Passengers can start booking on seven new JetBlue routes, the carrier announced on January 12, including an international connection between Los Angeles and Puerto Valleta in Mexico.
Many of the new routes are based on the carrier's Northeast Alliance with American Airlines, with Boston and New York designated as "focus cities".
The alliance, JetBlue said, "has resulted in approximately 50 new routes, increased frequencies on more than 130 existing routes; 90 nonstop routes with increased capacity; and 17 new international routes launched".
“The Northeast Alliance continues to provide us with new opportunities to unlock even more growth potential in New York and Boston, with added benefits for customers across our network as we introduce new flying in markets where for too long travellers have had little or no competition,” said Dave Clark, JetBlue's head of revenue and planning.
After announcing the opening of sales on the new routes, JetBlue gave an update regarding its proposed merger with Spirit Airlines, in a filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
"JetBlue has set January 25, 2023, as the record date for the January 2023 prepayment to Spirit stockholders of US $0.10 per Spirit share," it stated in the filing.