Boston Aviation

JetBlue has announced some changes to its route network from Boston. Beginning June 13, 2020, the airline will operate seasonal flights to Bozeman, Montana from Boston, twice weekly on Wednesdays and Saturdays, on an Airbus A320-200. This airport is a great starting point for travelers, interested in visiting Yellowstone National Park. Additionally, this is a new state for Boston, as the airport has not had service to the state previously. Unfortunately, however, with the changes, came the announcement that the airline is terminating two destinations from Boston. As of April 29, 2020, the airline will terminate its service to Oakland, California. In addition, the airline has announced the plan to eliminate the once-weekly flight between Boston and Havana, Cuba. Unfortunately, the airline has been unable to make that route work. The loads on the flight were consistently terrible, and although the airline decided to cut its losses. Unfortunately, this means that Boston will no longer hav...

Although, Boston Logan Airport has certainly seen a lot of success in the last few years in terms of new routes, unfortunately, not all routes work out long term and some will end up getting cut. JetBlue Airways has announced that they are terminating their route to Mexico City. JetBlue is completely closing its Mexico City base and terminating flights all of their flights there as of January 9, 2020. This is just over a year after JetBlue began flying to Mexico City from Boston, and  AeroMexico terminated its Boston route.  Unfortunately, airlines have just been unable to make the market work from Boston. Source:  www.routesonline.com

It is official! Royal Air Maroc will add service to Boston. Beginning June 22, 2019, Royal Air Maroc, Morocco's flag carrier airline, will fly three times weekly on a Boeing 787-8. The flights will depart Casablanca at 17:05 local time and will arrive in Boston at 19:30 local time. The return flight will depart Boston at 21:15, local time, and will arrive in Casablanca at 08:50, local time, the next day. The flight will operate on Mondays, Thursdays, and Saturdays until October 1, 2019, when they will begin flying the route Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays. This is Boston's second non-stop flight to Africa, however, the TACV flight to Praia, Cape Verde is only once weekly and offers very limited connection opportunities. Due to Royal Air Maroc's extensive destinations map in Africa, this will be one of the best ways to find connections to other parts of the continent. Congratulations and good luck to Royal Air Maroc on their new route to Boston! Source:  www.routesonline...

Although recently Boston has seen a massive influx of new international flights, occasionally there are airlines for which service to Boston does not work out. Unfortunately Aeromexico is one such case and the airline has announced they are terminating their flight to Boston as of January 6, 2019, after the route was deemed unprofitable by the airline. The airline flies a Boeing 737 to Boston on a daily basis. This comes on the heels of JetBlue's entry into the market today. JetBlue launched daily flights from Boston to Mexico City and from the announcement of the flight I questioned whether or not the market was large enough for two airlines. Clearly, it isn't. I do wonder if Aeromexico could have fared better had the route been scheduled at a better time. It  leaves Boston past midnight and arrives in Mexico City at 04:00 AM, resulting in a very rough red-eye flight. JetBlue now offers a day flight to Mexico City, so hopefully the route has better results than Aeromexico, ...

JetBlue has announced a route shake-up that will affect its operations at Boston. The airline will terminate its multiple daily flights between Boston and Washington-Dulles Airport effective January 7, 2019. This is an interesting move, as it is giving United a complete monopoly between Boston and Washington-Dulles. The airline is, however, going to continue flying between Boston and Washington-National, the secondary airport of Washington D.C. Additionally, JetBlue will add a new daily flight from Boston to Rochester, New York beginning January 8, 2019, on an Embraer E190. With the addition of this destination, JetBlue is ending the monopoly that American Airlines has held on the route. Finally, JetBlue will increase service on nine existing routes between Boston and Aruba; Nassau, The Bahamas; Orlando, Florida; Punta Cana, Dominican Republic; Santiago, Dominican Republic; Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic; Sarasota, Florida; Tampa Bay, Florida; and West Palm Beach, Florida. So...

JetBlue has added seasonal Airbus A320-200 flights from Boston to Palm Springs, California. The flight will be operated twice weekly on Mondays and Thursdays with the plane departing Boston at 17:01 (local time) and arriving in Palm Springs at 20:31 (local time). The return flight will be a red-eye flight with the plane departing Palm Springs at 21:26 (local time) and arrive in Boston at 05:30 (local time) +1 day. The flights will operate from February 14, 2019, until April 30, 2019. Hopefully, this new route does well. Source:  thepointsguy.com

JetBlue is continuing its aggressive expansion efforts from Boston Logan Airport with newly announced flights to Havana and Mexico City. JetBlue Airways will begin operating weekly flights on Saturdays on an Airbus A320-200 starting November 10, 2018. Additionally, starting October 25, 2018, JetBlue will launch daily flights on an Airbus A320-200 to Mexico City. This route really surprised me, Boston to Mexico City is served daily by Aeromexico on a Boeing 737-800 and it is not a huge market from Boston. I am interested how both carriers load factors will be on this route. Sources:  www.flightglobal.com

Another day, another new route from Boston Logan. Today, May 3, 2018, JetBlue Airways inaugurated its flights from Boston Logan Airport to Minneapolis- St. Paul International Airport. JetBlue will fly the route three times daily on an Airbus A320-200. JetBlue will become the fourth carrier that will fly the route with the others being Delta Air Lines, Sun Country Airlines, and Spirit Airlines. This will add increased competition on a route dominated by Delta, because of its hub location in Minneapolis-St. Paul Airport. Hopefully, JetBlue does well on its new route. Source:  www.routesonline.com

Lots of news from Boston Logan Airport today. An announcement came from JetBlue about two new routes and an increased service. Boston will receive a new daily service from Boston to Hollywood Burbank Airport on an Airbus A320-200 starting September 5, 2018. The airport is located 12 miles north of Downtown Los Angeles. Additionally, JetBlue will add a seasonal twice-weekly flight to Yampa Valley Airport in Hayden, Colorado on an Airbus A320-200 beginning December 15, 2018. This route is clearly aimed at people traveling to ski/snowboard resorts. Also, JetBlue will add a second daily flight on an Airbus A320-200 from Boston to Long Beach, a JetBlue focus city. I really hope these flights do well from Boston! Another really interesting announcement came from Massport. The company, which runs Logan, will invest $15 million to study the possibility of an Automated People Mover for Boston Logan Airport. The goal of the project is to increase the number of people using public transport to g...

A couple of years ago, after the improving relations between America and Cuba, airlines were allowed to launch flights between the US and Cuba. Many airlines bid for slots to fly the route between the countries, including one from Boston by JetBlue, but due to limited slots Boston did not get the route. Recently, Alaska Airlines, Spirit, and Frontier all terminated their flights to Cuba, which has opened space for 34 weekly flights. Recently, the US Department of Transportation has allocated those slots to different airlines after the bidding process. Most of the slots went to airlines to increase frequencies from already served destinations, but JetBlue was awarded a tentative frequency for a single weekly flight from Boston to Cuba. The decision for the frequencies is still pending final approval from the Departement of Transportation when they will give the final decision on April 23, but they should follow this allocation of the slots. Hopefully, the Department of Transportation w...

For quite some time now, JetBlue has expressed interest in starting transatlantic flights from Boston Logan and New York- John F. Kennedy Airport. The airline has ordered 60 A321Neos and has the option to change some of the A321Neos to the A321LR. Recently, JetBlue confirmed that it was interested in the A321LR as opposed to the rumored Boeing 797 middle of the market plane.The A321LR would have enough range to reach many destinations in Europe from Boston. I think JetBlue could definitely start some very profitable transatlantic routes from Boston with the new A321LR, hopefully, it happens! Sources:  www.flightglobal.com                 onemileatatime.boardingarea.com