JetBlue Launches Three Daily Flights to Haiti
Thursday, 05 December 2013
JetBlue is a low cost carrier based in Fort Lauderdale/Hollywood, Boston, New York City, Los Angeles (Long Beach), Orlando and San Juan, JetBlue carries 30 million customers a year to 82 cities in the U.S., Caribbean and Latin America with an average of 750 daily flights. JetBlue's fleet totals 193 aircraft, comprising 130 Airbus A320s, 3 A321s and 60 Embraer 190s.
NEW YORK - JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ: JBLU) launches three daily flights to Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Toussaint Louverture International Airport (PAP) will be served once daily from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and twice daily from Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL).
Dave Barger, JetBlue's president and chief executive officer: "We see great opportunities with our new service to Port-au-Prince. We look forward to bringing competitive fares along with our award-winning service to Haiti. "With one-third of our network serving the Caribbean and Latin America, we are very pleased to add this important destination to our network."
Port-au-Prince is JetBlue's 82nd destination and its 24th destination internationally.
Charles A. Forbin, consul general of the Republic of Haiti in New York, added: "On behalf of both the Haitian Government and the Haitian community in the U.S., I would like to welcome JetBlue to Haiti. Having worked closely with the airline to create and execute this opportunity, we hope that this is the beginning of a great and fruitful cooperation, and we wish JetBlue all the success with these new routes,"
Kent G. George, Director of Aviation, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood Airport, commented: "JetBlue's new service to Port-au-Prince demonstrates their commitment to our community and the growing Haitian population. We are honored to have the support of JetBlue as the airport continues its growth to meet the demand of the traveling public,"
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