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 yr.
The New York-based service’s enlargement unveiled Wednesday contains 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 will 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 further routes spanning home, Mexico, Caribbean and Central America locations.
It is the newest in a collection of expansions JetBlue has introduced at FLL in latest months, doubling down on the airport as a key space of focus after the service in 2024 pulled again on its flying in other parts of the country.
Even previous to Wednesday’s announcement, the service’s complete departures out of FLL throughout the last quarter of 2025 have been on monitor to be up almost 6% over final yr, in response to knowledge 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 neglected, both.
JetBlue overlaps with high 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 bankruptcy for the second time in lower than a yr, and has already begun slashing flights from its schedule.
Whereas JetBlue didn’t make point out of Spirit — which it once sought to merge with — the corporate did notice its elevated power at FLL:
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“As the highest airline in Fort Lauderdale, with extra departures than some other service on peak journey days, JetBlue is proud to maintain elevating the bar for patrons in South Florida,” mentioned Dave Jehn, JetBlue’s vp of community planning and airline partnerships, in a statement saying Wednesday’s enlargement.
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JetBlue’s 9 new routes from FLL
Here is the complete 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 frequently in 2022. |
| FLL to Cartagena’s Rafael Núñez Worldwide Airport (CTG) | Dec. 4 | 4 occasions 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 | Day by 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 | Day by day service.
Final flown in 2021. |
| FLL to Ramón Villeda Morales Worldwide Airport (SAP) in San Pedro Sula, Honduras | Dec. 4 | 4 occasions weekly.
All-new route. |
| FLL to Princess Juliana Worldwide Airport (SXM) in St. Maarten | Dec. 4 | 4 occasions weekly.
Final flown in 2022. |
Bolstering service on different routes
On high of the brand new and returning routes introduced from FLL on Wednesday, JetBlue additionally mentioned it is going to bolster its flying on a number of further home and short-haul worldwide flights.
These embody 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 packages. These embody:
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Florida focus
JetBlue’s elevated Florida focus goes past extra flights out of Fort Lauderdale. The service earlier this yr introduced a new partnership with non-public rail operator Brightline, permitting passengers to guide air-and-rail connections within the Sunshine State.
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