After all these years, JetBlue is finally coming to New Hampshire. JetBlue announced a slew of new flights on Wednesday, including, for the first time in its history, service from Manchester-Boston Regional Airport in New Hampshire.The airline says starting on January 23, it’ll launch daily service between Manchester and Orlando, flights four times a week to Fort Lauderdale and flights three times a week to Fort Myers. The flights to Orlando will operate year-round while the flights to Fort Myers and Fort Lauderdale will be “winter seasonal.”JetBlue says Manchester will be the tenth airport with JetBlue service in New England, including recently announced service from Presque Isle, Maine to Boston, a flight launching in September that is part of the federal government’s Essential Air Service program.Manchester was one of several New England airports to have service booted by JetBlue, who claims in a news release to be adding “20 percent more seats in the region” by this winter.JetBlue says more flights will be added from Boston to “vacation spots,” including Aruba, Barbados, Cancun, Grand Cayman, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Jacksonville, Liberia, Miami, Montego Bay, Nassau, Orlando, West Palm Beach, Punta Cana, Providenciales, Sarasota, St. Maarten, St. Lucia and Tampa. Its news release didn’t offer specific details on added service to those cities. The airline plans to add a second daily nonstop flight to Phoenix, which will include its Mint service. Marty St. George, JetBlue’s president, made mention of the airline’s history in New England. “We are incredibly proud of our strong roots in Boston and New England, a place that has always embraced our vision for low fares and superior travel experiences.”However, some destinations appear to be on the chopping block for JetBlue. Seth Miller of PaxEx.Aero reports that JetBlue will terminate 11 routes at the end of October, including nonstop flights from Boston to Charlotte, Minneapolis and San Antonio. Miller also reports that JetBlue will suspend six routes seasonally for the winter, including service from Boston to Amsterdam, Milwaukee and Salt Lake City. Service on those routes were available for booking in Spring 2025. JetBlue did not immediately respond to WCVB’s request for comment about the reported flight cuts, but the flights were no longer available for booking. JetBlue said the flight additions across the Northeast, Florida, and the Caribbean are part of the airline’s plan to refocus its flying into leisure travel, focusing on “visiting friends and relatives” routes with strong customer demand.The airline hopes the move will help return it to profitability.St. George said in a news release that the passenger experience for flights from Boston should improve in the coming year. The airline is in the process of retiring some of its oldest planes that have not seen any major interior renovations since they were placed into service in the mid-2000s. JetBlue says it has replaced more than half of the Embraer E190 fleet with the state-of-the-art Airbus A220 aircraft.”We have already taken delivery of more than 30 A220s and replaced over 60 percent of our E190s, so this transition is well underway. Boston, in particular, will heavily benefit from the new planes, as the E190s operate most frequently out of Logan Airport,” St. George said.
After all these years, JetBlue is finally coming to New Hampshire.
JetBlue announced a slew of new flights on Wednesday, including, for the first time in its history, service from Manchester-Boston Regional Airport in New Hampshire.
The airline says starting on January 23, it’ll launch daily service between Manchester and Orlando, flights four times a week to Fort Lauderdale and flights three times a week to Fort Myers.
The flights to Orlando will operate year-round while the flights to Fort Myers and Fort Lauderdale will be “winter seasonal.”
JetBlue says Manchester will be the tenth airport with JetBlue service in New England, including recently announced service from Presque Isle, Maine to Boston, a flight launching in September that is part of the federal government’s Essential Air Service program.
Manchester was one of several New England airports to have service booted by JetBlue, who claims in a news release to be adding “20 percent more seats in the region” by this winter.
JetBlue says more flights will be added from Boston to “vacation spots,” including Aruba, Barbados, Cancun, Grand Cayman, Fort Lauderdale, Fort Myers, Jacksonville, Liberia, Miami, Montego Bay, Nassau, Orlando, West Palm Beach, Punta Cana, Providenciales, Sarasota, St. Maarten, St. Lucia and Tampa. Its news release didn’t offer specific details on added service to those cities. The airline plans to add a second daily nonstop flight to Phoenix, which will include its Mint service.
Marty St. George, JetBlue’s president, made mention of the airline’s history in New England. “We are incredibly proud of our strong roots in Boston and New England, a place that has always embraced our vision for low fares and superior travel experiences.”
However, some destinations appear to be on the chopping block for JetBlue.
Seth Miller of PaxEx.Aero reports that JetBlue will terminate 11 routes at the end of October, including nonstop flights from Boston to Charlotte, Minneapolis and San Antonio.
Miller also reports that JetBlue will suspend six routes seasonally for the winter, including service from Boston to Amsterdam, Milwaukee and Salt Lake City. Service on those routes were available for booking in Spring 2025.
JetBlue did not immediately respond to WCVB’s request for comment about the reported flight cuts, but the flights were no longer available for booking.
JetBlue said the flight additions across the Northeast, Florida, and the Caribbean are part of the airline’s plan to refocus its flying into leisure travel, focusing on “visiting friends and relatives” routes with strong customer demand.
The airline hopes the move will help return it to profitability.
St. George said in a news release that the passenger experience for flights from Boston should improve in the coming year.
The airline is in the process of retiring some of its oldest planes that have not seen any major interior renovations since they were placed into service in the mid-2000s.
JetBlue says it has replaced more than half of the Embraer E190 fleet with the state-of-the-art Airbus A220 aircraft.
“We have already taken delivery of more than 30 A220s and replaced over 60 percent of our E190s, so this transition is well underway. Boston, in particular, will heavily benefit from the new planes, as the E190s operate most frequently out of Logan Airport,” St. George said.
