JetBlue is increasing to a brand new airport in New York – one which’s not removed from its residence base.
Beginning this fall, the service will launch service from Islip’s Lengthy Island MacArthur Airport (ISP) to a few locations in Florida.
The transfer is a primary for JetBlue, which is headquartered in New York and has a robust presence on the space’s three largest airports — most notably John F. Kennedy Worldwide Airport (JFK).
“This new service goals to assist higher serve the numerous loyal JetBlue prospects dwelling on Lengthy Island, offering them with extra handy journey choices to common locations in Florida,” the service mentioned in a press release Tuesday.
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JetBlue’s new Islip routes
With these three new routes, JetBlue is clearly hoping to make the most of leisure vacationers flying between New York and the Sunshine State, with service to common trip and seasonal locations.
Here is the complete listing of the three new routes:
- ISP to Orlando Worldwide Airport (MCO) — launches Oct. 24, operates every day
- ISP to Palm Seashore Worldwide Airport (PBI) — launches Oct. 24, operates 4 occasions weekly
- ISP to Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Worldwide Airport (FLL) — launches Oct. 25, operates 4 occasions weekly
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Increasing New York footprint
The arrival of JetBlue in Islip will give the airport a fourth airline. At the moment, it is served by Southwest Airways, plus ultra-low-cost carriers Breeze Airways and Frontier Airways.
As of October, previous to JetBlue’s arrival, this is what the route map out of Islip will appear like, as proven on the beneath map from aviation analytics agency Cirium.
The airport already has nonstops to the three locations JetBlue will serve, which implies the service can be injecting some competitors into the Orlando, Palm Seashore and Fort Lauderdale routes.
This new airport for JetBlue comes because the service has been within the midst of a multimonth community shakeup in hopes of returning to profitability. The strikes have seen JetBlue pull again in some cities like Los Angeles and over the winter at London Gatwick Airport (LGW), whereas bolstering its service to San Juan in Puerto Rico and doubling down on its Northeast presence — to not point out specializing in leisure journey, as CEO Joanna Geraghty informed me the service would earlier this 12 months.
“We’re positively recognized for leisure, we’re born to do leisure,” Geraghty mentioned in March of the airline’s plans, simply earlier than the launch of JetBlue’s Dublin service. “So, persevering with to redouble round our leisure core, and what that brings.”
Situated on the central a part of Lengthy Island, Islip’s airport is about 45 miles from each JFK and LaGuardia Airport (LGA).
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