It might be LaGuardia's nicest terminal. So why does JetBlue want out?

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Terminal B at New York City's LaGuardia Airport (LGA) is less than a decade old. It's state-of-the-art, airy and home to three premium credit card lounges.So why would JetBlue want to trade those digs for the airport's 80-year-old terminal building?Money."While people love fountains and artwork, at the end of the day, we need to make sure that these airports are really providing what matters most to people," CEO Joanna Geraghty said of LaGuardia Tuesday.And what matters most, she argued, is paying less money to fly.Out with Terminal B, in with Terminal A?JetBlue is hoping to exit LaGuardia's Terminal B, with its signature water feature and natural-lit concourses, in favor of the 1940s-era Marine Air Terminal.Terminal B at New York's LaGuardia Airport (LGA), May 2022. ROBERT NICKELSBERG/GETTY IMAGESThe older facility (also known as Terminal A) doesn't currently house any airlines; Spirit Airlines had been the only commercial carrier in the building prior to the airline's collapse in May.But after JetBlue won Spirit's coveted "slots" (or takeoff and landing rights) this month, executives confirmed the airline also hoped to take over its old gates.What moving to the Marine Air Termina...

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