With business travel on long-term hiatus, JetBlue will add 24 new leisure routes to destinations in the U.S., Caribbean, and Latin America.
New JetBlue Leisure Routes
JetBlue is hardly coy about its intentions here. Its press release explicitly states these new routes are about generating cash and maximizing revenue. All new flights will begin in November and December and will run on an experimental basis as JetBlue adjusts to its new post-pandemic reality.
New JetBlue Fort Lauderdale Routes
JetBlue will add two new routes from Fort Lauderdale (FLL):
- Bozeman (BZN) | Launching December 18, 2020 | 2x weekly
- Palm Springs (PSP) | Launching December 18, 2020 | 2x weekly
New JetBlue Los Angeles Routes
JetBlue will add seven new routes from Los Angeles (LAX), including MINT service to Palm Beach and Liberia, Costa Rica:
- Charleston (CHS) | Launching December 18, 2020 | 1x daily
- Cancún (CUN) | Launching November 19, 2020 | 2x daily
- Liberia (LIR) | Launching December 18, 2020 | 2x weekly | MINT on select flights
- Palm Beach (PBI) | Launching November 19, 2020 | 1x daily | MINT on select flights
- Raleigh–Durham (RDU) | Launching December 18, 2020 | 1x daily
- Richmond (RIC) | Launching December 18, 2020 | 1x daily
- San José, Costa Rica (SJO) | Launching December 18, 2020 | 1x daily
These new flights are in addition to JetBlue’s earlier LAX expansion and mark JetBlue’s first international service out of LAX.
New JetBlue Newark Routes
JetBlue will add seven new routes from Newark (EWR), including MINT service to Aruba and and Sint Maarten:
- Aruba (AUA) | Launching November 19, 2020 | 1x daily | MINT on select flights
- Cancún (CUN) | Launching November 19, 2020 | 2x daily
- Montego Bay (MBJ) |Launching November 19, 2020 | 1x daily
- Nassau (NAS) | Launching November 19, 2020 | 1x daily
- Punta Cana (PUJ) | Launching November 19, 2020 | 1x daily
- Sint Maarten (SXM) | Launching November 19, 2020 | 1x daily | MINT on select flights
- Turks and Caicos (PLS) |Launching November 19, 2020 | 1x daily
These new flights are in addition to JetBlue’s recent EWR expansion.
New JetBlue Raleigh–Durham Routes
JetBlue will add five new routes from Fort Lauderdale (FLL):
- Cancún | Launching November 19, 2020 | 1x daily
- Ft. Myers (RSW) | Launching November 19, 2020 | 1x daily
- Los Angeles (LAX) | Launching December 18, 2020 | 1x daily
- San Juan (SJU) | Launching November 19, 2020 | 1x daily
- Montego Bay (MBJ) |Launching November 19, 2020 | 1x daily
New JetBlue Tampa Routes
JetBlue will add two new routes from Tampa (TPA):
- Cancún (CUN) | Launching November 19, 2020 | 1x daily
- Richmond International Airport (RIC) | Launching November 19, 2020 | 1x daily
Other New JetBlue Routes
JetBlue will also add two additional routes:
- Las Vegas (LAS) – Richmond (RIC) | Launching December 18, 2020 | 1x daily
- San Francisco (SFO) – Cancún (CUN) | Launching November 19, 2020 | 2x daily
CONCLUSION
JetBlue will launch several new routes, including between some city pairs that have never had nonstop service. Whether this experiment will work is another story, but it is great to see the effort and I look forward to the additional options out of LAX, especially with the new American Airlines partnership.
Do any of the new JetBlue routes catch your eye?
Bozeman is interesting. I have long wondered why it gets overlooked so often for expansion. I have long argued that WN is missing a great opportunity there. It has fantastic summer traffic to access Yellowstone and awesome skiing at Big Sky in the winter. As well it is a booming city with a great young vibrant feel. Missoula is the other one. While I wonder if FLL is the right airport to serve Bozeman, JFK would seem better to me, it’s a great start to see this beautiful town start to get some love.