JetBlue & Manchester

2 thoughts on “JetBlue & Manchester”

1. Time will tell, but if JetBlue expands at Manchester I think that just is going to further prove that none of the airlines at ORH want to be here and the only reason they are here is to suck up to Massport. Reading in one of the other comments that a Fort Lauderdale flight was only about 60% full is a bit concerning. There’s just too many other and far better options than flying out of ORH. Massport really blew this from the beginning. The facts are that none of American, Delta, or JetBlue want to be at ORH and they are only doing so to appease Massport. In the case of American and Delta it’s pretty clearly evident there’s something going on behind the scenes keeping them at ORH. The other thing is that JFK and LaGuardia aren’t even top 10 domestic destinations from any other nearby airport (Logan, TF Green, Manchester, etc.) so why would they be successful routes from ORH and this is putting aside the fact that the flight times are awful. As far as JetBlue goes, I think they’ve been in Worcester for about 12 years now and they haven’t really improved their service here so why should we think they will in the future.

   As for Breeze, they are rapidly expanding in Connecticut. Breeze may eventually come to ORH, but it will only be because they want to start flying to Europe and would likely consider Logan for that service which means Massport will likely pressure them to start service out of ORH.

   While all the other airports are adding service left and right, the only news coming out of ORH is that they’re putting in solar panels. I’m surprised there wasn’t a huge celebration at the airport so all the politicians could get another photo op like when JetBlue “expanded” at ORH a couple of years ago then 2 days later quietly cancelled service to JFK.

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2. Where do you find the airline loads from US airports? I want to say that spirit pulled out of Manchester and JetBlue went in

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