I guess that makes it semi-official that PHL is not in their plans. I had heard rumors PHL may see Regional Service. Paul --- Bill Hough <psa188@xxxxxxxx> wrote: > =20 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > This article was sent to you by someone who found it > on SFGate. > The original article can be found on SFGate.com > here: > http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=3D/n/a/2005/10/05/financial/= > f142100D35.DTL > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > Wednesday, October 5, 2005 (AP) > JetBlue Begins Service at Newark > By JEFFREY GOLD, AP Business Writer > > > (10-05) 14:21 PDT Newark, N.J. (AP) -- > > Discount carrier JetBlue Airways Corp. on > Wednesday began flying from > Newark Liberty International Airport to two airports > in Florida, with > plans to fly to three other Sunshine State airports, > and to Puerto Rico, > next month. > > The new flights challenge Continental Airlines > Inc., the dominant carrier > among the airport's 45 airlines, with about > one-third of the flights. > Newark is one of Houston-based Continental's three > hub airports. > > JetBlue started flying Wednesday to Fort > Lauderdale and Orlando. On Oct. > 19, it adds service to three more Florida locations: > Fort Myers, Tampa and > West Palm Beach. JetBlue's sixth destination from > Newark will start Nov. > 17 with daily service to San Juan, Puerto Rico. The > airline expects to > offer 16 daily nonstop flights from Newark by > Thanksgiving. > > Continental has responded by adding new flights > and lowering fares to > Florida. > > New York-based JetBlue will probably bring an > additional 250,000 > passengers to Newark Liberty in its first year, and > more than 1 million in > its second 12 months, said Anthony R. Coscia, > chairman of the Port > Authority of New York and New Jersey. > > Newark Liberty is already among the nation's > busiest airports, handling > about 32 million passengers a year on 435,000 > flights. International > traffic at Newark has nearly doubled since the > completion in 1996 of an > international arrivals facility in Terminal B. > > ___ > > On the Net: > > JetBlue: > > Port Authority: > > www.jetblue.com > > www.panynj.com > ---------------------------------------------------------= > ------------- > Copyright 2005 AP > -------------------------------------------------- Wings Over Philadelphia http://phlairline.com -------------------------------------------------- __________________________________ Yahoo! Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 http://mail.yahoo.com