New York JFK to Los Angeles is a hotly contested route between four big US operators: legacy carriers American Airlines and Delta Air Lines and hybrids JetBlue and Virgin America. Here we look at how these carriers compete in this market in terms of passenger experience, calculating typical fleet ages and selecting the most likely IFEC offering for each airline based on observed flight-tracking data this calendar year from FlightStats, part of FlightGlobal.

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American Airlines A321T route data

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Delta Air Lines 757-200 Route data

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JetBlue Airways A321-200 route data

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Virgin America A320-200 route graphic

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Source: Flight Daily News