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Couple of things I want to mention in this comment reading everyone’s comments and then 2 additional pieces of news.

First, the parking at ORH at the moment is fine. It’s a quiet travel period and usually tourists season in Florida is quietest in August/September (which is a great time to go to Florida if you want low crowds). I still believe there needs to be more spots for peak travel season but with the WSU lot, as much of a great idea it would be, Andy Davis mentioned that he doesn’t want that for ORH so unfortunately that’s eliminated.

Second, JetBlue is expected to cut more routes. I still think ORH is safe but it’s being watched. Which brings me to the next thing.

Third, The flight schedule has changed since I previously mentioned it. The Fort Lauderdale flight will be 4x a week (no flights Tuesday/Wednesday/Saturday) from 9/3-10/31. It’ll then bring back the Saturday flight starting 11/2 and be 5x a week until 11/21. From there till 1/6 it’ll be daily for the holiday season and then go back to being 5x a week (no Tuesday/Wednesday) until 2/13. The Orlando flight has no flights on Tuesday/wednesday from 9/3 to 10/31 then will be back to daily after that. The Fort Myers flight. Fort Myers flight is Sunday and Thursday starting 10/27 and then daily starting 2/13. This is all subject to change.

Last, JetBlue earnings came out and to a surprise to everyone, they actually turned a profit for Q2. The profit was only $25 million but everyone was expecting them to lose money. They are still dealing with Pratt and Whitney engine issues and are deferring aircraft deliveries of the A321neo to 2030 but all E190s will be gone by the end of next year. I just read the earnings call and there’s some interesting info about the next couple of years on it. Nothing mentioned about Worcester but there is a lot of mentioning about the northeast in general. Still want to know from Marty himself why Worcester wasn’t included because maybe it’s a reason none of us are actually thinking of. Maybe it isn’t parking, maybe it’s JetBlue not wanting to expand to Worcester, maybe it’s another hidden issue the airport has that we’re not seeing, maybe it’s the airport getting more construction done on the taxiways and not expanding again until that’s done. Who knows exactly but hopefully we’ll see from Andy Davis or Marty St George