JetBlue is making an enormous push in South Florida, the place it is 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 may even deliver 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 is going to increase its flight choices on 9 extra routes spanning home, Mexico, Caribbean and Central America locations.
It is the newest in a sequence of expansions JetBlue has introduced at FLL in current months, doubling down on the airport as a key space of focus after the service in 2024 pulled again on its flying in different elements of the nation.
Even previous to Wednesday’s announcement, the service’s whole departures out of FLL in the course of the ultimate quarter of 2025 had been on monitor to be up almost 6% over final 12 months, in accordance 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 missed, both.
JetBlue overlaps with prime 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 scenario: The Dania Seaside, 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 word its elevated power at FLL:
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“As the highest airline in Fort Lauderdale, with extra departures than another service on peak journey days, JetBlue is proud to maintain elevating the bar for patrons in South Florida,” stated Dave Jehn, JetBlue’s vp of community planning and airline partnerships, in a assertion saying Wednesday’s enlargement.
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JetBlue’s 9 new routes from FLL
This is the total rundown of JetBlue’s 9 new and returning flights from Fort Lauderdale.
You will 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.
| Route | Launch date | Particulars |
|---|---|---|
| FLL to Alfonso Bonilla Aragón Worldwide Airport (CLO) close to Cali, Colombia | Not but introduced | All-new route and vacation spot for JetBlue. |
| FLL to Aruba’s Queen Beatrix Worldwide Airport (AUA) | Dec. 4 | Thrice weekly.
Final flown usually in 2022. |
| FLL to Cartagena’s Rafael Núñez Worldwide Airport (CTG) | Dec. 4 | 4 instances weekly.
Final flown in 2022. |
| FLL to Grand Cayman’s Owen Roberts Worldwide Airport (GCM) | Dec. 4 | Thrice weekly.
Final flown in 2022. |
| FLL to Liberia, Costa Rica’s Daniel Oduber Quirós Worldwide Airport (LIR) | Dec. 4 | Each day service.
All-new route. |
| FLL to Louis Armstrong New Orleans Worldwide Airport (MSY) | Nov. 1 | Twice each day.
Final flown in 2024. |
| FLL to Pittsburgh Worldwide Airport (PIT) | Nov. 1 | Each day service.
Final flown in 2021. |
| FLL to Ramón Villeda Morales Worldwide Airport (SAP) in San Pedro Sula, Honduras | Dec. 4 | 4 instances weekly.
All-new route. |
| FLL to Princess Juliana Worldwide Airport (SXM) in St. Maarten | Dec. 4 | 4 instances weekly.
Final flown in 2022. |
Bolstering service on different routes
On prime of the brand new and returning routes introduced from FLL on Wednesday, JetBlue additionally stated it is going to bolster its flying on a number of extra home and short-haul worldwide flights.
These embrace FLL service to the next 9 cities:
- Atlanta
- Boston
- Cancun
- Hartford
- Kingston, Jamaica
- Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
- San Jose, Costa Rica
- San Juan, Puerto Rico
- Santiago 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 applications. These embrace:
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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 new partnership with personal rail operator Brightline, permitting passengers to e book air-and-rail connections within the Sunshine State.
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