JetBlue to start FLL-SDQ in May 2009...

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Dec. 2 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq: JBLU - News) today announces plans to further expand its South Florida focus city at Fort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport. The airline, best known for its award-winning in-flight experience and its commitment to customer service, intends to commence daily nonstop service from Fort Lauderdale to Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, and to Cancun, Mexico, in May 2009, subject to receipt of government operating authority.

JetBlue intends to operate its Santo Domingo service with 150-seat Airbus A320 aircraft and its Cancun route with the spacious 100-seat EMBRAER 190 jet. Both fleets feature industry leading legroom, roomy leather seats, personal seatback entertainment, plus unlimited free snacks and drinks served up by JetBlue's friendly, award-winning Crewmembers.

In other news-
As a reminder tomorrow Dec. 3, 2008 JetBlue begins SDQ-SJU-SDQ with the E190. The route has had so great demand that on Dec. 18, 2008 an additional flight will be added to be operated by the Airbus A320. Schedule is below:

Effective December 3, 2008; (Will commence two weeks earlier than scheduled)
SJU-SDQ B6 1735 1750/1859
SDQ-SJU B6 1736 1540/1641
To be operated with by the E190.

***NEW***
Effective December 18, 2008;
2nd. daily SJU-SDQ-SJU frequency-
SJU-SDQ B6 1733 0755/0904
SDQ-SJU B6 1734 1005/1106
To be operated by the Airbus A320.

 

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Rockin'

Jet Blue's inaugural party for the SJU/SDQ flight is tonight at Hard Rock Cafe with live video feed to simulteneous party cam to NY. Heard it's rockin'. Seems the new player in town is blowing AA outta the water.:cheeky:

 

[edm7583]

I was ecstatic when I heard the news about FLL-SDQ. One more option (and overall the best) for me now. I have been stuck with choosing either AA (from MIA) or Spirit. I didn't know about the second daily SJU-SDQ flight. Jet Blue is really giving AA a run for its money. And with JetBlue being in direct competition with Spirit on the FLL-SDQ route, well there's no comparison between these two airline's products.

The only issue I see is that the flights arriving at FLL from SDQ will have to go to Terminal 4, which is an absolute madhouse. The immigration and customs facilities here were never designed to handle the amount of international traffic it has now.(between Spirit, and Avianca, and Air Jamaica, and AA flights from Jamaica, and commuter flights from the out islands of the Bahamas that don't have US Border Preclearance) My guess is that the arriving planes will have to dump their passengers at terminal 4, then tow the aircraft to terminal 1, where JetBlue will have all their departures, both international and domestic. (similar to the setup at JFK)

Also, any boxes, or excess or overweight bags are a no-go on JetBlue to the DR. Their planes (Especially the E190) just don't have a cargo hold big enough to accommodate all the excess baggage a DR bound passenger has the potential to bring.