JetBlue
been reducing its passenger count at FLL.
From 2023 to 2019, nearly 20% less passengers flew out of FLL on JetBlue.
The good news for FLL is that JetBlue says it will increase service between FLL and the Caribbean, including Cancun, Montego Bay and Punta Cana.
And it will add winter flights to Albany and Buffalo, Providence, Rhode Island, and San Juan, Puerto Rico.
What flights are being cut by JetBlue at other airports?
Los Angeles will lose service to Cancun, Las Vegas, Miami, Puerto Vallarta, Mexico; Reno, Nevada; San Francisco; Seattle; and Liberia, Costa Rica.
JetBlue has reported that the new flight schedule will take effect June 13. Other cuts include:
New York’s JFK to Detroit and Kansas City.
Orlando to Salt Lake City and Kansas City.
Tampa to Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.
hhhWill JetBlue’s cuts affect service from West Palm Beach?
Palm Beach International Airport (PBI) has not been included in JetBlue’s flight cancelation plans at this time.
From PBI, JetBlue flies direct to New York, Washington DC, Hartford, Newark, Providence and Westchester County.
It also recently brought back direct flights from West Palm Beach to Los Angeles.
The resumption of that daily flight began Dec. 15 and continues through at least April, according to Joe Harrington, communications director for PBIA.
JetBlue suspended the nonstop route between West Palm Beach and LAX in April 2022 after nearly 18 months of service four times a week. JetBlue officials attributed the cutback to the high price of fuel at that time.
Are more route cuts coming?
It is possible. The Los Angeles Daily News reported that JetBlue is evaluating deeper cuts beyond its existing expensereduction plan that it says will provide savings of as much as $200 million by the end of this year. JetBlue has lost more than $2 billion since its last profitable year in 2019. The airline had to pay Spirit $69 million; Spirit shareholders have already received $425 million in prepayments from JetBlue.
Mike Diamond is a journalist at The Palm Beach Post, part of the USA TODAY Network. He covers Palm Beach County government and transportation. You can reach him at mdiamond@pbpost .com.