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(Reuters) - JetBlue Airways plans to strategically cut its basic economy fares to better compete with ultra low-cost carriers in key markets while boosting the benefits of standard and premium tickets by guaranteeing overhead bin space and eliminating change fees.
FILE PHOTO: Wearing a snowman headband for the Christmas holiday week, JetBlue airport operations worker Blythe Gomez-Cruz looks up from a check-in counter at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, during the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) pandemic, in Arlington, Virginia, U.S., December 23, 2020. REUTERS/Kevin Lamarque
The move, announced on Tuesday, is the latest example of airlines’ efforts to expand ticket options and flexibility in an industry upended by the coronavirus pandemic.
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With business travel all but nonexistent, it’s no surprise airlines are shifting focus to new, leisure-oriented markets. The latest route-map shuffle comes from American Airlines. Over the weekend, Fort Worth-based American added three new routes, two serving Florida and another South Carolina, as confirmed by Cirium schedules and the carrier. American is connecting Philadelphia (PHL) …
Jan 12, 2021
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With business travel all but nonexistent, it’s no surprise airlines are shifting focus to new, leisure-oriented markets.
The latest route-map shuffle comes from American Airlines.
Over the weekend, Fort Worth-based American added three new routes, two serving Florida and another South Carolina, as confirmed by Cirium schedules and the carrier.
American is connecting Philadelphia (PHL) with two Florida destinations Panama City (ECP) and Destin-Fort Walton Beach starting May 8 with once-weekly Saturday service. Both routes are scheduled to end on Sept. 4, but of course, plans could change if they prove to be successful.
JetBlue won't resume flights to Baltimore, as well as three other California cities until June 2021. It's also temporarily suspending flights to Albuquerque; Burlington, Vermont; Minneapolis/St. Paul and Portland, Oregon, for about eight weeks