Aviation
Analysis: Irish-American Joanna Geraghty’s ‘gift of grit’ to be tested as chief of struggling JetBlue
With analysts unsure whether the ailing US airline will return to profit before 2025, the Concern charity chair has her work cut out for her
When Joanna Geraghty, the next chief of JetBlue Airways, gave a commencement address in 2020, she spoke of having “the gift of grit.”
That gift is already being put to the test. Geraghty expected to inherit a company buying Spirit Airlines and on its way to becoming a much larger carrier. Hopes of completing that tie-up were severely dimmed last week when a judge blocked the deal.
JetBlue and Spirit are appealing the ruling but ...
