JetBlue and American Boost Summer Schedule in Northeast
JetBlue and American Airlines announced today that their Northeast Alliance (NEA) will offer new routes and improved schedules out of New York and Boston this summer. Nine new routes go on sale this week across both airlines. With these new routes, the NEA offers more frequencies in New York and Boston than any other airline.
As announced earlier this year, JetBlue’s TrueBlue loyalty program members and American AAdvantage members are eligible to earn miles or points, traveling on either carrier. Additionally, AAdvantage customers are now able to redeem miles for travel on JetBlue-operated flights. JetBlue customers will be able to redeem TrueBlue points on American-operated flights in the future.
New Service in New York and Boston
With the addition of new destinations, new markets and added frequencies on variety of existing routes in New York and Boston, JetBlue and American are on track for a record-setting year in the Northeast in summer 2022.
At New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), the NEA will offer up to 300 daily departures. Along with the introduction of JetBlue’s new Vancouver service, the airline will also add frequencies on a variety of existing routes between JFK and:
- Aruba (AUA): Up to 4x daily.
- Atlanta (ATL): Up to 4x daily.
- Cancun, Mexico (CUN): Up to 4x daily.
- Detroit (DTW): Up to 2x daily.
- Guayaquil, Ecuador (GYE): Up to 2x daily.
- Kingston, Jamaica (KIN): Up to 5x daily.
- Minneapolis–St. Paul (MSP): Up to 2x daily.
- Montego Bay, Jamaica (MBJ): Up to 4x daily.
- Raleigh–Durham, North Carolina (RDU): Up to 3x daily.
- Saint Lucia (UVF): Up to 2x daily.
- Providenciales, Turks and Caicos (PLS): Up to 2x daily.
As part of the customer-focused NEA, in 2022, American will enhance its global reach with new nonstop service between JFK and Doha, Qatar’s Hamad International Airport (DOH), becoming the only U.S.-based carrier to serve the Middle Eastern destination.
In the past year, American has provided New York customers with new international travel options, including JFK to Santiago, Chile (SCL); Tel Aviv, Israel (TLV); Athens, Greece (ATH) and Delhi, India (DEL).
At LGA, the NEA will offer nearly 200 daily departures, which includes JetBlue tripling their departures compared to 2019. Along with the introduction of JetBlue’s new Portland, Maine (PWM), service, the airline will also add frequencies on a variety of existing routes between LGA and:
- Boston (BOS): Up to 15x daily.
- Charleston, South Carolina (CHS): Up to 3x daily.
- Jacksonville, Florida (JAX): Up to 3x daily.
- Nashville, Tennessee (BNA): Up to 3x daily.
- New Orleans (MSY): Up to 2x daily.
- Orlando, Florida (MCO): Up to 5x daily.
- Tampa, Florida (TPA): Up to 3x daily.
- Savannah, Georgia (SAV): Up to 2x daily.
American has also added new LGA routes to Houston (IAH); Kansas City, Missouri (MCI); Oklahoma City (OKC); and Omaha, Nebraska (OMA). The airline has also added more seats to routes to St. Louis (STL), RDU and BNA. Bolstered by the NEA, American has strengthened its offering at Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) with better frequencies to hub airports.
Beginning in June, customers in Boston will enjoy greater connectivity with six new U.S. domestic routes and two new options to Canada. With these new routes, the NEA will serve 46 of the top 50 U.S. domestic mainland markets from Boston. Tickets will be available for sale starting Dec. 20.
In Boston, American today announced new nonstop service operated on Embraer E175 aircraft between Boston and:
- Halifax, Nova Scotia (YHZ): 1x weekly.
- Louisville, Kentucky (SDF): Up to daily.
- Memphis, Tennessee (MEM): Up to daily.
- Pensacola, Florida (PNS): 1x weekly.
- Traverse City, Michigan (TVC): 1x weekly.
These new routes follow recently announced American routes from BOS to Columbus, Ohio (CMH); Cincinnati (CVG); Indianapolis (IND); Wilmington, North Carolina (ILM); STL; and Toronto (YYZ).
Along with JetBlue’s introduction of new service to Vancouver and Asheville, the airline will add even more flying between BOS and Reagan National Airport (DCA) with up to 16 daily departures. Additionally, service at Baltimore/Washington International Airport (BWI) will return in summer 2022 with up to five daily flights between BWI and BOS starting June 9.
In summer 2022, the NEA will offer more than 200 daily departures at BOS, with JetBlue operating more than 150, to more nonstop destinations than any other carrier.
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