JetBlue Airways is making changes to its route network, including the elimination of unprofitable routes in the U.S. and overseas. This decision comes after a failed $3.8 billion bid for Spirit Airlines earlier this year.
As part of the cost-cutting measures, JetBlue will no longer serve Kansas City, Missouri, and Newburgh, New York.
The airline stated that the route adjustments aim to reduce delays for customers and allocate aircraft to more lucrative routes. Limited aircraft availability, exacerbated by a dozen grounded Airbus planes with Pratt and Whitney engine issues, was also a factor in the route changes.
"With the need to enhance our financial performance and the current aircraft constraints, every route must demonstrate its profitability to remain in our network," said Dave Jehn, JetBlue's VP of network planning and airline partnerships in an internal memo obtained by CBS News.
JetBlue is also discontinuing service to international destinations such as Bogotá, Colombia; Quito, Ecuador; and Lima, Peru.
JetBlue Announces Routes Being Cut
- Aguadilla to Tampa
- Fort Lauderdale to Atlanta
- Fort Lauderdale to Austin
- Fort Lauderdale to Nashville
- Fort Lauderdale to New Orleans
- Fort Lauderdale to Salt Lake City
- Los Angeles to Cancun
- Los Angeles to Las Vegas
- Los Angeles to Liberia
- Los Angeles to Miami
- Los Angeles to Puerto Vallarta
- Los Angeles to Reno
- Los Angeles to San Francisco
- Los Angeles to Seattle
- New York/JFK to Detroit
- Orlando to Salt Lake City
