With Dwindling Demand, Unprofitable Flights Eliminated

JetBlue announced it is suspending all flights to Miami International Airport (KMIA) effective September 3, 2025. The low-cost airline cited a dwindling demand for flights to South Florida that once numbered 14 daily flights from around the country.

Those flights originated from Boston, New York, Newark, Los Angeles, and Hartford. However, jetBlue has been reducing the number of flights to MIA due to declining demand and now has decided to end the last remaining flights it said were unprofitable.

JetBlue currently operates only a few flights into Miami.

Derek Dombrowski, jetBlue’s Director of Corporate Communications said in a statement, “To free aircraft for new routes, we’ve recently made the decision to end a small number of unprofitable flights, including between Boston and Miami. We continually evaluate how our network is performing and make changes as needed.”

With the termination of Miami service in September, passengers who have already booked September flights to MIA will have the choice of getting a full refund or taking a jetBlue flight into a nearby airport instead. The airline said it expects to continue flying into both Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, International (FLL) and Palm Beach International (PBI). Passengers displaced by the Miami cancelation may go to either of those airports.

JetBlue has not been profitable since 2019, and the pandemic reduction in travel to nearly nonexistent levels affected all U.S. airlines, some of which were able to cope with the challenge better than others.

Not jetBlue.

JetBlue also was denied a $3.8 billion merger agreement with Spirit in early 2024 on antitrust grounds that may have helped the airline fare better. The company had a net loss of $44 million in Q4 2024 and a further net loss of $208 million in the first quarter of 2025. The continuing losses have led the airline to this drastic decision.

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