JetBlue is planning on doing much more flying out of South Florida this winter.
The airline on Wednesday introduced it is bringing again a few flights it lower final yr out of Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Worldwide Airport (FLL). And, it is getting ready to launch two all-new routes out of FLL within the course of — one to the Gulf Coast of Florida, and one other to the East Coast of Virginia.
That is on high of extra each day departures the New York-based service is planning out of its largest Sunshine State airport, together with extra transcontinental flights that includes its premium Mint cabin.
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2 all-new FLL routes
Headlining Wednesday’s Fort Lauderdale growth for JetBlue have been two routes it has not beforehand flown out of its South Florida focus metropolis.
Within the coming months, the service will launch nonstop service to 2 southeast airports:
- Norfolk Worldwide Airport (ORF) in Virginia, with twice-daily service.
- Tampa Worldwide Airport (TPA), with each day nonstop intra-Florida service to the Gulf Coast airport lower than 200 miles from FLL.
Each routes launch Dec. 4.
Bringing again 2 extra routes
Plus, JetBlue introduced it is going to restore service to 2 Solar Belt airports that beforehand bought caught up in cuts the airline made amid a bigger community shakeup since early 2024: Austin Bergstrom Worldwide Airport (AUS), with twice-daily service, and Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta Worldwide Airport (ATL), with each day service.
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The Austin route will return on Nov. 20, with Atlanta launching Dec. 4.
Extra flights, and Mint
On high of these new and restored routes, JetBlue can also be dialing up each day departures from Fort Lauderdale to handful of main airports on the East and West Coasts.
These embody extra each day flights to:
- Las Vegas’ Harry Reid Worldwide Airport (LAS)
- Los Angeles Worldwide Airport (LAX)
- Phoenix Sky Harbor Worldwide Airport (PHX)
- Raleigh-Durham Worldwide Airport (RDU)
- Richmond Worldwide Airport (RIC) in Virginia
In the meantime, passengers hoping to fly between the West Coast and South Florida within the service’s premium cabin may have extra choices: JetBlue famous that it will supply its lie-flat Mint lodging on each FLL flight to LAS, LAX, PHX and San Francisco Worldwide Airport (SFO).
Rising once more in Fort Lauderdale
It is a notable scaling up of the airline’s Fort Lauderdale footprint. Final winter, between October and March, JetBlue operated about 6.5% fewer departures than the yr prior, in line with knowledge from aviation analytics agency Cirium.
However the service’s FLL presence was on observe to bounce again this winter, even previous to Wednesday’s announcement.
“Fort Lauderdale has lengthy been a key marketplace for JetBlue, and we’re excited to continue to grow with the area,” stated Dave Jehn, JetBlue vice chairman, community planning and airline partnerships, in a press release asserting the information.
Fort Lauderdale was JetBlue’s first-ever vacation spot from its John F. Kennedy Worldwide Airport (JFK) residence base — a notable stature for the airport in the course of the airline’s twenty fifth anniversary yr. In February, I used to be on board a commemorative anniversary flight between the 2 airports in celebration of the event.
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Finest methods to guide JetBlue flights with factors
Vacationers hoping to guide JetBlue flights with factors have a couple of choices:
United companion redemptions are coming
We also needs to level out that within the coming months, you can guide JetBlue flights utilizing United MileagePlus miles after the 2 carriers introduced in Might that they are teaming up in a brand new alliance known as Blue Sky.
The partnership will enable JetBlue TrueBlue loyalists to earn and redeem factors on United-operated flights, and vice versa. The 2 carriers haven’t introduced a begin date for the tie-up.
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