Windy City, no blues

JetBlue has gamed the system well, winning four landing slots at Chicago O'Hare and someone how getting its hands on three more, marking the six-year-old discounter's deepest foray into a legacy-dominated hub. JetBlue, which had earlier sought eight slots, cut its official request in half after vociferous opposition emerged from legacies such as United, but the discounter managed to obtain (at least) three more slots. It "obtained" the additional slots under a recent FAA decision to allow airlines at O'Hare (ORD) to "trade, swap, buy, or sell" slots. But JetBlue won the four slots by getting in an application before the beginning of new FAA rules for O'Hare landing slots. JetBlue Chief Executive David Neeleman said the carrier would have up to five flights a day between Chicago's major airport and New York's JFK, its hub, plus two a day between ORD and Los Angeles/Long Beach. The flights don't start until January, when details will have been arranged.