This week JetBlue is offering $74 one-way tickets from Milwaukee to New York and Boston

Beck Andrew Salgado, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
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JetBlue's inaugural flight from Milwaukee to New York takes off Sunday at Mitchell Airport in Milwaukee. The airline began service between Milwaukee and Boston, and Milwaukee and John F. Kennedy International in New York City. JetBlue’s Milwaukee flights will be operated on 140-seat Airbus A220 aircraft.
JetBlue's inaugural flight from Milwaukee to New York takes off Sunday at Mitchell Airport in Milwaukee. The airline began service between Milwaukee and Boston, and Milwaukee and John F. Kennedy International in New York City. JetBlue’s Milwaukee flights will be operated on 140-seat Airbus A220 aircraft.

JetBlue announced this week that it would offering a “spring fever” sale to travelers at Milwaukee’s Mitchell International Airport which includes one-way tickets to Boston and New York starting at $74.

The promotion lasts through Thursday and gives Milwaukee travelers the option to buy $74 one-way tickets to Boston & New York every Tuesday and Wednesday from now until the beginning of June.

Without the promo flights to these destinations can cost anywhere from $100 to $300 and flights on the weekends can sometimes cost more. Tickets can be bought at the JetBlue website.

JetBlue is still the new kid on the block

In 2022 JetBlue started service between Milwaukee’s Mitchell International Airport and Boston’s Logan International Airport, as well as New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport.

At Mitchell, JetBlue one of only two airlines serving JFK and competes with Delta Air Lines on the Boston route. It also competes with Delta and United Airlines for nonstops between Milwaukee and the New York City metro area.

In 2022, JetBlue was the sixth biggest airline in the country accounting for 5.5% of the market, a marginal increase from previous years.

JetBlue looking to grow in its second year at Mitchell

In 2022 Traffic at Milwaukee Mitchell International Airport continued to move closer to pre-pandemic levels with passengers taking 5.4 million flights last year — almost 1 million more than in 2021.

The airline started operations in Milwaukee and said it is focused on growing operations back to levels seen before the start of the COVID-19 pandemic.

In 2022, JetBlue accounted for approximately 108,000 of the passengers at Mitchell which put the airline at nearly 2% of the market share in Milwaukee. Increased service and taking passengers from competitors could see the JetBlue grow even more in the next year.

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