JetBlue expanding at Fort Lauderdale with New Orleans flights
Tuesday, 11 Mar, 2016
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JetBlue is expanding again at its South Florida focus city Fort Lauderdale with a new nonstop route to New Orleans.
The flights will operate daily starting September 29, 2016 using Airbus A320 aircraft.
Two new roundtrip flights to Nassau have also been announced from FLL, beginning August 1, 2016.
That takes the number of daily flights on the route to five.
"We are absolutely thrilled to announce the next phase of our growth at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport," said Marty St. George, executive vice president commercial and planning at JetBlue.
"JetBlue is the number one airline in Fort Lauderdale not only because of our size, but also because we deliver the very best experience to our customers
More new routes are in the pipeline for Fort Lauderdale, JetBlue said, where it plans to ultimately grow the number of flights by about 75%.
The carrier recently announced new flights or has already started flying to several destinations such as Turks & Caicos, Quito and Aguadilla, Puerto Rico.
"The Broward County Aviation Department is elated that JetBlue is making such a huge commitment to our community with their proposed increases in service to benefit travelers in and out of FLL", said Kent George, director of aviation at the airport.
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