JetBlue is adding new flights in Fort Lauderdale. See destinations and details
The airline plans to add service this year between Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport and four new cities: Norfolk, Virginia, Tampa, Atlanta and Austin.
The Long Island City-based carrier will also increase frequency between FLL and Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Phoenix and Raleigh-Durham. And the airline will make its premium Mint service more available on flights from Fort Lauderdale, the company announced Wednesday.
Seats on all flights can be booked now. They start taking off as early as Oct. 26.
The changes indicate that South Florida remains a lucrative market. They come after JetBlue resumed service in July between FLL and Philadelphia and Guayaquil, Ecuador. The airline said all the additions are in response to customer demand. But in June, the airline said it would stop flying from Miami International Airport starting Sept. 3.
'Fort Lauderdale has long been a key market for JetBlue, and we're excited to keep growing with the region,' Dave Jehn, vice president of network planning and airline partnerships, said in a statement.
The moves also show a one-time low-cost carrier departing from that identity, looking to compete with the larger airlines that depend on business travelers.
That's a growing trend across the airline industry. Broward-based Spirit Airlines this month introduced extra leg room and took out the middle row in several rows on many of its flights. It also renamed its cabins in June.
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JetBlue will offer its premium Mint service on the new flights between FLL and Las Vegas, Los Angeles and Phoenix. By this year's winter, every JetBlue flight between FLL and those three cities will offer Mint, with lie-flat seating, improved dining and personalized service.
'Mint is a reimagined premium experience that offers a different level of comfort, privacy and hospitality,' Jehn said.
The new flights are a boost for FLL. In 2024, JetBlue accounted for 6.4 million passengers at the airport, second only to Spirit and about 19% of all travelers there. Through the end of June, 2025, JetBlue has had 3.2 million passengers at FLL, an 8.2% decline from last year, but still in second place.
The airline is counting that more flights will increase those numbers.
This summer, JetBlue i has an average of 72 daily departures to 31 destinations non-stop. In December, that will rise to 95 daily departures to 37 cities.
New flights from FLL
▪ Norfolk, Virginia
New service; starts Dec. 4, 2025; 5 flight per week
▪ Tampa
New service; starts Dec 4, 2025; 1 daily flight
▪ Atlanta
Return of service; starts Dec. 4, 2025, 1 daily flight
▪ Austin
Return of service; starts Nov. 20, 2025; 2 daily flights
▪ Las Vegas
Adding 1 daily flight to existing service; bringing total to 3 daily flights; starts Oct. 26, 2025
▪ Los Angeles
Adding 1 daily fight to existing service; bringing total to 6 daily flights; starts Nov. 21, 2025
▪ Phoenix
Adding 1 daily flight to existing service; bringing total to 2 daily flights; starts Oct. 26, 2025, winter seasonal
▪ Raleigh-Durham
Adding 1 daily flight to existing service; bringing total to 2 daily flights; starts Oct. 26, 2025
▪ Richmond, Virginia
Adding 1 daily flight to existing service; bringing total to 2 daily flights; starts Oct. 26, 2025
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