We’ve finally emerged from a seemingly interminable winter, and JetBlue Airways executives are already thinking about the next one.
JetBlue is unveiling today new seasonal flights out of Logan Airport to three tropical destinations: the island of St. Lucia, Liberia in Costa Rica, and Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic. The once-weekly flights will begin on Nov. 1, and JetBlue is offering introductory sale prices of as low as $199 tickets, including all taxes and fees, through May 14 to promote the flights.
The announcement comes on the heels of JetBlue’s launch of direct flights to Detroit from Boston two months ago. The company, the largest carrier out of Logan based on market share, remains on track to have 150 flights a day out of the airport by the end of 2015. A spokeswoman says the New York-based airline reached a new peak on April 18, with 128 flights in one day out of Boston. (The airline currently averages around 120.) All three flights will be operated with a 150-seat Airbus 320 jet.
“Boston has more of a business focus for us,” says Ronda McLeod, JetBlue’s manager of regional marketing for this market. “But obviously, Bostonians deserve fantastic vacation getaways as well.”
The announcement coincides with JetBlue’s takeover of Terminal C at Logan. After relocating to a renovated section of Terminal B, United Airlines turned over all seven of its gates in Terminal C to JetBlue on May 1, bringing JetBlue’s total number of gates to 24 and giving it complete control of the terminal. (It still leases one gate there to Cape Air.) Even though JetBlue is the market leader at Logan, the airline is still trying to add more nonstop flights. The Detroit service was the airline’s 51 st direct flight out of Boston, and these three flights would bring that number to at least 54 during the winter tourism season.
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