JetBlue To Cut 37 Routes, Add New European Destination

JetBlue To Cut 37 Routes, Add New European Destination

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JetBlue Airways just announced that they will be cutting 37 routes from their network. According to the airline, they are doing this to increase operational reliability, as well as an increase in services to other destinations that may need it more. The most major cuts are coming out of Newark and Fort Lauderdale. Back in 2020, the airline announced an ambitious plan to add dozens of new flights from Newark to try to compete with United.

The routes did very well during 2021, but as the demand calms down from post pandemic travel, and a new operational nightmare has arisen, the airline was forced to make some changes.

With the recent acquisition of Spirit Airlines, they are hoping to have these routes back as fleet size increases, and staffing shortages decrease.

Also, the airline has announced that they will be adding more flights from Fort Lauderdale, Los Angeles, Orlando, New York, and Boston. These cuts will make away for more new flights to come in the future.

The airline has also announced that they will be unveiling their second European destination later this year. There was speculation back in 2021 about Paris, but nothing has been confirmed from the airline.

Below (courtesy of TPG) are all of the cuts.

Origin Destination Previously suspended within the last two years?
Hartford (BDL) Cancun (CUN) No
BDL Las Vegas (LAS) Yes
BDL San Francisco (SFO) Yes
Newark (EWR) Aguadilla, Puerto Rico (BQN) No
EWR Aruba (AUA) No
EWR Atlanta (ATL) Yes
EWR Austin (AUS) Yes
EWR Charleston (CHS) Yes
EWR Jacksonville (JAX) Yes
EWR LAS Yes
EWR Montego Bay (MBJ) No
EWR Nassau (NAS) No
EWR Phoenix (PHX) Yes
EWR Providenciales (PLS) No
EWR Puerto Plata, Dominican Republic (POP) No
EWR Raleigh-Durham (RDU) Yes
EWR San Diego (SAN) Yes
EWR SFO No
EWR St. Lucia (UVF) No
EWR St. Maarten (SXM) No
Fort Lauderdale (FLL) Aruba (AUA) No
FLL Cartagena (CTG) Yes
FLL Chicago (ORD) Yes
FLL Cleveland (CLE) Yes
FLL Grand Cayman (GCM) Yes
FLL Philadelphia (PHL) Yes
FLL Phoenix (PHX) Yes
FLL Turks And Caicos (PLS) Yes
FLL Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago (POS) Yes
FLL Portland (PDX) Yes
FLL Seattle (SEA) Yes
FLL Saint Martin (SXM) Yes
Los Angeles (LAX) AUS Yes
LAX JAX No
LAX RDU Yes
LAX Richmond (RIC) Yes
LAX San Jose, Costa Rica (SJO) Yes
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There’s no way B6 is cutting these routes. UA holds everything now.

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I call them JetBlew for a reason. 😉

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Really pissed about this, the flight had great load factors too idk why it needed to be dropped after a year and a half. Hopefully delta sees this as an opportunity to add LAX or more likely SLC.

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Surely MUC will be the destination! Right? …right? 🥺 ik ik :,)

EWR-KCHS made me sad.

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