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Haiti - Social : JetBlue Airways celebrates its 5th anniversary in Port-au-Prince
20/12/2018 08:31:54
Jet Blue Airways, the low-cost US airline, celebrates five years of service in Port-au-Prince. On December 5, 2013, Jet Blue Airways launched its first operations between Toussaint Louverture International Airport in Port-au-Prince (PAP) and New York International Airport John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) and Ft. Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-8532-haiti-tourism-jetblue-flights-to-port-au-prince-from-fort-lauderdale-hollywood-and-jfk.html
Since then, the company has steadily expanded its operations to meet growing demand by adding service to two additional cities, Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-14242-haiti-tourism-jetblue-airways-a-new-boston-haiti-connection.html and Orlando International Airport (MCO) https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-22992-haiti-tourism-jetblue-inaugurates-its-daily-non-stop-flight-orlando-port-au-prince.html
In December 2015, JetBlue also opened a ticket office in Pétion-ville https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-15953-haiti-flash-opening-of-the-new-jetblue-office-discounts-up-to-25.html
"Becoming the largest airline in Haiti in just five years of service is an important achievement and one of JetBlue's pride," said Giselle Cortes, Director of International Airports for JetBlue "These five exciting years have allowed us to to offer our Haitian customers a service at competitive rates and extend it to new cities [...] We are very grateful to our customers in Haiti and abroad for their support."
JetBlue offers its customers, the largest space between the rows of seats (calculated on the average of the space offered between the rows by the US airlines), a video entertainment screen at each seat and snacks and free non-alcoholic beverages (subject to availability).
Note that Jet Blue Airways is the 23rd largest taxpayer in Haiti (2017-2018) with more than 166 million Gourdes of taxes paid to the Haitian Public Treasury. https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-25898-haiti-economy-top-200-companies-that-have-paid-the-most-taxes.html
See also :
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-25898-haiti-economy-top-200-companies-that-have-paid-the-most-taxes.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-22992-haiti-tourism-jetblue-inaugurates-its-daily-non-stop-flight-orlando-port-au-prince.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-15953-haiti-flash-opening-of-the-new-jetblue-office-discounts-up-to-25.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-14242-haiti-tourism-jetblue-airways-a-new-boston-haiti-connection.html
https://www.haitilibre.com/en/news-8532-haiti-tourism-jetblue-flights-to-port-au-prince-from-fort-lauderdale-hollywood-and-jfk.html
HL/ HaitiLibre
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