JetBlue Airways and its flights to Quito

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

From the first quarter of 2019, the airline will also fly to Guayaquil from Fort Lauderdale with 1 daily flight.

If maybe you are looking for comments, opinions or what the experience of flying with JetBlue is like, I recommend this Flight Report: From Quito to Fort Lauderdale with JetBlue.

This airline that I personally consider as "semi-low cost" since it does offer food service from the most basic fare, but they charge for additional bags, It has quickly 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 connecting flights in Panama, Bogota, San Salvador and Lima.

About JetBlue

History

This thriving airline with only 18 years of existence has its main offices in Long Island, New York State, from where its main operations HUB also operates. From the Terminal 5 from John F. International Airport. Kennedy, which Jetblue inaugurated in October 2008 is done more than 50% of airline flights.

Named Jetblue, although initially the name “NewAir” and “Taxi” had been considered due to the connotation of New York taxis., began its flights on 11 February of 2000 from JFK to Buffalo and Fort Lauderdale and from there its growth has not stopped, being even the only airline that made a profit after the terrorist attacks. 11 September 2001. The Jetblue effect has been permanently felt in the United States, where, for example, Delta and United created “low cost” airlines, but these projects never bore fruit and they had to be absorbed again by their parent airlines..

Just for the year 2005 the situation became complex, when there was a serious reduction in its income, resulting in large losses of over USD40 million, generally caused by high operating prices, of fuel and excessive service on board, which temporarily turned her, on a less competitive airline. Despite this complex situation, a total of 36 aircraft entered the fleet in 2006 and growth plans were maintained.

Thanks to an aggressive cost reduction plan that included eliminating one row of seats across its entire fleet, less staff and service the airline 2007 recovered its profits and refocused on its aggressive expansion plans, this time international. From the 2 008 the airline began a strong expansion in the Caribbean, operating in St. Maarten, Puerto Plata Aruba, Barbados, Bermuda, Cancún, Nassau, Aguadilla, Ponce, San Juan, Santiago and Santo Domingo. Also in that year it began flights to Mexico, Colombia and Costa Rica, as the first foray into the Latin American market. Later, more destinations in Colombia would join and Lima would be added to the list of destinations in South and Central America that the airline covers from Fort Lauderdale..

Jetblue is currently the fifth largest airline in 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 Airbus A321 type divided into high density and normal configuration, and 60 Embraer family aircraft 190 of the largest fleets in the world of this model. In addition to these aircraft, the airline has pending delivery and on order 85 extra planes between Europeans Airbus A320 NEO, A321 NEO y 24 Embraer 190 brazilians.

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 adds more than 95 destinations mainly in the United States and of which its operation is mainly focused on secondary airports in order to reduce costs and 16 of them are international.

JetBlue Operation

The airline operates 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 southernmost route on the continent where the airline flies 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 the next day.

In a recent request before the National Civil Aviation Council – CNAC, JetBlue has requested to add to their operating permit so that they can also permanently 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 airline may adjust its offer based on fluctuating demand conditions during high and low seasons.. It is worth remembering that in an extraordinary way, year 2017 The airline already operated Airbus A321 aircraft, but with this request, You can do it regularly as demand warrants growth or contracts and warrants operating the Embraer. 190.

UPDATE 10/1/2018:

This request was approved during the month of September by the aeronautical authority, With which the airline will now also be able to operate with Airbus A321 and Embraer aircraft 190 according to demand and season.

This request was authorized on 13 april 2018.

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