If you've been booking JetBlue's nonstop flights to the Caribbean, Mexico or Central America from the Northeast, it's worth double-checking your plans: the airline has quietly cut 13 international routes, with most ending by July 2026.
The biggest shake-up is at New York JFK, where six routes disappear — Bonaire (January 2026), Tulum (March), Belize City and Guatemala City (May), San Pedro Sula in Honduras (May), and Antigua (September, which removes Antigua from JetBlue's network entirely). Newark loses its links to Aruba, Cancun, Punta Cana and Santo Domingo in July 2026, while Tampa to Punta Cana, Fort Lauderdale to Grand Cayman, and Orlando to San José also end.
The pattern is telling: nine of the 13 routes only launched between 2020 and 2025. JetBlue used spare aircraft during the pandemic to experiment with new markets, and most of those bets haven't paid off. Newark is the clearest example — average daily departures there have collapsed from 44 in 2021 to roughly 15 in 2026, with international flying down 90%. A single international route (Santiago in the Dominican Republic) now survives.
The Honduras story is particularly short-lived. JetBlue launched JFK to San Pedro Sula in June 2025 as its Central American debut, flying daily on an A320 alongside Avianca, which then exited in January 2026. JetBlue carried 70,070 round-trip passengers over its 12 months of flying, but only managed a 68.1% average seat fill — not a recipe for survival. It still serves San Pedro Sula from Fort Lauderdale, and United continues flying there from Newark.
Where is JetBlue actually growing? Fort Lauderdale, hard on the heels of Spirit Airlines' collapse. FLL is now the carrier's busiest airport overall, ahead of JFK and Boston, and its international departures there are up 63% year-on-year — the highest level in seven years. JFK remains the biggest international gateway (about 38 daily international departures in November 2026), though that's down a quarter on last year. Boston, Orlando, San Juan, Newark and Tampa make up the rest of a smaller, more concentrated international map: 91 daily international departures overall, down 10% on 2025.
For travellers, the practical takeaway is that cheap nonstops from the Northeast to places like Bonaire, Tulum, Antigua and Belize are vanishing — so book alternatives early. Delta, American, United and Caribbean carriers will pick up some of this demand, but fares could climb on thinner routes. The flip side: Fort Lauderdale is becoming a genuine JetBlue hub, which may mean more options — and possibly better prices — for sun-seekers flying south from Florida.
Credit: Simple Flying
