JetBlue not sees a future in Miami, dropping the Florida scorching 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 knowledge from aviation analytics agency Cirium exhibits. The airline can even finish three extra routes.
JetBlue’s full cuts, in line with Cirium, embody:
- Boston Logan Worldwide Airport (BOS) to Maurice Bishop Worldwide Airport (GND) in Grenada: led to 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 Seashore Worldwide Airport (PBI) in West Palm Seashore, Florida: led to 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 mentioned they’re a part of its ongoing program to “often make changes to finest align our flying with demand and to assist our broader development technique.”
Earlier in June, JetBlue CEO Joanna Geraghty advised employees in a memo that the airline would reduce 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 absolutely offset the bottom we have misplaced this 12 months and our path again to profitability will take longer than we might hoped,” she mentioned.
Most U.S. airways have reported weak spot 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 identical time, premium and worldwide journey has remained sturdy. 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 be shifting ahead with its new loyalty partnership with United Airways.
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JetBlue executives have additionally mentioned that the airline’s transatlantic flights are performing very properly.
The airline added Miami in 2021 as a part of a coronavirus pandemic effort to increase 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 led to 2024; JFK flights finish this month, and BOS flights in September, Cirium knowledge exhibits.
Traditionally, airways like JetBlue and Southwest had been in a position to make use of financial slowdowns to increase into markets dominated by legacy airways. They each tried to do the identical in the course of the COVID-19 pandemic; nevertheless, because of the federal government monetary assist supplied to airways, legacy carriers maintained their share in lots of cities by means of the restoration whereas many new entrants floundered.
Of the 17 locations Southwest added in the course of the pandemic, it has reduce 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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