Daily business news in New York
Southwest, the nation’s leading discount airline, is launching service to Syracuse in Upstate New York beginning on November 14, 2021. Southwest continues to grow across North America with service to its sixth destination in New York. The airline also serves Albany, Buffalo, LaGuardia (NYC), Rochester and Islip (Long Island). Southwest will initially offer up to […]
NEW YORK — JetBlue is beginning its long-awaited transatlantic service to the United Kingdom with nonstop flights between New York’s John F. Kennedy international Airport (JFK) and London Heathrow Airport (LHR) starting August 11, 2021. JetBlue will serve both of London’s major airports with nonstop service between New York-JFK and London Gatwick Airport (LGW) starting […]
NEW YORK — JetBlue announced it will add seven all-new destinations in New York and Boston, tripling flights at LaGuardia compared to 2019 levels and introducing more than 40 additional codeshare routes with its partner American Airlines. There will be six new cities from both NY and Boston including: San Antonio; San Pedro Sula, Honduras; […]
NEW YORK — United Airlines is back at John F. Kennedy Airport (JFK) after a five-year absence. The airline is now operating direct service to the airline’s West Coast hubs – Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and San Francisco International Airport (SFO) from New York City. United will use its Boeing 767-300ER aircraft which features 46 business class all-aisle-access […]
Discount air carrier Spirit Airlines has announced flights to three new destinations from LaGuardia Airport (LGA). The airline will offer nonstop service to San Juan, Puerto Rico (SJU) starting in April, followed by new flights to Nashville (BNA) in May and Los Angeles (LAX) in June. Spirit is also increasing flights to Fort Lauderdale (FLL) […]
NEW YORK — JetBlue is showing off the interior of the airline’s new Airbus A220-300 jet, which features rows with 2 x 3 seating meaning fewer middle seats. The first of 70 A220s JetBlue has on order was delivered to the airline’s home at John F. Kennedy International Airport Terminal 5 in New York on […]
NEW YORK — JetBlue plans to introduce service to four all-new destinations as part of a broader plan to add 24 new nonstop routes in the first half of 2021. Between February and June, JetBlue will launch flights for the first time in Miami; Key West, FL.; Guatemala City; and Los Cabos, Mexico. Nine of […]
NEW YORK — JetBlue said it is seeing strong demand for flights from certain markets. The airline plans to expand service from New York City over the busy Thanksgiving weekend, with additional nonstop flights from New York, Newark and Westchester County airports. Additions include Florida destinations like Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Orlando and Tampa, and […]
NEW YORK — JetBlue plans to launch 24 new routes later this year aimed at \generating cash and capturing passenger traffic on a variety of new, nonstop routes – many never flown before by the airline. The flights include over a half dozen from Newark Airport to the Caribbean. Each route plays to JetBlue’s strengths […]
With business travel down in the dumps due to the pandemic, JetBlue is looking to add 30 routes this summer and fall to serve customers in markets where leisure and VFR (visiting friends and relatives) travel is showing some signs of strength. The new routes offer JetBlue the opportunity to generate revenue, bring aircraft back […]
