JetBlue adds two routes between Florida and the Bahamas

Beginning Feb. 1, JetBlue will add nonstop service from both Orlando and Fort Lauderdale to Nassau in the Bahamas. The carrier will fly one daily round-trip flight from Orlando and two from Fort Lauderdale using its 100-seat Embraer E190 jets. Both routes are subject to government approval.

In a press release, the JetBlue says the routes are part of its "plans to expand its footprint in the Caribbean." The company adds "Nassau is JetBlue's first international destination from its focus city at Fort Lauderdale, where the airline will now offer as many as 49 flights per day to 16 top destinations. … Orlando, which became JetBlue’s seventh focus city earlier this year, welcomes Nassau as its fourth international destination, along with existing service to Cancún, Mexico and Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic. New service to Bogotá, Colombia, begins January 29, 2009, pending receipt of operating authority from the Colombian Government."