean Menke to board; director Baldanza resigns

## Summary
- B. Ben Baldanza resigned from JetBlue's board effective Sept 12, 2024, after 6 years of service.
- Sean Menke, former executive chair of Sabre Corp., appointed to the board effective Sept 12, 2024.
- Menke has over 20 years airline experience, including CEO roles at Frontier and Pinnacle Airlines.
- Board remains at 13 members (12 independent); Menke joins Audit and Safety Committees.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001158463-24-000021
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: JBLU
- cik: 0001158463
- company_name: JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORP
- filed_at: 2024-09-16T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.5
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.5
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158463/000115846324000021/0001158463-24-000021-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158463/000115846324000021/jblu-20240910.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001158463-24-000021
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001158463-24-000021.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0001158463-24-000021.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Sean Menke was appointed as Director at JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORP.
  - Action: appointed
  - Role: Director
  source text: On September 12, 2024, the Board appointed Mr. Sean Menke to the Board.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158463/000115846324000021/0001158463-24-000021-index.htm
- Executive change
  B. Ben Baldanza resigned as Director at JETBLUE AIRWAYS CORP.
  - Action: resigned
  - Role: Director
  source text: On September 10, 2024, B. Ben Baldanza, a member of the Board of Directors (the “Board”) of JetBlue Airways Corporation (the “Company”) notified the Company that he decided to resign from the Board and, therefore, would not seek re-election to the Board at the Company’s 2025 Annual Meeting of Stockholders scheduled for May 2025.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1158463/000115846324000021/0001158463-24-000021-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.