JetBlue has canceled dozens of routes across the US, including several flights from New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport to other major US cities.
The budget airline is canceling flights from JFK to Austin, Houston, Miami and Milwaukee.
It also cuts routes from Westchester, New York, to Charleston, South Carolina, and between Jacksonville and Fort Lauderdale in Florida.
JetBlue is completely closing all flights from San Jose and canceling flights between JFK and London Gatwick Airport.
The airline is also changing several routes, including one between Boston and Phoenix, which will now become a seasonal route in the winter.
Flights from Seattle will no longer offer JetBlue’s premium “Mint” seats starting in April, the company said.
While it is not known when flights will stop, the airline confirmed to DailyMail.com that the changes will not come into effect until well into 2025 and will not affect holiday travel this year.
“Most of our customers affected by these changes can self-select alternative flight options on JetBlue.com. If alternative routes are not available, customers will receive a refund,” the company said in a statement.
JetBlue has canceled dozens of routes across the US, including several flights from New York’s John F. Kennedy Airport to other major US cities
JetBlue said it is cutting these “underperforming” routes in its latest effort to boost profitability.
It said ending service between JFK and Miami would mean overcrowding in the Florida city, so it is working with crews on options, including working in other cities it serves.
“Florida remains a strong region for JetBlue, but post-pandemic we have not been profitable in Miami due to the dominance of legacy airlines like American and Delta there,” Dave Jehn, JetBlue’s vice president of network planning and airline partnerships, wrote in an employee note seen Through CNBC.
The airline will continue to serve Miami from Boston.
JetBlue will announce some new European services next week, the memo said.
These latest changes were announced after the airline said revenue and bookings for November and December this year came in better than expected – news that sent shares soaring more than 8 percent on Wednesday.
JetBlue said customers affected by the changes can select alternate flight options or receive a refund if no other routes are available
While it is not known when flights will stop, the airline confirmed to DailyMail.com that the changes will not come into effect until well into 2025.
It comes after a Senate subcommittee report which was released this month and publicly revealed for the first time how much airline workers are being paid for the crackdown on carry-on baggage at budget airlines.
The report made no mention of JetBlue, but instead revealed how Frontier and Spirit paid gate agents a massive $26 million commission between 2022 and 2023 “to catch passengers who allegedly didn’t adhere to airline baggage policies, causing those passengers were often forced to pay baggage fees or miss their luggage’. flight.’
Cross-border workers can earn as much as $10 for every bag a passenger has to check at the gate, according to the report.
Spirit employees, meanwhile, can earn $5 for charging an oversized carry-on at the gate.
Carry-on bags are not included in the base fares of Frontier or Spirit, the latter of which filed for bankruptcy protection last month amid a long string of quarterly losses.
Instead, customers can bring a smaller ‘personal item’ on board for free, but will be charged locally at the gate if it is deemed too large.
Staff could “abuse” the bonus program to earn more, the report said, by incorrectly categorizing an item as too large to collect compensation for.
It comes after several videos went viral on social media showing irate customers being charged for personal items on Frontier that appear to fit into the bag check at the gate.