{"id":312023,"date":"2026-06-18T17:49:07","date_gmt":"2026-06-18T17:49:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/312023\/"},"modified":"2026-06-18T17:49:07","modified_gmt":"2026-06-18T17:49:07","slug":"jetblue-plans-more-upscale-mint-flights-from-fort-lauderdale-to-california-sun-sentinel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/312023\/","title":{"rendered":"JetBlue plans more upscale Mint flights from Fort Lauderdale to California \u2013 Sun Sentinel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JetBlue Airways, in a move that is certain to pose a challenge to Delta Air Lines and United Airlines, announced plans to add its upscale Mint flights to California-bound service from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport.<\/p>\n<p>The New York-based carrier announced this week it intends to start daily nonstop flights to San Diego on Nov. 19. It\u2019s the airline\u2019s first direct connection between the two Sunbelt cities.<\/p>\n<p>More of the upscale business class service from Fort Lauderdale is also set for Los Angeles and San Francisco.<\/p>\n<p>Operated aboard Airbus 321 jetliners, Mint service includes lie-flat seats and upscale food service.<\/p>\n<p>The announcement comes in the wake of JetBlue\u2019s recent declaration that it will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sun-sentinel.com\/2026\/05\/22\/jetblues-big-bet-on-fort-lauderdale-150-daily-flights-by-early-2027\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">operate up to 150 daily departures<\/a> from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International by February 2027.<\/p>\n<p>It is now the leading carrier in flights and passengers served at the Broward County airport since the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sun-sentinel.com\/2026\/05\/02\/spirit-airlines-out-of-business-cancels-flights\/?gad_source=1&amp;gad_campaignid=23178830854&amp;gbraid=0AAAAADm72ps3Mo1VLsBoRzExTX0ny4yor&amp;gclid=Cj0KCQjwrs7RBhDuARIsAIVfBD18GH2irwwCle4ZkToQrwJcq6OpIPWjzkNwcDbAtEBJuAVPPHdeSJAaAhtSEALw_wcB\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">early May collapse<\/a> of ultra-low-cost carrier Spirit Airlines, which was based in Dania Beach.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cCustomers in Fort Lauderdale continue to choose JetBlue for a better coast-to-coast experience, and these additions give them even more of what they value most: more flights, more premium options and the comfort of Mint on key West Coast routes,\u201d Daniel Shurz, senior vice president, revenue, network and enterprise planning, said in a prepared statement.<\/p>\n<p>United Airlines of Chicago has scheduled an Oct. 25 launch of transcontinental service from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International to Los Angeles. Its initial schedule will include five weekly flights, with an increase to\u00a0 twice a day starting Dec. 17.<\/p>\n<p>United\u2019s move is regarded by analysts as not only a challenge to JetBlue, but to Atlanta-based Delta Air Lines, whose presence is expanding in Los Angeles. The latter carrier operates a daily flight from Fort Lauderdale on the route, which takes a little more than six hours of flight time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JetBlue Airways, in a move that is certain to pose a challenge to Delta Air Lines and United&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":281395,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[506,558,28,29,249,251,250,114,266,115,109,1798],"class_list":["post-312023","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-broward-county","tag-business","tag-florida","tag-florida-news","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news","tag-latest-headlines","tag-local-news","tag-news","tag-social","tag-transportation"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312023","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=312023"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/312023\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/281395"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=312023"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=312023"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=312023"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}