JetBlue is rebuilding itself around Florida, and New York travellers are feeling it. Through 2026, the airline has scrapped a dozen routes from its historic home hub at John F. Kennedy International Airport — six domestic, six international — as it redirects aircraft and crews to Fort Lauderdale, where it has been absorbing capacity left behind by the collapse of Spirit Airlines.

On the domestic side, the cut list covers a string of smaller Florida airports plus a couple of bigger cities. Flights from JFK to Ponce, Puerto Rico ended in January, with West Palm Beach going in August after running as many as six times a day earlier in the year. Daytona Beach and Vero Beach lost their JFK links in September, and October saw the last departures to Chicago O'Hare and Nashville. JetBlue has also trimmed staffing at Newark and LaGuardia, though it insists no crew members lost their jobs — people are being offered transfers to other bases.

The international cuts came earlier in the year. Bonaire went in January, Tulum in Mexico in March, and May was the heaviest month of all, with routes to Belize City, Guatemala City and San Pedro Sula in Honduras all ending. Antigua held out longest: JFK service peaked at daily flights in July and August before finishing in September, with aircraft redeployment to Fort Lauderdale cited as the reason.

The knock-on effect is a symbolic one. JFK has long been JetBlue's flagship base — the airline is headquartered in New York — but Fort Lauderdale has now overtaken it in certain months for departures and seats. In November, Fort Lauderdale logged 3,935 JetBlue departures against 3,804 from JFK, and the carrier isn't expected to reclaim the top spot until May, with Fort Lauderdale set to lead again in September.

For travellers, the practical takeaway is to double-check JetBlue's route map before assuming a JFK nonstop still exists. Many of the dropped destinations — Antigua, Belize, Honduras, Bonaire — remain reachable via other carriers or through connections, and several of the cut Florida cities still get JetBlue service from other airports like Boston or Fort Lauderdale itself. If your route has disappeared, it may have shifted rather than vanished entirely, so it's worth comparing options from nearby New York airports or alternative JetBlue gateways before rebooking.