Jetblue Adds Extra Florida Flights From Boston

[viggen597]

December 11, 2003 04:00 PM US Eastern Timezone

JetBlue Adds Extra Florida Flights from Boston; 4th Daily to Orlando and 2nd Daily to Fort Lauderdale Starting January 30

NEW YORK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 11, 2003--
Low-fare Carrier Will Serve Five Cities from Boston Starting January Including LA/Long Beach, Tampa and Denver


JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq:JBLU) is planning additional flights from Boston to both Orlando and Fort Lauderdale, FL, ahead of the carrier's debut in Boston next month.

From January 30, JetBlue will offer a fourth daily flight between Boston and Orlando, and a second daily service between Boston and Fort Lauderdale. These new frequencies are in addition to its already announced plans to offer two daily flights to both Tampa and Long Beach, CA, and daily service to Denver, CO. Service to Orlando, Tampa and Denver will begin January 7 while Fort Lauderdale and Long Beach flights will start January 16.

"Boston is going to be a great new home for JetBlue," said David Neeleman, CEO of JetBlue Airways. "Our first flight from Logan is still weeks away and yet sales have been so strong that we've already been able to add extra flights. We're eager to welcome Bostonians aboard."

JetBlue is offering an introductory sale fare between Boston and all three Florida cities of $79(a) each way and between Boston and both Long Beach and Denver of $99(a) each way, when booked at JetBlue's Web site, www.jetblue.com. Sale fares require a seven-day advance purchase and are valid for travel through February 10, 2004. For an additional $5 each way, these sale fares can also be booked by calling 1-800-JETBLUE. Seats are limited and customers are encouraged to book early.

The airline's regular fares between Boston and Florida will range from $94(a) to $244(a) each way, between Boston and Denver from $115(a) to $244(a) each way, and between Boston and Long Beach will range from $134(a) to $294(a) each way when booked at www.jetblue.com. For an additional $5 each way, these regular fares can also be booked by calling 1-800-JETBLUE.

JetBlue's flight schedules will be:

Boston (BOS) to Orlando (MCO) Orlando to Boston
----------------------------- -----------------
Depart Arrive Depart Arrive
------ ------ ------ ------
6:45am 10:05am (eff. 1/8/04) 7:45am 10:40am (eff. 1/16/04)
11:10pm 2:30pm (eff 1/30/04) 10:45am 1:40pm (eff. 1/8/04)
2:25pm 5:45pm (eff 1/7/04) 3:10pm 6:05pm (eff 1/30/04)
7:40pm 11:00pm (eff. 1/16/04) 5:25pm 8:20pm (eff 1/7/04)

Boston (BOS) to Tampa (TPA) Tampa to Boston
--------------------------- ---------------
Depart Arrive Depart Arrive
------ ------ ------ ------
7:00am 10:30am (eff. 1/8/04) 11:10am 2:10pm (eff. 1/8/04)
2:50pm 6:20pm (eff 1/7/04) 7:00pm 10:00pm (eff 1/7/04)

Boston (BOS) to Denver (DEN) Denver to Boston
---------------------------- ----------------
Depart Arrive Depart Arrive
------ ------ ------ ------
9:40pm 12:15am (eff 1/7/04) 11:55pm 5:35am (eff 1/7/04)

Boston (BOS) to Ft Lauderdale (FLL) Ft Lauderdale to Boston
----------------------------------- -----------------------
Depart Arrive Depart Arrive
------ ------ ------ ------
11:20am 3:00pm (eff. 1/16/04) 7:10am 10:30am (eff. 1/31/04)
7:10pm 10:50pm (eff. 1/30/04) 3:40pm 7:00pm (eff. 1/16/04)

Boston (BOS) to Long Beach, CA (LGB) Long Beach to Boston
------------------------------------ --------------------
Depart Arrive Depart Arrive
------ ------ ------ ------
7:45am 11:25am (eff. 1/17/04) 8:10am 4:35pm (eff. 1/16/04)
5:40pm 9:20pm (eff. 1/16/04) 9:00pm 5:25am (eff. 1/16/04)

 

[Daedalus]

Well I guess it means that advance bookings are doing very well. Somewhat like the strong demand for the JFK-SAN service after it started last summer, except in this situation the first flight hasn't taken wing yet. It also looks like Boston could be the next base for jetBlue crews. Any rumors out on the line?

 

[whlinder]

Any new growth coming to IAD anytime soon? IAD-DEN would seem to be a nice complement to existing service.

 

[BlueCrew]

The 190 will bring a lot of great opportunities to JetBlue...including likely crew domicles at BOS and IAD (per Sr. VP Flight Ops)...supporting increased flying out of both. The 190 will not only allow us to enter "2nd tier" markets, but will also allow us to limit our exposure a bit on new markets...build the market, then put a 320 on it when it can be supported.

I think IAD is just a bit of a late bloomer...senior leadership has always spoken with committment to the potential in markets out of IAD...it seems to be spoken in the same manner than LGB, OAK and now BOS are. So perhaps we'll see a good amount of 190 flying out of IAD...that is, IMHO...

 

[viggen597]

Well I guess it means that advance bookings are doing very well. Somewhat like the strong demand for the JFK-SAN service after it started last summer, except in this situation the first flight hasn't taken wing yet. It also looks like Boston could be the next base for jetBlue crews. Any rumors out on the line?

At Inflight recurrent training, they did mention that BOS will likely be a crew base for the 190's. But then again, thats just hearsay.

Im glad to see additional service out of BOS, was hoping to see a second R/T between BOS and DEN ... maybe down the road. I wonder if they'll begin BOS-OAK since OAK is a "money maker" for us.

As for IAD, I wonder if they have ACA/Independence Air in the back of their minds. Who knows.

 

[Whadayano]

Yesterday AA announced some new flights out of BOS to the islands, Colorado ski destinations, and I think to the left coast. Notice how they've been pressuring JBLU transcons in Seattle and San Diego? This may be the heritage of pulling out of ATL-LGB--JBLU has shown that if pressured (admittedly in a non-core mkt.) they will run. AA seems to be trying to ramp it up a bit competitvely, although the LA-JFK ramp is clearly more of a response to AWA, IMHO.

 

[MiAAmi]

The AA press release was just a reminder. The "new" flights out of BOS were announced months ago. AA has been responding to alot of other airline press releases like this.

 

[viggen597]

Yesterday AA announced some new flights out of BOS to the islands, Colorado ski destinations, and I think to the left coast. Notice how they've been pressuring JBLU transcons in Seattle and San Diego? This may be the heritage of pulling out of ATL-LGB--JBLU has shown that if pressured (admittedly in a non-core mkt.) they will run. AA seems to be trying to ramp it up a bit competitvely, although the LA-JFK ramp is clearly more of a response to AWA, IMHO.

What pressure from AA on SEA and SAN transcons are you talking about? Seattle and JBLU are having gate discrepencies and SAN is doing really well with 3 flights a day.

 

[audio-nut]

I wonder if they'll begin BOS-OAK since OAK is a "money maker" for us.

I don't think that the A320 can handle this market. JFK-OAK is a stretch...

 

[runway4]

No more so that BOS-LGB, which has already been announced.

Will there be capacity restrictions westbound in Winter?

 

[v1rotate]

No stretch at all...

The longest route segment to date for JB is JFK -OAK at 2260 nautical miles. You might be surprised that the new route, BOS - LGB is....yep you guessed it...2260 nautical miles! These two city pairs are excatly the same distance. This is due to the fact that LGB actually sits quite a bit further east than OAK does.

v1 B)

 

[Daedalus]

When this kind of issue comes up I always like to tell people that not only is San Francisco is further west than Los Angeles, but so is Reno.