JetBlue is making an enormous push in South Florida, the place it’s going to add a number of routes from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Worldwide Airport (FLL) later this 12 months.
The New York-based service’s enlargement unveiled Wednesday consists of the return of a number of worldwide locations from the airport — and a few it is by no means served from Fort Lauderdale. Amongst them: Cali, Colombia, an all-new vacation spot for JetBlue.
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As a part of this Sunshine State enlargement, the service will even convey again its FLL flights to Cartagena, Colombia; Aruba; Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands; and St. Maarten. It’s going to additionally join FLL vacationers to Costa Rica’s Guanacaste Province for the primary time. And, JetBlue revealed it’s going to enhance its flight choices on 9 further routes spanning home, Mexico, Caribbean and Central America locations.
It is the most recent in a sequence of expansions JetBlue has introduced at FLL in latest months, doubling down on the airport as a key space of focus after the service in 2024 pulled again on its flying in different components of the nation.
Even previous to Wednesday’s announcement, the service’s complete departures out of FLL through the ultimate quarter of 2025 have been on observe to be up almost 6% over final 12 months, in keeping with information from aviation analytics agency Cirium.
Going after Spirit?
The place JetBlue determined so as to add or bolster its service in Wednesday’s announcement cannot be neglected, both.
JetBlue overlaps with high Fort Lauderdale competitor Spirit Airways on 16 of the 18 new, returning or boosted routes it introduced Wednesday. That comes as Spirit faces a precarious monetary state of affairs: The Dania Seashore, Florida-based finances airline is now embroiled in Chapter 11 chapter for the second time in lower than a 12 months, and has already begun slashing flights from its schedule.
Whereas JetBlue didn’t make point out of Spirit — which it as soon as sought to merge with — the corporate did observe its elevated energy at FLL:
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“As the highest airline in Fort Lauderdale, with extra departures than every other service on peak journey days, JetBlue is proud to maintain elevating the bar for purchasers in South Florida,” stated Dave Jehn, JetBlue’s vice chairman of community planning and airline partnerships, in a press release asserting Wednesday’s enlargement.
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JetBlue’s 9 new routes from FLL
Here is the total rundown of JetBlue’s 9 new and returning flights from Fort Lauderdale.
You may see the return of a number of routes the service flew earlier this decade, together with some locations the airline hasn’t beforehand served from the airport.
Final flown usually in 2022.
FLL to Cartagena’s Rafael Núñez Worldwide Airport (CTG)Dec. 4Four occasions weekly.
Final flown in 2022.
FLL to Grand Cayman’s Owen Roberts Worldwide Airport (GCM)Dec. 4Three occasions weekly.
Final flown in 2022.
FLL to Liberia, Costa Rica’s Daniel Oduber Quirós Worldwide Airport (LIR)Dec. 4Daily service.
All-new route.
FLL to Louis Armstrong New Orleans Worldwide Airport (MSY)Nov. 1Twice day by day.
Final flown in 2024.
FLL to Pittsburgh Worldwide Airport (PIT)Nov. 1Daily service.
Final flown in 2021.
FLL to Ramón Villeda Morales Worldwide Airport (SAP) in San Pedro Sula, HondurasDec. 4Four occasions weekly.
All-new route.
FLL to Princess Juliana Worldwide Airport (SXM) in St. MaartenDec. 4Four occasions weekly.
Final flown in 2022.
Bolstering service on different routes
On high of the brand new and returning routes introduced from FLL on Wednesday, JetBlue additionally stated it’s going to bolster its flying on a number of further home and short-haul worldwide flights.
These embody FLL service to the next 9 cities:
AtlantaBostonCancunHartfordKingston, JamaicaPunta Cana, Dominican RepublicSan Jose, Costa RicaSan Juan, Puerto RicoSantiago de los Caballeros, Dominican Republic
Reserving JetBlue flights with factors
All of those flights can in fact be booked utilizing JetBlue’s TrueBlue factors.
Members with out sufficient factors of their loyalty account can switch versatile rewards from a number of main packages. These embody:
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Florida focus
JetBlue’s elevated Florida focus goes past extra flights out of Fort Lauderdale. The service earlier this 12 months introduced a brand new partnership with personal rail operator Brightline, permitting passengers to e-book air-and-rail connections within the Sunshine State.
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