Updated
Updated · Palm Beach Post · Jun 17
JetBlue Adds Daily Fort Lauderdale-San Diego Mint Flights, Lifts California Service to 150 Departures
Updated
Updated · Palm Beach Post · Jun 17

JetBlue Adds Daily Fort Lauderdale-San Diego Mint Flights, Lifts California Service to 150 Departures

3 articles · Updated · Palm Beach Post · Jun 17

Summary

  • Nov. 19 marks the start of JetBlue’s new daily Mint service between Fort Lauderdale and San Diego, with tickets already on sale and a 2,500-point booking promotion running through June 21.
  • By winter, JetBlue will raise Fort Lauderdale-Los Angeles Mint service to as many as eight daily flights and Fort Lauderdale-San Francisco to three, deepening its premium push on West Coast routes.
  • Nearly 150 daily Fort Lauderdale departures are planned for winter—more than 75% above last year—as JetBlue concentrates aircraft and flying in South Florida.
  • Spirit’s May shutdown has accelerated that strategy, giving JetBlue room to press its bid for dominance at Fort Lauderdale while trimming service and operations elsewhere.

Insights

After a rival's collapse, will JetBlue's aggressive Florida expansion finally end its seven-year streak of financial losses?
Retreating from New York, is JetBlue's massive bet on a single Florida hub a brilliant pivot or a desperate gamble for survival?