JetBlue has begun flying to Haiti last week from both New York JFK and Fort Lauderdale. The said flying route is the latest addition to JetBlue's rapidly growing Caribbean network.
According to USA Today, the carrier has started its flights to Port-au-Prince, the Haitian capital, about a week earlier. JetBlue Spokesman Mike Miller said that the main goal of the U.S.-Haiti route is to provide lower fare or affordable flights to its target market.
"We see great opportunities with our new service to Port-au-Prince," JetBlue CEO Dave Barger said in a statement. "We look forward to bringing competitive fares along with our award-winning service to Haiti. With one-third of our network serving the Caribbean and Latin America, we are very pleased to add this important destination to our network."
Just a week after it began its Haitian flights and Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport has already lauded JetBlue for being the busiest carrier in the said airport. Based on federal data, the airline carries approximately 18.5% of Fort Lauderdale's passengers while Spirit, Southwest, and Delta are at 16.3%, 16.1%, and 14.7%, respectively.
"This flight will be our ninth international destination, and it'll actually make Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood the largest provider of air service to Haiti of any U.S. gateway," Fort Lauderdale Airport's Deputy Director Aviation Doug Webster told the South Florida Sun Sentinel.
Additionally, JetBlue has also revealed its plans of establishing more routes for Fort Lauderdale. Included in the planned and or recently-launched flight routes from the said airport include: Lima, Colombia, Peru, Trinidad and Tobago, Jamaica, Dominican Republic, Port-of-Spain, Medelin, Punta Cana, Montego Bay, among others.
On a daily basis, JetBlue offers 65 departures from its base at Fort Lauderdale, but the airline noted that aspires to add more flights to increase the said figure to 100 departures daily.
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