Jetblue cuts several routes for DCA expansion
Mar 20, 2014, 5:07 pm
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Jetblue cuts several routes for DCA expansion
In preparation for DCA expansion JetBlue is axing several underperforming routes are being eliminated
AUSSFO ends June 16
IADLGB ends Sep 2
IADOAK ends June 16
PBISJU ends June 16
BUFRSW currently seasonal will not resume
IAD to secondary airports seems to have clearly suffered with the addition of DCA service by UA AA and Virgin in LAX and SFO.
AUSSFO ends June 16
IADLGB ends Sep 2
IADOAK ends June 16
PBISJU ends June 16
BUFRSW currently seasonal will not resume
IAD to secondary airports seems to have clearly suffered with the addition of DCA service by UA AA and Virgin in LAX and SFO.
Mar 21, 2014, 3:57 pm
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I say drop IAD altogether and add DCA-JFK.
I say drop IAD altogether and add DCA-JFK.
Mar 28, 2014, 1:18 pm
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It is more a strategy change than competition from VX and UA. SFO-AUS started when there was going to be a focus city in Austin to connect traffic from SFO to Florida. B6 now has non-stops to FLL from SFO and FLL is a growth market for B6 and AUS is no longer a growing one for jetBlue. Given limited resources, this flight is no longer a crucial market to defend. FLL/BOS/Carribbean are the three focus points for growth with DCA being the 4th--at least to fill the slots they just obtained.
Mar 28, 2014, 2:39 pm
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It's also really hard to market service with minimal frequency when you are up against competitors with greater frequency. When your IAD-LGB goes MX at LGB, it's a mess. When one of UA's 8-9x frequencies LAX-IAD goes MX, there's a likely solution and even if there isn't a great one, there's multiple frequencies to JFK & BWI. Really hard for a business traveler to choose B6 over UA on that basis.
Mar 29, 2014, 1:09 am
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Perhaps, I think they will have freeing it up to fly somewhere else.
I think they will abandon AUS focus cities.
Apr 4, 2014, 8:21 pm
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I'm actually sad to see the IAD-OAK and IAD-LGB go. I've done those segments multiple times and was convenient and affordable solution living in the DC metro. OAK isn't as ideal as SFO but the LGB was doable for the SoCal area. Now living the Baltimore area, I would LOVE to see JetBlue expand routes instead of just BWI-BOS. If they flew BWI-SFO or BWI-OAK, they would only have to compete with ONE airline (United) and ONE route a day.
Apr 5, 2014, 1:02 pm
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I'm actually sad to see the IAD-OAK and IAD-LGB go. I've done those segments multiple times and was convenient and affordable solution living in the DC metro. OAK isn't as ideal as SFO but the LGB was doable for the SoCal area. Now living the Baltimore area, I would LOVE to see JetBlue expand routes instead of just BWI-BOS. If they flew BWI-SFO or BWI-OAK, they would only have to compete with ONE airline (United) and ONE route a day.
Apr 7, 2014, 10:45 am
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I'm actually sad to see the IAD-OAK and IAD-LGB go. I've done those segments multiple times and was convenient and affordable solution living in the DC metro. OAK isn't as ideal as SFO but the LGB was doable for the SoCal area. Now living the Baltimore area, I would LOVE to see JetBlue expand routes instead of just BWI-BOS. If they flew BWI-SFO or BWI-OAK, they would only have to compete with ONE airline (United) and ONE route a day.
Apr 7, 2014, 12:58 pm
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It appears that flight service is very short lived. I thought it was summer seasonal anyways, but it actually ends August 9 about the same time the PHL-FLL, PIT-FLL and RDU-FLL WN flights are yanked, all for DCA.
Last edited by rtalk25; Apr 7, 2014 at 1:10 pm