JetBlue to launch service between Daytona Beach International Airport & New York City's JFK year from now

Voulis County leaders Jason Davis, Joshua Wagner see 3rd carrier as plus for tourism

JetBlue to offer flights from New York City's JFK to Daytona Beach Int'l Airport in Feb 2016 / Headline Surfer®Photos for Headline Surfer® /
Daytona Beach International Airport is getting a third air carrier in JetBlue in February 2016, to compliment Delta and US Airways.
 

DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. -- Central Florida’s Daytona Beach International Airport will become a new destination for New York City's JFK Airport-based a year from now, the air carrier announced Friday.

The carrier will operate daily service from Terminal 5 at John F. Kennedy International Airport (IATA code JFK) to Daytona Beach International Airport (DAB), using Airbus A320 jets configured with 150 or 165 seats.

And nobody in Volusia County government is happier with the news than first-term County Chair Jason Davis, who put a premium on economic development and tourism as major points in his 2012 election campaign. 

"This is great news for Daytona Beach, the airport and the county ass a whole," Davis told Headline Surfer®.

"This is an example of real economic development when you can have direct flights from the Big Apple to Daytona and back," Davis added. "It also strengthens JetBlue's relationship with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, which is adjacent to Daytona Beach International Airport." 

County Councilman Joshua Wagner echoed Davis' point saying JetBlue's new service provides "a great shot in the arm for tourism and travel for the Daytona Beach community and Central Florida as a whole."

Volusia County Chair Jason Davis / Headline Surfer®And nobody in Volusia County government is happier with the news that JetBlue will be offering daily flights between New York City's JFK and Daytona Beach International Airport than first-term County Chair Jason Davis, who put a premium on economic development and tourism as major points in his 2012 election campaign. 

"This is great news for Daytona Beach, the airport and the county ass a whole," Davis told Headline Surfer®. "This is an example of real economic development when you can have direct flights from the Big Apple to Daytona and back. It also strengthens JetBlue's relationship with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, which is adjacent to Daytona Beach International Airport." 

County Councilman Joshua Wagner of Daytona / Headline Surfer®County Councilman Joshua Wagner echoed Davis' point saying JetBlue's new service provides "a great shot in the arm for tourism and travel for the Daytona Beach community and Central Florida as a whole."

 

A JetBlue official reiterated those points by two of the Volusia County's elected leaders Davis and Wagner.

"We couldn't be more excited to launch yet another route that shows our deep commitment to Central Florida," said Scott Laurence, JetBlue's senior vice president of airline planning.

"We also have a long-standing relationship with Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University and are pleased to give the academic community there a new option for travel," Lawrence added.

Daytona Beach International Airport / Headline Surfer®Daytona Beach Int'l Airport to get JetBlue flights in 2016 / Headline Surfer®Photos & graphic for HeadlineSurfer.com /
Daytona Beach International Airport covers 1,800 acres and has three asphalt runways. It is served by two carriers, Delta Air Lines flying to Atlanta and US Airways flying nonstop to Charlotte. Delta flights to Atlanta are MD88s, MD90s or B757s, depending on time of year. US Airways Express flies regional jets, the CRJ700 and CRJ900, depending on time of year.
 

The new service to Daytona Beach will create a direct link between JetBlue's main base of operations in New York and Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, the world's largest, fully-accredited private university specializing in aviation and aerospace.

In 2007, JetBlue partnered with Embry-Riddle to launch the University Gateway Program, a unique opportunity that creates a path to a career with the airline for aspiring aviators.

Embry-Riddle President John P. Johnson said in a prepared statement released through JetBlue that the new route will "strengthen an already great relationship between Embry-Riddle and JetBlue."

JetBlue's flights to Daytona Beach will be operated on a 150-seat Airbus A320 -- the largest aircraft to serve the airport on a regular basis -- and will offer the airline's award-winning service featuring assigned and comfortable seating; complimentary and unlimited name-brand snacks; more than 100 channels of free Siriusxm® radio programming and 36 channels of free, live Directv® programming on personal seat-back televisions; and the most legroom in coach.

Customers traveling between Daytona Beach and New York can enjoy onward connections to several cities in the Northeast with JetBlue as well as cities across the globe through JetBlue's three-dozen international airline partners.

FAST FACTS: JetBlue Airways

JetBlue to offer service between NYC's JFK & Daytona Beach, FL / Headline Surfer®JetBlue Airways Corporation, commonly called JetBlue, is an American low-cost airline. The company is headquartered in the Long Island City neighborhood of the New York City borough of Queens.

• JetBlue is New York's Hometown Airline™, and a leading carrier in Boston, Fort Lauderdale, Los Angeles (Long Beach), Orlando, and San Juan, Puerto Rico.
• JetBlue carries more than 32 million customers a year to 87 cities in the U.S., Caribbean, and Latin America with an average of 825 daily flights.
• Upcoming destinations include Cleveland on April 30; Reno-Tahoe, Nev. on May 28; and Grenada on June 11, 2015 (subject to receipt of government operating authority).
For more information please visit jetblue.com.
 

Did You Know?

JetBlue was one of only a few U.S. airlines that made a profit during the sharp downturn in airline travel following the September 11, 2001 attacks.
The airline sector responded to JetBlue's market presence by starting mini-rival carriers: Delta Air Lines started Song and United Airlines launched another rival called Ted. Song has since been disbanded and was reabsorbed by Delta Air Lines and United reabsorbed Ted.
 

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