JetBlue not sees a future in Miami, dropping the Florida sizzling spot from its route map as a part of a broader effort to shrink to profitability.
The New York-based provider will finish service to Miami Worldwide Airport (MIA) on Sept. 3 and shift its flights to Seattle-Tacoma Worldwide Airport (SEA) to summer time seasonal service Oct. 25, schedule information from aviation analytics agency Cirium exhibits. The airline will even finish three extra routes.
JetBlue’s full cuts, in accordance with Cirium, embrace:
- Boston Logan Worldwide Airport (BOS) to Maurice Bishop Worldwide Airport (GND) in Grenada: resulted in April; seasonal resumption canceled
- BOS to MIA: ends Sept. 3
- BOS to SEA: ends Oct. 25; resumes summer time 2026
- Buffalo Niagara Worldwide Airport (BUF) in New York to Palm Seaside Worldwide Airport (PBI) in West Palm Seaside, Florida: resulted in April; seasonal resumption canceled
- John F. Kennedy Worldwide Airport (JFK) in New York to SEA: ends Oct. 25; resumes summer time 2026
- Luis Muñoz Marín Worldwide Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, to Cancun Worldwide Airport (CUN) in Mexico: ends Aug. 30
A JetBlue spokesperson confirmed the modifications and stated they’re a part of its ongoing program to “repeatedly make changes to finest align our flying with demand and to assist our broader progress technique.”
Earlier in June, JetBlue CEO Joanna Geraghty advised employees in a memo that the airline would minimize underperforming routes and park planes in an effort to slash bills and return to profitability.
“We’re hopeful demand and bookings will rebound, however even a restoration will not totally offset the bottom we have misplaced this yr and our path again to profitability will take longer than we would hoped,” she stated.
Most U.S. airways have reported weak point in economy-class home leisure journey. That disproportionately impacts airways that primarily cater to these vacationers, together with Frontier Airways, JetBlue and Southwest Airways.
On the similar time, premium and worldwide journey has remained strong. Geraghty advised employees in the identical memo that JetBlue was persevering with its investments in premium choices, together with a home first-class cabin and its first-ever airport lounges. The airline can also be transferring ahead with its new loyalty partnership with United Airways.
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JetBlue executives have additionally stated that the airline’s transatlantic flights are performing very effectively.
The airline added Miami in 2021 as a part of a coronavirus pandemic effort to broaden into new markets. JetBlue initially served BOS, Los Angeles Worldwide Airport (LAX), Newark Liberty Worldwide Airport (EWR), JFK and later Hartford’s Bradley Worldwide Airport (BDL) from MIA. Flights to BDL, LAX and EWR resulted in 2024; JFK flights finish this month, and BOS flights in September, Cirium information exhibits.
Traditionally, airways like JetBlue and Southwest had been ready to make use of financial slowdowns to broaden into markets dominated by legacy airways. They each tried to do the identical through the COVID-19 pandemic; nevertheless, due to the federal government monetary assist offered to airways, legacy carriers maintained their share in lots of cities by way of the restoration whereas many new entrants floundered.
Of the 17 locations Southwest added through the pandemic, it has minimize 4 — Bellingham Worldwide Airport (BLI) in Washington state, Cozumel Airport (CZM) in Mexico, George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) in Houston and Syracuse Hancock Worldwide Airport (SYR) in New York — and pulled again dramatically in others, like Chicago’s O’Hare Worldwide Airport (ORD).
For vacationers affected by JetBlue’s cuts in Boston, American Airways and Delta Air Traces proceed to fly to Miami, and Alaska Airways and Delta to Seattle, Cirium schedule present. Alaska and Delta additionally proceed to fly the JFK-to-SEA route.
No different airways fly between Boston and Grenada or from San Juan to Cancun.
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