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INDUSTRY INSIDER 36 airportbusiness April 2017 By Benét Wilson MARTY ST. GEORGE Executive Vice President – Commercial & Planning JetBlue Airways St. George joined JetBlue in July 2006, serving in roles including senior vice presi- dent of marketing and commercial strategy and vice president of planning. Before coming to JetBlue, he was managing director and direc- tor of network planning at United Airlines. He also served as senior director of marketing and director of route planning at US Airways. St. George spoke to Airport Business about growth in its focus cities, partnering with new and existing airports, the move back into Atlanta and its Caribbean network. AIRPORT BUSINESS: During your investor day talk in December 2016, there was a slide that illustrated the 2007-2017 available seat miles in JetBlue's focus cities. Numbers for Long Beach, Los Angeles, JFK and San Juan had gone down but Boston, Fort Lauderdale and Orlando were up. HOW DO YOU EXPLAIN THESE CHANGES? MARTY ST. GEORGE: I don't think any have M arty St. George was promoted to executive vice president – commercial & planning for New York- based JetBlue Airways in February 2015. In that job, he is responsible for airline and network planning, mar- keting, sales and revenue. He previously served as the airline's senior vice presi- dent - commercial. JetBlue Airways