The US airline JetBlue announced that it will expand its services to Havana, with a new route from Boston and more frequencies from Fort Lauderdale, and to Mexico City, launching nonstop flights from New York.
The airline said in a statement that from November 10 will offer the first nonstop flight from Boston to Cuba, which will operate on Saturdays, says EFE.
"As the first airline to operate commercial service between the United States and Cuba in more than 50 years, we are very proud to also be the first airline to offer the only nonstop service between New England and Havana," said the executive vice president of planning and trading on JetBlue, Marty St. George.
The airline plans to offer three daily flights between the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and Havana on Sundays through Friday from November 11.
"Between the service from Boston and the additional flight between South Florida and Havana, we are strengthening our position as a better option for trips to Cuba," added George.
To Mexico City, JetBlue plans to add two new nonstop flights from Boston and John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York starting October 25, the statement added.
These routes, which like the previous ones are subject to the approval of the government, are added to the service that the airline provides from the Orlando International Airport and Fort Lauderdale to Mexico City, and raise to six the daily flights between the United States and Mexico. that capital.
The new services to Cuba and Mexico will be operated with Airbus 320 aircraft.
JetBlue, originally from New York and which in 2016 became the first airline to operate commercial flights between the United States and Cuba, transports more than 40 million passengers a year to 102 cities in the United States, the Caribbean and Latin America.
The airline said in a statement that from November 10 will offer the first nonstop flight from Boston to Cuba, which will operate on Saturdays, says EFE.
"As the first airline to operate commercial service between the United States and Cuba in more than 50 years, we are very proud to also be the first airline to offer the only nonstop service between New England and Havana," said the executive vice president of planning and trading on JetBlue, Marty St. George.
The airline plans to offer three daily flights between the Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and Havana on Sundays through Friday from November 11.
"Between the service from Boston and the additional flight between South Florida and Havana, we are strengthening our position as a better option for trips to Cuba," added George.
To Mexico City, JetBlue plans to add two new nonstop flights from Boston and John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York starting October 25, the statement added.
These routes, which like the previous ones are subject to the approval of the government, are added to the service that the airline provides from the Orlando International Airport and Fort Lauderdale to Mexico City, and raise to six the daily flights between the United States and Mexico. that capital.
The new services to Cuba and Mexico will be operated with Airbus 320 aircraft.
JetBlue, originally from New York and which in 2016 became the first airline to operate commercial flights between the United States and Cuba, transports more than 40 million passengers a year to 102 cities in the United States, the Caribbean and Latin America.