Catching Flights: JetBlue announces new Caribbean routes
JetBlue
Airways has included several Caribbean destinations in its plans to expand its flights
in preparation for increased travel.
JetBlue
will launch 24 new routes later this year as it targets cash generation and
capturing traffic on “a variety of new, non-stop routes”.
Beginning
November 19, 2020, the airline will launch daily flights from its Newark, New
Jersey hub to the Sangster International Airport in Montego Bay, Jamaica;
Lynden Pindling International Airport Nassau, The Bahamas; Turks and
Caicos Providenciales International Airport; and Punta Cana International
Airport in the Dominican Republic.
That
same day, JetBlue will also begin twice-daily flights from Newark to
Dutch-speaking territories of Aruba and St Maarten as part of its expanded and
exclusive Mint service which includes fully lie-flat seats and suites with
doors for extra privacy.
Additionally, the airline will
commission two new routes, operated daily, from the Raleigh–Durham International
Airport in North Carolina to the Sangster International Airport and the, San
Juan Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in Puerto Rico.