JetBlue Is Adding New Routes to Nearly a Half-dozen Underrated Destinations — What to Know

It's a mix of domestic and international destinations.

Stella Shon

15 January 2025 at 12:32 pm·2-min read

*Riverwalk along the waterfront of the Cape Fear River in Wilmington, North Carolina.*

JetBlue is already looking forward to warm weather days by adding a handful of new cities to its network, both within the U.S. and internationally.

"We continue to focus on growing our leisure network in Boston by introducing more incredible new summer seasonal markets,” said JetBlue’s head of revenue, network, and enterprise planning, Daniel Shurz, in a statement. “We know customers across New England love taking advantage of JetBlue’s great service and competitive fares for their summer vacations, and we think each of these will be extremely popular for our loyal customers in the region.”

Starting April 30, 2025, JetBlue will launch new routes from its Boston-Logan International Airport (BOS) hub, offering once-daily summer service to Wilmington, N.C. (ILM), and Norfolk (ORF). In June, the airline will expand further with 3x-weekly flights to Traverse City, Mich. (TVC), and Halifax, Canada (YHZ).

Over in New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), JetBlue will introduce a year-round, once-daily route to San Pedro Sula, Honduras (SAP), beginning June 12, 2025.

In addition to introducing five brand-new destinations to its route map, JetBlue has announced plans to ramp up connectivity to existing cities this spring and summer:

LaGuardia (LGA) to/from Tampa (TPA): Twice-daily, year-round
New York (JFK) to/from Washington, D.C. (DCA), Hartford (BDL), Detroit (DTW), Pittsburgh (PIT), and Providence (PVD): Once daily, year-round
New York (JFK) to/from Burbank (BUR): Once daily, summer seasonal service
Boston (BOS) to/from Islip (ISP): Once-daily, summer seasonal service
Newark (EWR) to/from Los Angeles (LAX): 3x daily, summer seasonal service
Newark (EWR) to/from Santo Domingo (SDQ): Up to 2x daily, summer seasonal service

Over the past year, JetBlue has shifted its focus toward leisure travel from its Northeast hubs, prioritizing vacation-oriented routes over business travel. Alongside the new and returning routes, the airline will launch seasonal service to Madrid and Edinburgh from Boston this summer.

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