JetBlue Airways and its flights to Quito

Lo low-cost está fashionable in the world and in Ecuador, Eastá starting. For them we will talk today about the operationón of JetBlue Airways and its flights to Quito, that develop uninterruptedly from the 25 February 2016.

From the first quarter of 2019, the airíne flyá spaghettién a Guayaquil from Fort Lauderdale with 1 daily flight.

If maybe it isás looking for comments, opinions o cówhat is the experience of flying with JetBlue, I recommend this Flight Report: From Quito to Fort Lauderdale with JetBlue.

This aerosolíline that I personally consider as «semi low cost» since yesí offers food service from the rate más básica, but they charge for additional bags, ráhas recently positioned itself in Ecuador and is an important alternative for flights to the state of Florida in the United States from Quito, where currently only exist 2 daily direct American Airlines flights to Miami and one daily JetBlue flight, the rest of the flights are connectingón en Panamaá, Bogotaá, San Salvador and Lima.

About JetBlue

History

This thriving airíneither with so much alone 18 años of existence is headquartered in Long Island, New York State, from where alsoén operates its main operations HUB. From the Terminal 5 from John F. International Airport. Kennedy, that Jetblue inauguratedó in October of 2008 it takes placeás of the 50% of airline flightsínea.

Named Jetblue, although initially thereíhas been considered the name of “NewAir” and “Taxi” for the connotationón of New York taxis, startó his flights 11 February of 2000 from JFK to Búphallus and Fort Lauderdale and from thereí its growth has not stopped, being even the única aerolícompany that made profits afterés of the attacks 11 September 2001. The Jetblue effect has been permanently felt in the United States, where for example Delta and United created Aerolídenies “low cost”, but these projects never bore fruit and they had to be absorbed again by their aerolíbad mothers.

Sayén for the añO 2005 the situationón see toweró complex, when it cameó one would be reductionón in their income falling in large pélosses over USD40 million, generally caused by high operating prices, of fuel and excessive service on board, what turned heró temporarily, in an airplaneíless competitive line. Despite this complex situationón a total of 36 aircraft entered the fleet in 2006 and growth plans were maintained.

Thanks to an aggressive reduction planón of costs that includedó la eliminationón of one row of seats in its entire fleet, less staff and service the aerolínea the 2007 recoveró his profits and concentratedó again in its aggressive expansion plansón, this time international. From the 2 008 the airínea startó a strong expansionón in the Caribbean, operating in St. Maarten, Puerto Plata Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, Delún, Nassau, Aguadilla, Ponce, San Juan, Santiago and Santo Domingo. Likewise in thatñor startó flights to México, Colombia and Costa Rica, as a first forayón in the Latin American market. Later joinían más destinations in Colombia and will addíto Lima to the scroll of destinations in South and Central Américher than aerosolínea covers from Fort Lauderdale.

Jetblue is currently the fifth largest airlineíline from the United States and is considered the best in the low cost segment.

Fleet and destinations

Jetblue has in its ranks a total of 243 aircraft in service, of which 130 Airbus A320 series sound, 53 of the split Airbus A321 type  in high density and configurationón normal, and 60 aviones de la familia Embraer 190 of the fleetsás big in the world of this model. In addition to these planes, the Aerolínea has pending delivery and on order 85 extra planes between Europeans Airbus A320 NEO, A321 NEO y 24 Embraer 190 brazilños.

Their 243 planes are distributed among its main Blue Cities, operated at John F. International airports. Kennedy, Boston Logan, Fort Lauderdale, Long Beach y Orlando. Jetblue sum más de 95 destinations mainly in the United States and of which its operationón focuses mainly on secondary airports in order to reduce costs and 16 of them are international.

OperationóJetBlue no.

the airínea opera 1 daily flight from Monday to Sunday from Fort Lauderdale to Quito on Airbus aircraft 320 mainly with the capacity to 150 passengers.

The route to Quito is the second route más to the south of the continent where the airline fliesínea and operates at the following times:

• Departs from Fort Lauderdale at 19:33pm and lands in Quito at 22:59pm.
• The return flight takes off from Quito at 11:59pm and lands back in Florida at 5:11am del díto next.

In a recent request before the National Aviation Councilón Civil – CNAC, JetBlue has requested to add to its operating permitón so that they can also permanentlyén fly with Airbus A321 aircraft with capacity for up to 200 passengers (another variant has the capacity to 159 passengers) and with Embraer planes 190 with capacity for 100 passengers in 2 lessons.

with this measure, the airínea podrá adjust your supply based on fluctuating demand conditions during high and low seasons. It is worth remembering that in an extraordinary way, the AñO 2017 the airínea of ​​the operó Airbus A321 aircraft, but with this request, I could do itá do regularly secún the demand warrants growth or it contracts and warrants operating the Embraer 190.

UPDATEÓN 10/1/2018:

This request was approved during the month of September by the aero authorityáutica, with which now alsoén the aerolínea podrá operate with Airbus A321 and Embraer aircraft 190 themselvesún demand and season.

This request was authorized on 13 april 2018.