So much for 200 Airbii by 2014. And by asking for another $160m from investors, does that mean B6 has burned through the Lufthansa money already?
Looks like B6 is the next in line for Bankruptcy Court.
I don't think that they've burned through all of the LH money yet.
Over the last few years, most of JBLU's was short term; they'd roll most of it over as it was due. The reason why they went short term on the debt is that it was at lower interest rates than long term debt.
I haven't looked at JBLU's 10K/Q for a while (I've got more than a few of other companies practically memorized), but I think that they were trying to roll some of that into longer term debt. However, it's very possible that they could have $500M+ in debt due this year. For that reason, it was smart for them to raise additional capital.
I don't think that they're the next to go chap 11; I can think of a couple of others that I'd place higher on the list. Of course, I'd have to check to see JBLU's hedging strategy. With the meteoric rise in oil prices, the airlines that were aggressively hedged in this quarter will be in the best shape.
One airline that I'd be concerned about is CAL; they were very lightly hedged going into Q2 and they used three way collars with a ceiling price that they'd be hedged. It would have been a great strategy had oil prices remained flat/decreased.