JetBlue adds 8 routes and plants 6 routes in large network extensions

JetBlue Airways seems to think that the road to profit lies in the sunshine.

The New York-based airline announced Thursday that Florida’s Central America and the Caribbean has undergone massive expansion, including 14 new recovery routes to Vero Beach, Daytona Beach and Liberia, Costa Rica. You will find a complete list of new routes at the bottom of this article.

All new flights will begin in December, just in time for the winter Peyton travelers to find the sunshine.

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In Florida, JetBlue will open its first ever service to the Vero Beach Regional Airport (VRB) at Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) and John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) in New York. Additionally, the airline will return to Daytona Beach International Airport (DAB) (DAB) for the first time since 2019, and will also have a route with BOS and JFK.

Elsewhere, the airline will expand its Long Island MacArthur Airport (ISP) in Islip east of New York City and offers new routes at Fort Myers and Tampa International Airport (RSW) in Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) in Fort Myers and Tampa International Airport (TPA). This joins existing flights from ISP to Fort Lauderdale-Gollywood International Airport (FLL), Orlando International Airport (MCO) and Palm Beach International Airport (PBI).

“Florida continues to be a place JetBlue’s unique combination of low fares and great service resonates, and we’re proud to grow our footprint with these new destinations to meet customer demand for more of the Sunshine State. Whether it’s customers in the Northeast looking for a warm getaway or Floridians traveling north, we’re excited to bring more choices and better service to these markets,” said Dave Jehn, JetBlue’s vice president, network planning and airline partnerships, in a statement.

It’s no secret that JetBlue is working to restore profitability. The airline is trying to capture leisure transportation, especially those traveling between Florida and Northeast.

JetBlue drew many commercial-centric routes from the Northeast, pointing the plane towards Florida. This is a tried-and-tested move by the airline, which was originally launched 25 years ago with essentially the same cyber strategy.

JetBlue isn’t alone in serving some of these new markets. In fact, new aviation startups Avelo and Breeze have been busy expanding their presence in Daytona Beach – a market they claim that traditional airlines have been serving.

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As JetBlue adds services from its two major Northeastern hubs, it will be interesting to see how Avelo and Breeze react to their services from New Haven and Westchester counties to Daytona Beach, respectively.

Additionally, Breeze is the only other airline serving Vero Beach, while JetBlue’s flights from Boston and New York may attract a wider catchment area than Providence, Rhode Island, Rhode Island, and New York’s Islip and Westchester County.

In addition to the expansion of the large Florida state, JetBlue will continue to develop its Latin American presence from Boston, where it has been fighting Delta to win the advantage of the local market.

JetBlue departs from Boston and will provide daily services to the Guanacaste Airport (LIR) in Costa Rica; Princess International Airport (SXM); Cyril King Airport (STT) in St. Thomas; and starting December 18, Lyndon Binderling International Airport (NAS) in Nassau, and added a second flight on Saturday at Irving Roberts International Airport (GCM) in Grand Cayman and Grantley Adams International Airport (BGI), which is in Bridgetown, Barbados, for holidays. Airlines have already run these routes; the frequency of these markets increases.

Meanwhile, JetBlue will also provide new daily routes from the Dominican Republic in Florida: from December 13, from December 13, from FLL to Santiago de Los Caballeros, and from December 18, from TPA to Punta Cana International Airport (PUJ).

It is worth noting that JetBlue’s frequency increase appears to point to Delta, which also operates in half of these markets. However, JetBlue did not shy away from following Delta.

“This year, JetBlue will offer the most flights from Boston to the Caribbean and Florida, almost twice the number of seats between Boston and Florida, and that’s the next airline in December, almost four times the number of Latin America and the Caribbean,” the airline’s announcement said. (Yes, the “next big carrier” is the Delta under the Cirium program.)

How will JetBlue perform in all these new markets, but the airline is making some pretty significant network changes to the network to restore profitability. In addition to this announcement, JetBlue has added other new routes in recent months and has redeployed mint-equipped aircraft in the new domestic premium market.

That’s all the time for the airline’s new domestic business class and airport lounge, which is expected to debut in the coming months.

14 new routes from JetBlue

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