JetBlue confirms route cuts as airline focuses on Fort Lauderdale
JetBlue is making an enormous push in Fort Lauderdale, the place it is hoping to cement its place as the town’s high airline within the wake of Spirit Airlines.
But there are solely so many plans to go round.
So, like JetBlue adds a host of new routes from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL), the carriers are chopping a handful of flights at a number of different East Coast airports.
Most notably, the airline this week stated it might pull out of Machester-Boston Regional Airport (MHT) this summer season.
Elsewhere, JetBlue is making a handful of “targeted seasonal adjustments” to what it stated have been underperforming routes — all in an effort to help its development at FLL.
In most circumstances, these cutbacks have an effect on Caribbean and Central America locations JetBlue serves from different East Coast airports.
“While we know it’s disappointing when JetBlue ends service on a route,” the provider stated in an announcement, “this decision will allow us to better align flying with customer demand and strengthen our focus city strategy in South Florida.”
JetBlue ends Manchester service
Headlining this week’s community shakeup at JetBlue was the choice to finish service from Manchester, which the airport stated can be efficient July 8.
This transfer got here lower than 18 months after JetBlue launched service from MHT, which was at the time a new airport for the carrier.
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As of May, the provider flew from New Hampshire to Orlando, Fort Myers and FLL.
The airport was definitely sad with the information.
In an announcement posted to social media, Manchester officers stated they have been “very disappointed” about JetBlue’s choice to drag out.
“MHT has worked diligently to promote JetBlue service at MHT,” the airport stated. “Unfortunately, those efforts were not enough to overcome their ongoing business challenges, which have only been exacerbated by the recent spike in fuel prices.”
MHT is located some 50 miles outdoors Boston. The airport continues to supply service on American Airlines, Southwest Airlines, United Airlines and Breeze Airways.
JetBlue’s different cutbacks
As famous, MHT is not the one place JetBlue is trimming service to make means for its new flights out of Fort Lauderdale.
The provider’s different community trims will have an effect on 9 extra routes, together with 5 from Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR).
Here’s the rundown of routes touched by these cuts:
- Hartford’s Bradley International Airport (BDL) to Tampa International Airport (TPA)
- Newark to Aruba’s Queen Beatrix International Airport (AUA0
- Newark to Cancun International Airport (CUN)
- Newark to Punta Cana International Airport (PUJ)
- Newark to Las Americas International Airport (SDQ) in Santo Domingo, DR
- Newark to Tampa
- Orlando International Airport (MCO) to San Jose, Costa Rica’s Juan Santamaria International Airport (SJO)
- Orlando to San Juan, PR’s Luis Munoz Marin International Airport (SJU)
- Providence’s TF Green International Airport (PVD) to San Juan (seasonal suspension)
News of these cuts was first reported by our pal and former TPG reporter Zach Griff.
In all of those circumstances, JetBlue serves these Caribbean and Central America airports from different airports — usually a number of of its busiest East Coast bases.
Doubling down on FLL
This community shakeup comes as the provider has doubled down on Fort Lauderdale in an enormous means. JetBlue has been adding flights out of FLL for monthsand announced a big expansion from the airport within the instant aftermath of Spirit ceasing operations on May 2.
JetBlue executives have described Fort Lauderdale as the “third tentpole” of the airline’s community, together with longtime anchors at New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and Boston Logan International Airport (BOS).
“We continue to see significant opportunity to expand service in Fort Lauderdale, ensuring the continued availability of flight options in a market where customers know and love the JetBlue experience,” the provider instructed TPG Tuesday.
What to know
Customers affected by these route cuts can be entitled to a refund or given the possibility to pick out different JetBlue flight choices the place out there, the airline stated.
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