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SANTO DOMINGO.- JetBlue Airways today celebrates four years of low-fare, high-quality service to the Dominican Republic with plans to expand its flight schedule this fall.
During September and October, JetBlue - best known for its friendly crewmembers and seatback TVs -- will redeploy aircraft in order to add extra service from both Santo Domingo and Santiago to New York City's John F. Kennedy International Airport. With its new flights, JetBlue will offer more flights between the Dominican Republic and the New York metro area than any other airline.
"Despite the record high fuel environment the airline industry faces, it makes good business sense to invest in strong markets, and the Dominican Republic is certainly one of them," said Jim Fuoco, JetBlue's Manager of Route Planning. "Here at JetBlue we're pleased to be offering our loyal customers the most flights between the Dominican Republic and New York this fall."
This fall JetBlue will phase-in an additional ten flights each week between Santo Domingo and New York and an additional six flights per week between Santiago and New York. With its expanded service, the Customer-friendly airline will offer New York-bound Dominican travelers up to three daily flights from both Santo Domingo and Santiago. JetBlue also offers daily flights between Puerto Plata and New York and between Santo Domingo and Orlando, Fla.
JetBlue operates its frequent service between the Dominican Republic and the United States with 100-seat EMBRAER 190 and 150-seat Airbus A320 jets, offering customers top-notch comforts including all-leather seating, industry leading legroom, more than 100 channels of XM Radio free at every seat, and for a nominal $5 fee, first-run movies on its personal seatback televisions in both Spanish and English. JetBlue's generous snack and beverage selection - plus its award-winning customer service - is included in every low fare.
Tickets for JetBlue flights may be purchased online at www.jetblue.com, by calling 1-809-200-9898, or by stopping by the airline's ticket offices in either Santo Domingo or Santiago.
The Santo Domingo office is located at Plaza Las Americas, Ave. Winston Churchill, Esquina, Paseo de los Locutores, 2nd Nivel Suite Y-B, and is open from 9 a.m. - 6 p.m. Monday through Friday, and from 9 a.m. - 3 p.m. on Saturdays.
The Santiago location is at Plaza Jorge II, Ave Bartolome Colon, Frente Plaza Unicentro La Sirena, and is open from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m. and 2 p.m. - 6 p.m. Monday through Friday; and on Saturdays from 9 a.m. - 1 p.m.
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Other airlines are raising fares and fees, dropping routes, sending planes to the graveyard, and filing bankruptcy, but JetBlue still grows.
JetBlue is a non-union scab airline.
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.
During 2001-2004, Jetblue made record profits. New planes allowed for additional routes. These included JetBlue's first international service, New York City to the Dominican Republic, on June 10, 2004.
In October 2005, JetBlue announced that its quarterly profit had plunged from US$8.1 million to $2.7 million largely due to rising fuel costs. [Still that's a profit.]
Despite a tighter margin, the JetBlue continues to add planes and routes to the fleet at a brisk pace. [How does it do it? Bourgeois voodoo?]
In Feb 2006, JetBlue announced its first ever quarterly loss.
.....And so, my fellow Dominican, ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.
American still have the upper hand with their flight Miami/Santiago,
a complete hegemony, not challenged as yet,
and no other airlines that I know of, flights either MIami-Ft Laud/Santiago,
of course, most Flights Miami/Santiago, are full.
american airlines go to hell......
American is getting expensive by the day, so if you could save just a couple of dollars, why not..
Be careful what you wish for, $850.00 to $900 for a fare to santiago from Jetblue, they are trying to do a monopoly.
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Where are you getting $800-900 figure from? Are you referring to first class or a Y ticket(open ticket) if it exist. I believe you have your numbers wrong. NYC to Santiago ranges 250-375 depending on season on Jet Blue. American is a very different case. yes and you will pay 800-900 depending on the class of seat, even an economy ticket can run this amount if its an open ticket. But these are few and between.