JetBlue
Airways in May 2011 plans to inaugurate service from Boston's Logan
International Airport to Newark Liberty International Airport, the carrier said
today, less than a week after Southwest Airlines announced it planned a Newark
debut.
Only
Continental Airlines currently operates nonstop service between the two
airports. Continental on Friday agreed to lease 36 slots to Southwest ahead of
its planned merger with United Airlines
JetBlue,
which currently operates service between Logan and New York's John F. Kennedy
International Airport, plans to add four roundtrip flights between Logan and
Newark.
"JetBlue
is committed to giving travelers more for less, and that is particularly true
for our new route to Newark, which currently has some of the highest airfares
in America and no nonstop competition," said Scott Laurence, JetBlue's
vice president of network planning, in a statement.
JetBlue
current nonstop service from Newark is limited to five destinations in Florida.