Bye-bye Long Beach, hello LAX: JetBlue exiting longtime Southern California base

Snyder said Long Beach, which is about 20 miles south of Los Angeles,"is just kind of in the middle so it doesn't pull from a lot of places.''In a statement onlate Thursday, Long Beach Airport director Cynthia Guidry said, "We will always be grateful for the investment JetBlue made in our community and the tremendous service they offered our passengers.

Snyder was surprised JetBlue is shifting the Long Beach flights to LAX and isn't a fan because of the intense competition there on the routes it will be adding, such as Los Angeles-Las Vegas. "Trying to be like the No. 6 or No. 7 airline in an airport that doesn't need more competition doesn't really seem like a smart move,'' he said.“LAX is one of JetBlue’s most successful markets and offers the valuable opportunity to grow significantly both domestically and internationally while introducing our low fares on more routes,” Scott Laurence, JetBlue's head of revenue and planning said in a statement.

JetBlue said it hopes to have 70 flights per day from LAX by 2025, including service to multiple new domestic and international markets, including some without current nonstop service to and from LAX. It did not offer specifics.Beginning Oct. 7, JetBlue will add nonstop flights between LAX and:

Never..will not fly into LAX..love long beach..bye bye Jet Blue..sad

nice

Never use LAX

I’m sorry JetBlue, but I won’t even fly into LAX from Asia anymore. So happy that Ontario has flights now. LAX is horribly busy, and traffic from the 405, along Century and then into the airport arrival/departure lanes is awful. LGB was your one advantage. BestofLuck

Oh wow!

Bout time!

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