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United Airlines has a new friend in Queens.
The airline plans to return to New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport again, this time through a new partnership with JetBlue Airways .
The partnership, called Blue Sky, will allow the airlines to sell seats on each other's sites and let JetBlue customers earn frequent flyer miles on United and vice versa. It also includes reciprocal loyalty benefits like priority boarding and roomier seats for travelers with elite status. The deal is subject to regulatory review, the airlines said.
Some aspects of the partnership, which the carriers announced Thursday, will begin as early as the fall, though the airlines didn't provide exact timing. Th