24 New Markets in Focus Cities, Florida, the
Caribbean and Latin America and on Cross-Country Routes Will
Connect Diverse Sets of Destinations and Accelerate JetBlue’s Cash
Generation Efforts
JetBlue Continues Commitment to Travel
Flexibility by Extending its Go Back and Forth with Confidence
Initiative Through February 28, 2021
JetBlue (NASDAQ: JBLU) today announced it will launch 24 new
routes later this year aimed at immediately generating cash and
capturing traffic on a variety of new, nonstop routes – many never
flown before by the airline. Each route plays to JetBlue’s
strengths in the airline’s focus cities, in Florida, in Latin
American and the Caribbean or on cross-country – or
transcontinental – flying. Every market has been uniquely
identified as one in which JetBlue anticipates increasing demand
for leisure travel. All new flights take off in November and
December with seats on sale today.
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“This is the latest example of JetBlue’s ability to be nimble
and play offense as we quickly adjust to new customer behaviors and
booking patterns,” said Scott Laurence, head of revenue and
planning, JetBlue. “This latest series of new routes – even in the
current environment – advances our revised network strategy,
returns more aircraft to the skies and doubles down on our ability
to generate more cash sooner.”
New Routes
The new markets announced today maximize revenue potential
across JetBlue’s existing domestic and international network
by:
- Introducing all-new nonstop destinations from four JetBlue
focus cities, plus expanded Mint service in Newark and Los
Angeles.
- Growing JetBlue’s New York City presence in Newark with more
than a half dozen new routes to the Caribbean.
- Building out the airline’s new Los Angeles focus city with
expanded domestic and – for the first time in JetBlue’s history –
international service at LAX.
- Offering unique, new nonstop western U.S. destinations from
Fort Lauderdale not served by any other airline.
- Connecting a variety of new city pairs across the Southeast,
Florida, the West Coast and the Caribbean and Latin America.
- Advancing JetBlue’s position as the transcontinental leader
with new markets never served coast-to-coast by the airline.
JetBlue will reactivate some temporarily parked aircraft to
support the new routes. Alongside the rest of the JetBlue network,
these new markets will be regularly evaluated. The airline will
remain flexible, allowing market demand to determine how long a
particular route continues to operate.
Today’s announcement is the latest in a series of strategic
moves JetBlue has made to accelerate its recovery and generate cash
in the current travel environment. In June, JetBlue announced it
would add 30 new domestic routes to serve customers in markets
where leisure and VFR (visiting friends and relatives) travel is
showing some signs of strength. In July, the airline announced Los
Angeles International Airport (LAX) would become its primary base
of operations in greater Los Angeles, advancing JetBlue’s focus
city strategy and building relevance for the airline in one of the
busiest markets in the world. Then, just a week later, JetBlue
announced a strategic partnership with American Airlines to create
more competitive options and choice for customers in the
Northeast.
ADVANCING THE FOCUS
CITY STRATEGY
Service between Newark Liberty
International Airport (EWR) and:
Aruba Queen Beatrix International
Airport (AUA)*
Launching November 19, 2020 | 1x
daily | MINT on select flights
Cancún International Airport
(CUN)*
Launching November 19, 2020 | 2x
daily
Montego Bay, Jamaica Sangster
International Airport (MBJ)*
Launching November 19, 2020 | 1x
daily
Nassau, Bahamas Lynden Pindling
International Airport (NAS)*
Launching November 19, 2020 | 1x
daily
Turks and Caicos Providenciales
International Airport (PLS)*
Launching November 19, 2020 | 1x
daily
Punta Cana International Airport
(PUJ)*
Launching November 19, 2020 | 1x
daily
Sint Maarten Princess Juliana
International Airport (SXM)*
Launching November 19, 2020 | 1x
daily | MINT on select flights
Service between Los Angeles
International Airport (LAX) and:
Charleston International Airport
(CHS)
Launching December 18, 2020 | 1x
daily
Cancún International Airport
(CUN)*
Launching November 19, 2020 | 2x
daily
Liberia, Costa Rica Daniel Oduber
Quirós International Airport (LIR)*
Launching December 18, 2020 | 2x
weekly | MINT on select flights
Palm Beach International Airport
(PBI)
Launching November 19, 2020 | 1x
daily | MINT on select flights
Raleigh–Durham International
Airport (RDU)
Launching December 18, 2020 | 1x
daily
Richmond International Airport
(RIC)
Launching December 18, 2020 | 1x
daily
San José, Costa Rica Juan
Santamaría International Airport (SJO)*
Launching December 18, 2020 | 1x
daily
Service between Fort
Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) and:
Bozeman Yellowstone International
Airport (BZN)
Launching December 18, 2020 | 2x
weekly
Palm Springs International
Airport (PSP)
Launching December 18, 2020 | 2x
weekly
Service between San Juan Luis
Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU) and:
Raleigh–Durham International
Airport (RDU)
Launching November 19, 2020 | 1x
daily
MORE FLORIDA
FLYING
Service between Tampa
International Airport (TPA) and:
Cancún International Airport
(CUN)*
Launching November 19, 2020 | 1x
daily
Richmond International Airport
(RIC)
Launching November 19, 2020 | 1x
daily
Service between Fort Myers
Southwest Florida International Airport (RSW) and:
Raleigh–Durham International
Airport (RDU)
Launching November 19, 2020 | 1x
daily
LARGER IN LATIN
AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN
Service between Cancún
International Airport (CUN) and:
Raleigh–Durham International
Airport (RDU)*
Launching November 19, 2020 | 1x
daily
San Francisco International
Airport (SFO)*
Launching November 19, 2020 | 2x
daily
Service between Montego Bay,
Jamaica Sangster International Airport (MBJ) and:
Raleigh–Durham International
Airport (RDU)*
Launching November 19, 2020 | 1x
daily
EXPANDING TRANSCON
COMFORT
Service between Las Vegas
McCarran International Airport (LAS) and:
Richmond International Airport
(RIC)
Launching December 18, 2020 | 1x
daily
Most new JetBlue routes will be operated using JetBlue’s Airbus
A320 aircraft offering the airline's award-winning service
featuring the most legroom in coach (a); free Fly-Fi, the fastest
broadband internet in the sky (b); complimentary and unlimited
name-brand snacks and soft drinks; free, live DIRECTV® programming
and 100+ channels of SiriusXM® radio at every seat.
Travel Flexibility Extended
Keeping in mind flexibility has never been more important to its
customers, JetBlue is extending its Go Back and Forth with
Confidence initiative for new bookings made through February 28,
2021 for travel on any date. Intended to provide peace of mind and
confidence for customers making travel plans, the initiative waives
all change and cancel fees for all fares, including Blue Basic,
which normally does not allow for any changes. One of the first
carrier’s to suspend these fees in response to the pandemic,
JetBlue strongly believes that this policy serves the needs of its
customers and will continue to monitor and assess the need for any
changes or additions to the company’s policies across the travel
journey.
JetBlue’s Go Back and Forth with Confidence initiative is part
of the airline’s greater Safety from the Ground Up program, which,
along with travel flexibility, focuses on maintaining healthy
crewmembers, clean air and surfaces, and more space with fewer
touchpoints. To learn more, visit jetblue.com/safety.
About JetBlue Airways
JetBlue is New York's Hometown Airline®, and a leading carrier
in Boston, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, Los Angeles, Orlando, and San
Juan. JetBlue carries customers across the U.S., Caribbean, and
Latin America. For more information, visit jetblue.com.
*This service is subject to receipt of government operating
authority.
a. JetBlue offers the most legroom in coach based on average
fleet-wide seat pitch for U.S. airlines.
b. Fly-Fi and live television are available on all
JetBlue-operated flights. On ViaSat-2 equipped aircraft, Fly-Fi
will not be available on portions of some routes, and live
television will not be available while operating outside of the
contiguous U.S., or until the aircraft returns to the coverage
area. On all other aircraft, Fly-Fi and live television will not be
available while operating outside of the contiguous U.S., or until
the aircraft returns to the coverage area.
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