At least seven of the JetBlue Airways flight routes that will be interrupted starting this month take off from Newark International Airport in New Jersey.
This week, the airline based in New York confirmed the temporary suspension of nearly 27 voyages largely due to the high cost of gasoline and due to “specific operational challenges”.
The routes will not be carried out between this month and October. However, the company is expected to resume service for the winter.
Only the trip from Austin, Texas, to Cancun, Mexico; and Nashville, Tennessee, to Cancun, were eliminated.
JetBlue had re-entered the Newark airport in July of 2020 with the launch of transcontinental service to Los Angeles (LAX) and San Francisco (SFO) airports. The foregoing represented a direct challenge to the competing airline United Airlines.
Later, in 2020, the airline announced an expansion at the airfield in NJ with service to 27 additional cities. According to the Live and Let’s Fly report, the expansion continued with the opening of more routes.
Although a benefit for United, the interruption of these flights could increase the rates for travelers.
Other highlights of these changes made by JetBlue is that 33% of routes involve the state of Florida, 33% are over of 2,000 miles, and 74% of these flights began after the pandemic.
Below are the JetBlue routes that will experience changes or be eliminated:
Austin-Cancun; ends April 31 (started in March 2021)
Boston-Key West; ends May 1st and returns October 30 (started in February 2021)
Fort Lauderdale-Cartagena; ends April 30 and returns October 1 (started October 2014)
Fort Lauderdale-Chicago O’ I will do; ends April 30 and returns October 1 (started in January 2017)
Fort Lauderdale-Cleveland; ends May 3rd and returns October 1st (started in April 2015)
Fort Lauderdale-Grand Cayman; ends April 30 and returns October 1 (started in October 2018)
Fort Lauderdale-Portland, Oregon; ends April 28 and returns on 31 October (started December 2020)
Fort Lauderdale-Port of Spain; ends April 30 and returns October 1 (started in May 2014)
Fort Lauderdale-Providenciales; ends April 31 and returns October 1 (started in November 2015)
Fort Lauderdale-Seattle; ends April 29 and returns on 30 October 9 (started in October 2020)
Fort Lauderdale-St. Martin; ends April 30 and returns October 1 (started in February 2019)
Hartford-Las Vegas; ends April 31 and returns October 1 (started in December 2020)
Hartford-San Francisco; ends April 29 and returns October 2 (started in December 2020)
JFK-Key West; ends May 1st and returns October 30 (started in February 2021)
Los Angeles-Austin; ends April 30 and returns October 1 (started in October 2020)
Los Angeles-Raleigh Durham; ends April 31 and returns October 1 (started in December 2020)
Los Angeles-San José (Costa Rica); ends on April 30 and returns on November 1 (started in December 2020)
Los Angeles-West Palm Beach; ends April 29 and returns October 2 (started in November 2020)
Nashville-Cancun; ends April 31 (started in March 2021)
Newark-Atlanta; ends April 30 and returns October 1 (started in February 2021)
Newark-Austin; ends April 30 and returns October 1 (started in August 2020)
Newark-Charleston; ends April 30 and returns October 1 (started in July 2020)
Newark-Jacksonville; ends April 30 and returns October 2 (started in July 2020)
Newark-Las Vegas; ends April 30 and returns October 1 (started in August 2020)
Newark-Phoenix; ends April 29 and returns October 1 (started in August 2020)
Newark-Raleigh Durham; ends April 29 and returns October 1 (started in February 2021)
Newark-San Diego; ends April 30 and returns October 1 (started in August 2020)
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