JetBlue Airways and Bradley International Airport are close to announcing the discount carrier’s plans to start flying from Connecticut, most likely to and from Florida or San Juan, Puerto Rico, the Hartford Courant said today.
The report quoted “a source familiar with the plan.”
On Monday a JetBlue spokesman acknowledged that the airline is “evaluating” Bradley’s market, but refused to offer details, the newspaper said.
From Bradley, which is New England’s second biggest airport, JetBlue would most likely serve Florida or San Juan due to the airline’s existing interest in those destinations, which do well from the Northeast, the source said.
The Connecticut Department of Transportation, which operates Bradley for the state, said it is “always talking to airlines” but had nothing to announce “at the moment,” the Courant said.
Operating out of Bradley could put JetBlue in competition with any of several different airlines already operating there—including rival discount carrier Southwest. The source did not know how many flights a day Jet Blue is likely to offer or when they would begin.
