Originally Posted by LenPDX2004
When is JetBlue going to add PDX to it's list of destinations. There flying to many cities on the west coast, but it boggles my mind why Portland has not been added.
I am sure that there are many cities that B6 would like to fly to but is constrained by fleet size and the 320 size. I am not sure PDX is a developed leisure market. For a short haul business market, frequency is very important. The 320s are not great planes to add freq flts to the non top 10 markets (and B6 does not even have Chicago, Dallas, Atlanta, etc. covered yet). To start attacking the smaller markets, they need the 190s. Once you get the 190s, I'm sure you'll see a lot of network expansion and completion of connecting the dots.
For pure west coast runs from PDX there is a lot of competition from WN and AS. For transcon market, you need a critical mass. As this is winter, B6 may be better off adding more sun and sand flts and possibly add a few more international routes. I don't see PDX for the next 6 months but B6 has the ability to be very innovative and surprise almost everyone. Let us wait and see.