JetBlue Celebrates the New Year with New Growth in Florida and Caribbean Strongholds
January 09 2018 - 10:02AM
Business Wire
JetBlue, Top Airline in Fort Lauderdale and the
Caribbean, Will Add Flights In South Florida Focus City With New,
Nonstop Service to Santiago, D.R. and Grand Cayman
JetBlue (NASDAQ:JBLU) today announced it is adding even more
travel choices in its Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood focus city in 2018
with new service between South Florida and two top Caribbean
markets: Santiago, Dominican Republic’s Cibao International Airport
(STI) and Grand Cayman’s Owen Roberts International Airport
(GCM).
“These new routes continue to solidify JetBlue’s leadership
position in South Florida and in the Caribbean where we’ve built a
robust and successful network over the years,” said John Checketts,
vice president network planning, JetBlue. “With expanded Caribbean
service in Fort Lauderdale we are laying the groundwork for even
more growth in already popular destinations.”
Flights between Fort Lauderdale and Santiago, D.R. will operate
once daily roundtrip beginning June 14, 2018, subject to government
approval. Seats are on sale today starting at $99 one way (a).
The route boosts JetBlue service in the Dominican Republic,
where it operates more daily flights than any other carrier. The
airline, which first started flying to the Dominican Republic in
2004 with service to Santiago, now serves five airports in the
country – La Romana, Puerto Plata, Punta Cana, Santiago and Santo
Domingo. The latest new route will link Santiago with a fifth U.S.
city nonstop and offer customers even more connecting opportunities
throughout the growing JetBlue network.
Daily Schedule between Fort
Lauderdale-Hollywood (FLL) and Santiago (STI)
Beginning June 14, 2018
FLL-STI Flight #345
STI-FLL Flight #344 8:30 a.m. – 10:35 a.m. 11:35 a.m.
– 1:50 p.m.
JetBlue will operate the new Santiago flights using its spacious
150-seat Airbus A320 aircraft offering the airline's award-winning
service and the most legroom in coach (b), as well as complimentary
and unlimited name-brand snacks and soft drinks and free first-run
Hollywood movies.
Additionally, JetBlue intends to operate new nonstop flights
between Fort Lauderdale and Grand Cayman’s Owen Roberts
International Airport (GCM) once daily beginning in October 2018,
subject to government approval, with seats set to go on sale in the
coming weeks. The new flights boost the airline’s presence in the
island destination with a new link to South Florida. JetBlue
already flies between Grand Cayman and New York’s John F. Kennedy
International Airport (JFK) and seasonally to Boston Logan
International Airport (BOS).
The new routes also advance JetBlue’s position as the top
airline at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, where the airline plans to
operate 140 daily flights in the coming years. Fort
Lauderdale-Hollywood is one of JetBlue’s fast-growing focus cities,
serving customers throughout South Florida and offering a fast and
convenient alternative for Miami-Dade travelers. The airline also
recently expanded its operation to two new gates in Terminal 3 and
began utilizing Terminal 1 for additional international arrivals to
help support future growth.
Santiago and Grand Cayman become the 58th and 59th nonstop
destination offered from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood and will open up
a variety of new connecting opportunities between the Caribbean
destinations and U.S. cities such as Washington, D.C.,
Philadelphia, Atlanta and multiple west coast markets.
About JetBlue Airways
JetBlue is New York's Hometown Airline®, and a leading
carrier in Boston, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, Los
Angeles (Long Beach), Orlando, and San Juan. JetBlue carries
more than 38 million customers a year to 101 cities in the
U.S., Caribbean, and Latin America with an average
of 1,000 daily flights. For more information please visit
jetblue.com.
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