JetBlue and American Airlines are adding nine new routes and improved schedules in New York and Boston. With these new routes, the North East Alliance (NEA) offers more frequencies in the two cities than any other single airline. With the addition of new destinations, new markets and added frequencies on variety of existing routes in New York and Boston, JetBlue and American are on track for a record-setting year in the Northeast in summer 2022.
At New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), the NEA will offer up to 300 daily departures. Along with the introduction of JetBlue’s new Vancouver service, the airline will also add frequencies on a variety of existing routes between JFK and Aruba (up to four times daily); Atlanta (up to four times daily); Cancun, Mexico (up to four times daily); Detroit (up to twice daily); Guayaquil, Ecuador (up to twice daily); Kingston, Jamaica (up to five times daily); Minneapolis–St. Paul (up to twice daily); Montego Bay, Jamaica (up to four times daily); Raleigh–Durham, North Carolina (up to thrice daily); Saint Lucia (up to twice daily) and Providenciales, Turks and Caicos (up to twice daily).
As part of NEA, American will launch a new nonstop service between JFK and Doha, Qatar’s Hamad International Airport in 2022, becoming the only U.S.-based carrier to serve the Middle Eastern destination.
In the past year, American has provided New York customers with new international travel options, including JFK to Santiago, Chile; Tel Aviv, Israel; Athens, Greece and Delhi, India.
At LGA, the NEA will offer nearly 200 daily departures, which includes JetBlue tripling their departures compared to 2019. Along with the introduction of JetBlue’s new Portland, Maine service, the airline will also add frequencies on existing routes between LGA and other destinations, including Boston (up to 15 times daily); Charleston, South Carolina (up to thrice daily); Jacksonville, Florida (up to thrice daily); Nashville, Tennessee (up to thrice daily); New Orleans (up to twice daily); Orlando, Florida (up to five times daily); Tampa, Florida (up to thrice daily); and Savannah, Georgia (up to twice daily).
American has also added new LGA routes to Houston; Kansas City, Missouri; Oklahoma City; and Omaha, Nebraska. The airline has also added more seats to routes to St. Louis; Raleigh–Durham and Nashville. Bolstered by the NEA, American has strengthened its offering at Newark Liberty International Airport with better frequencies to hub airports.
As part of the LaGuardia redevelopment project, American is completing its move of operations to the new Terminal B, Western Concourse. The airline will no longer operate out of the old Central Terminal Building, which has been home to American’s operation since the 1960s. Additionally, JetBlue will be fully operating out of LaGuardia’s Terminal B when completed in summer 2022, providing easy connections for customers traveling on the NEA. The LaGuardia Terminal B redevelopment includes a new 1.3-million-square-foot terminal with 35 gates, an array of shops and dining options, permanent pieces of art and a special water feature.
Beginning in June, customers in Boston will enjoy greater connectivity with six new U.S. domestic routes and two new options to Canada. With these new routes, the NEA will serve 46 of the top 50 U.S. domestic mainland markets from Boston. Tickets will be available for sale starting December 20.
In Boston, American announced new nonstop service operated on Embraer E175 aircraft between Boston and several destinations including Halifax, Nova Scotia (once weekly); Louisville, Kentucky (up to daily); Memphis, Tennessee (up to daily); Pensacola, Florida (once weekly) and Traverse City, Michigan (once weekly).
These new routes follow recently announced American routes from Boston to Columbus, Ohio; Cincinnati; Indianapolis; Wilmington, North Carolina; Saint Louis; and Toronto.
Along with JetBlue’s introduction of new service to Vancouver and Asheville, the airline will add even more flying between Boston and Reagan National Airport with up to 16 daily departures. Additionally, service at Baltimore/Washington International Airport (BWI) will return in summer 2022 with up to five daily flights between BWI and Boston starting June 9.
In summer 2022, the NEA will offer more than 200 daily departures at Boston, with JetBlue operating more than 150, to more nonstop destinations than any other carrier.
JetBlue and American have activated a key component of its codeshare agreement with more connecting markets through JFK. The airlines are now codesharing on 185 routes, as American will have its code placed on 70 JetBlue routes, while JetBlue will place its code on 115 American routes. JetBlue and American customers purchasing a codeshare itinerary benefit from having a single ticket that includes flights operated by both carriers, as well as conveniences on their day of travel like one-stop check-in and baggage transfer. More connecting markets through other New York airports and Boston are set to become available to book soon.
As part of the LaGuardia redevelopment project, the Admirals Club will move from Concourse D to the Western Concourse. Members can relax in the 20,000-square-foot lounge. American has opened the first phase of the new lounge just as the existing lounge closes, and the new lounge is estimated to be complete by spring 2022.
As announced earlier this year, JetBlue’s TrueBlue loyalty program members and American AAdvantage members are eligible to earn miles or points, traveling on either carrier. Additionally, AAdvantage customers can redeem miles for travel on JetBlue-operated flights. JetBlue customers will be able to redeem TrueBlue points on American-operated flights in the future.
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