JetBlue is adding a new route to Mexico following year, with the start of its first-ever flights from New York to Puerto Vallarta. 

The New York Town-based mostly carrier will commence operating the nonstop services in the initial quarter of 2022, it announced in a statement. 

The start comes as component of JetBlue’s “Northeast Alliance” with American Airways, the enterprise explained. 

“With the Northeast Alliance, we are eventually in a position to give our consumers in New York and Boston what they’ve been inquiring for a long time – a lot more JetBlue company and more JetBlue lower fares,” claimed Scott Laurence, head of profits and organizing, JetBlue. “By connecting with American’s big shopper foundation and intercontinental network, we can insert new marketplaces that we have been eying for several yrs. The alliance very pretty much provides us room to grow as we get better entry to airports that we have been locked out of for years.”

The flights will operate from New York’s John. F Kennedy International Airport, a major enhance for a person of Mexico’s fastest-developing tourism destinations. 

“We are delighted to have been selected as a JetBlue city for 2022,” reported Luis Villaseñor, Director Standard for Puerto Vallarta Tourism. “The New York metropolitan spot is an very critical supply sector and JetBlue’s decision to launch a route from JFK Intercontinental to Puerto Vallarta recognizes the destination’s ongoing charm among U.S. travelers although furnishing an option to welcome initially-time visitors in the New 12 months.”

— CJ