JetBlue Seeks to Fly Twice Daily Capital-to-Capital Service Between San Juan, Puerto Rico and Washington's Reagan National Airport
26 Junho 2024 - 1:00PM
Business Wire
JetBlue (Nasdaq: JBLU) today announced it intends to apply with
the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) for slot exemptions to
operate a second daily low fare nonstop flight between Ronald
Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA) and Luis Muñoz Marín
International Airport (SJU) in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
The recently enacted Federal Aviation Administration
Reauthorization Act of 2024 authorizes slot exemptions for five
additional roundtrip flights at DCA beyond the airport’s 1,250-mile
perimeter. JetBlue has operated the only daily nonstop service
between DCA and SJU since the DOT awarded slot exemptions to the
airline in 2012. Adding a second daily flight on this popular route
underscores JetBlue's longstanding commitment to Puerto Rico and
will provide additional easy capital-to-capital service in both
directions.
This application is part of JetBlue's broader initiative to
increase connectivity to and from Puerto Rico, including adding
more domestic and international destinations, introducing the
airline’s popular Mint premium service between New York and San
Juan, and establishing a pilot and flight attendant crew base in
San Juan. Additionally, adding a second daily flight on the route
would support further connectivity to the U.S. Virgin Islands,
including both St. Thomas and new service to St. Croix set to
launch in December, as well as to additional destinations in the
region.
“JetBlue looks forward to submitting our application to enhance
the connection between Reagan National and our focus city, San
Juan, with convenient double-daily low fare roundtrip flights
between the two capitals,” said Robert Land, JetBlue’s head of
government affairs and associate general counsel. “Puerto Rico,
known as ‘La Isla del Encanto,’ relies on air service to maintain
and enhance its connection with the mainland United States, and to
Washington, D.C. in particular.”
Since becoming a part of the Puerto Rico community in 2002, the
airline’s much-loved low fares and customer experience quickly
positioned JetBlue as a preferred carrier on the island. JetBlue
today employs more than 370 crewmembers across Puerto Rico – and
growing. JetBlue also provides service at Aguadilla and Ponce, and
with future announced service in San Juan, it will operate flights
to 18 different nonstop destinations from the three airports it
serves on the island by the end of 2024. The airline will average
46 departures per day from Puerto Rico this upcoming winter, more
than any other airline.
About JetBlue
JetBlue is New York's Hometown Airline®, and a leading carrier
in Boston, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, Los Angeles, Orlando and San
Juan. JetBlue, known for its low fares and great service, carries
customers to more than 100 destinations throughout the United
States, Latin America, the Caribbean, Canada and Europe. For more
information and the best fares, visit jetblue.com.
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