JetBlue Reneges on Halifax Route

Halifax Stanfield International Airport (YHZ) will no doubt be humming this year with new Westjet international flights to Barcelona and Amsterdam, plus a new domestic Porter flight to Hamilton. 

What it won’t have though, is the Halifax-Boston Logan (BOS) JetBlue flight originally slated to start this June.

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The seasonal route would have been a convenient way to bring New England tourists to the Atlantic provinces. As well as offering Eastern Canadians a direct flight to Boston, the daily service to JetBlue’s hub at Logan would have opened a plethora of connections to other U.S. destinations, plus the Caribbean, Latin America and Europe.

The airline cited “softer-than-expected travel demand” as the reason for the change, reports aviation site Airline Geeks. 

“While we were excited to launch summer seasonal service to Halifax, we are pausing our entrance into the market because bookings have not met expectations,” a JetBlue spokesperson stated. “This is one of the necessary steps we are taking to manage our business through softer-than-expected travel demand this year and economic uncertainty.”

The route is no longer listed on JetBlue’s website. 

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