JetBlue ends work to Miami International Airport
JetBlue Airways is ending work astatine Miami International Airport arsenic the discount bearer moves to chopped costs by eliminating little profitable routes.
Miami International officials told CBS News Miami this play that the past JetBlue formation is scheduled for September 3.
The airdrome is not a cardinal hub for JetBlue. The hose operates lone a azygous way into Miami International, offering 1 to 2 regular flights betwixt the metropolis and Boston's Logan International Airport, according to JetBlue spokesperson Derek Dombrowski. JetBlue serves implicit 3 twelve cities successful the U.S., according to its route map.
For passengers heading to South Florida, JetBlue volition proceed to run retired of adjacent Palm Beach International Airport and Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport. The latter, astir 25 miles northbound of Miami, offered 70 regular flights to implicit 30 destinations arsenic of April of this year.
JetBlue volition besides suspend its year-round work betwixt Boston and Seattle starting October 25, offering flights betwixt the 2 cities solely during the summertime season, according to Dombrowski.
The displacement successful services align with changes outlined by JetBlue CEO Joanna Geraghty successful an interior memo shared with CBS News past week. In it, Geraghty said the institution would "wind down underperforming routes" arsenic portion of a larger effort to trim costs amid softening request for travel.
"We're hopeful request and bookings volition rebound, but adjacent a betterment won't afloat offset the crushed we've mislaid this year, and our way backmost to profitability volition instrumentality longer than we'd hoped," she said successful the memo. "That means we're inactive relying connected borrowed currency to support the hose running."
The determination to terminate work astatine Miami International comes 4 years aft JetBlue added the airdrome to its network. At its peak, the hose was operating arsenic galore arsenic 14 regular flights to and from Miami International, according to the Miami Herald.
JetBlue customers with flights booked to oregon from Miami aft September 3 volition beryllium contacted and offered alternate question options via Fort Lauderdale oregon a afloat refund, according to Dombrowski.
Mary Cunningham is simply a newsman for CBS MoneyWatch. Before joining the concern and concern vertical, she worked astatine "60 Minutes," CBSNews.com and CBS News 24/7 arsenic portion of the CBS News Associate Program.
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