JetBlue Airways said Thursday it intends to unveil its first class \u201cBlueFirst\u201d service on more than 30 U.S. domestic routes including flights from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and New York or Boston.<\/p>\n
Passengers can now book the premium service with limited-time promotional fares as low as $249 one-way.<\/p>\n
\u201cBlueFirst will officially take flight on Dec. 8, with its first-ever revenue flight connecting two of JetBlue\u2019s largest focus cities, Boston and Fort Lauderdale,\u201d the airline said in a statement. \u201cWithin days, BlueFirst will expand to select flights between Fort Lauderdale and New York\u2019s LaGuardia Airport with additional routes to follow in the weeks and months ahead.\u201d<\/p>\n
JetBlue has taken over the No. 1 spot<\/a> at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International in flights and passenger traffic after the demise of Spirit Airlines<\/a> in May. In August, the latest month for which airport data is available, JetBlue boasted a market share of 39.3% among the 24 airlines using the airport. The airline is projecting an operation of 150 flights a day by 2027 as the airport takes on the status of a major hub for JetBlue\u2019s U.S. and international flights.<\/p>\n \u201cThis is just the beginning,\u201d Joanna Geraghty, the airline\u2019s chief executive officer, said of the first-class service introduction. \u201cAs we bring BlueFirst to more aircraft, customers will see it become available on routes and in markets across our network, giving them even more opportunities to choose an elevated JetBlue experience.\u201d<\/p>\n BlueFirst differs from the airline\u2019s \u201cMint\u201d premium business-class service. The latter features lie-flat seats and elevated dining, primarily offered on longer-haul and transatlantic flights, a spokesperson said.<\/p>\n The new first-class service will be offered aboard JetBlue flights that do not have Mint. \u201cBlueFirst features spacious reclining seats in a dedicated 2-by-2 cabin, along with enhanced legroom, premium food and beverages, and priority airport benefits,\u201d the spokesperson said.<\/p>\n Avelo launching West Palm Beach to North Dallas<\/p>\n Discounter Avelo Airlines said it will start nonstop service between West Palm Beach\u2019s President Donald J. Trump International Airport and North Dallas\/McKinney National Airport starting Dec. 17.<\/p>\n The carrier said it is the \u201cfirst and only airline offering nonstop service\u201d between the two airports.<\/p>\n Avelo bills the Texas airport as a \u201chassle-free alternative to larger Dallas-area airports.\u201d<\/p>\n The Dallas addition lifts the number of destinations served by Avelo out of West Palm Beach with nonstop flights to three. The other two are Southern Connecticut\u2019s Tweed-New Haven Airport and Philadelphia\/Delaware Valley\u2019s Wilmington Airport.<\/p>\n At Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International, Avelo plans to launch service to McKinney National on Nov. 19. It currently serves New Haven, Conn., and Wilmington, Del. In August, the airline had a market share of 0.5% at the Broward County airport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"JetBlue Airways said Thursday it intends to unveil its first class \u201cBlueFirst\u201d service on more than 30 U.S.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":428852,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[506,28,29,249,251,250,114,115,557,109,1798,4556],"class_list":["post-428851","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-broward-county","tag-florida","tag-florida-news","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news","tag-latest-headlines","tag-news","tag-palm-beach-county","tag-social","tag-transportation","tag-west-palm-beach"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428851","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=428851"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/428851\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/428852"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=428851"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=428851"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=428851"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}