Earlier last week JetBlue shared plans with employees to cut costs by cutting some operations. With the schedule loads this weekend we see some of the routes that are part of those cuts.
The carrier’s experiment at Miami comes to an end in September, having run for just over two years.
JetBlue launched Miami service with a bang, operating seven daily departures across Boston, Los Angeles, Newark, and JFK. The carrier added Hartford, CT (BDL) for the Winter 2023-2024 season, but it did not return after April 2024.
Newark stopped in January 2024. Los Angeles dropped in June 2024. JFK made it through the first couple weeks of June 2025, while Boston was scheduled to continue through the winter season.
Those Boston-Miami trips are now removed from the schedule after July 2025. This move will see the Miami station close.
Seattle will also go quiet for JetBlue, with no flights planned for the Winter 2025-2026 season. Boston had been planned for daily service through the period while JFK was daily until mid-December. But, at least for now, the carrier expects to return in the Spring of 2026. Both JFK and BOS are in the May 2026 guide for now.
Manchester, NH will see one of its daily flights – the JFK feeder – dropped from September. San Juan-Cancun is also being cut completely, as are Boston-Grenada and Buffalo-West Palm Beach.
Many other routes are trimmed through the schedule. For November 2025 the overall schedule for JetBlue is down 5.6% in total flights compared to last week’s plan. Of the six largest airports for the carrier:
- 14.6% cut at BOS
- 11.3% cut at JFK
- 8% cut at PBI
- 7.6% cut at SJU
- 1.9% growth at MCO
- 6.3% growth at FLL
Other changes are expected to load as the carrier continues to tweak the schedules.
Fleet Changes, Retrofit Reductions
With the cuts in flying JetBlue will also reduce its fleet size. While new deliveries continue apace, the carrier will retire four of its older A320s at the end of the Summer 2025 season. Those planes were part of a group of 10 scheduled for an update to the newer A320 interior design in 2026. The other six are still expected to see the update, though if demand remains depressed those could also be parked.
These older aircraft were brought back into the fleet in 2024 in part because of the engine issues with P&W on the newer planes. A year ago, when demand seemed unlimited, the planes were needed to support the JetBlue’s expected growth. As demand softened, however, JetBlue no longer needs that increased capacity.
The carrier still expects to see the E190s retire at the beginning of September 2025.
As an aside, the planned exit from Miami explains a lot about why JetBlue’s messaging earlier this month around its new partnership with Brightline was so wonky. Despite selling connections between planes and trains at Miami that option was not mentioned in any of the marketing. JetBlue clearly knew the Miami flights were on the chopping block at that time.
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