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THECEO of JetBlue, the US domestic airline that has linked up with Aer Lingus, has stepped down following a turbulent first quarter. In one well-publicised debacle three months ago, the airline cancelled almost 1,700 flights and stranded more than 130,000 passengers because of winter storms.

JetBlue Airways' board replaced founder David Neeleman as chief executive officer with David Barger who is currently the company's president. Neeleman will remain as non-executive chairman of the company.

JetBlue's board made the change after the carrier's annual shareholders meeting last week. The move followed two straight years of losses at JetBlue, winter operating problems that cost the carrier $41m, a reshuffling of lower management and ongoing software problems with some of its regional jets.

JetBlue needed six days to recover from a 14 February ice storm that paralyzed JFK, grounding aircraft across its network and leaving travelers marooned on planes and in terminals for as long as 10 hours. With many jets and crews stuck in the wrong cities, JetBlue scrapped a third of its flights over six days.

The meltdown was worsened by JetBlue's use of parttime, home-based reservation agents, a shortage of airport personnel who could assist fliers, and a lack of airport computer kiosks to allow passengers to help themselves.

Barger said Neeleman will have a "full-time job" dealing with network planning, the future of JetBlue's LiveTV subsidiary and negotiating with international carriers under the new Open Skies agreement between the US and European Union.

Neeleman was the longesttenured CEO among the eight largest US carriers, many of which changed leaders during the industry slump that followed the September 2001 terrorist attacks.