On Tuesday, June 11, JetBlue senior leadership joined Town of Islip supervisor Angie Carpenter, MacArthur Airport commissioner Shelley LaRose-Arken to celebrate JetBlue’s announcement of nonstop air service from Long Island MacArthur Airport (ISP) to three Florida destinations.

Beginning in October, JetBlue will operate daily service between ISP and Orlando (MCO), and four times weekly between ISP and Fort Lauderdale (FLL) and Palm Beach (PBI).

All routes will feature JetBlue’s Airbus A320 aircraft, including 162 seats with 42 Even More® Space seats.

“Our airport customers across Long Island have been expressing their clear enthusiasm for more air service at ISP, and JetBlue is consistently one of the most frequent requests. We’ve been listening and working very hard to bring additional options to Long Island. Today’s announcement reflects our determination and active outreach as JetBlue will now serve Islip’s Long Island MacArthur Airport initially with three Florida destinations that the carrier carefully selected,” said Carpenter.

“As New York’s Hometown Airline, ® we are thrilled to bring JetBlue’s award-winning service to Long Island MacArthur Airport,” said Dave Jehn, vice president, Network Planning and Airline Partnerships, JetBlue, “Our decision to add nonstop flights to three popular Florida destinations is a testament to our commitment to providing customers with more convenient travel options to and from the places they most want to go.”

“We are energized by this exciting move by JetBlue to serve Long Island MacArthur Airport,” said Mitch Pally, Airport Advisory Board Chairman, “We know Long Islanders love traveling between Florida and Long Island, and JetBlue’s decision to provide more service to three top Florida destinations reflects that opportunity.”

“Long Island MacArthur Airport strives to provide excellent working relationships with our air carriers, low landing fees, and significant taxi time savings. Airlines are recognizing ISP as a distinct and highly desirable airport to serve New York, and customers in Nassau and Suffolk counties more and more are seeing the benefits of flying from Long Island’s convenient hometown airport,” said LaRose-Arken, “These relationships and passenger preferences will become even more important in the years ahead, as we continue discussions in the community about a North Terminal providing true train-to-plane convenience from the LIRR Ronkonkoma / MacArthur Airport Station.”

MacArthur Airport has completed over $100 million in planning and capital projects since 2016, including the rehabilitation of airfield taxiway and runway surfaces, a Ground Transportation Center and Walkway, a Fire Rescue Building, and is nearing completion on significant Mechanical Engineering and Plumbing capital improvements.

“These projects position the airport to be ready to welcome new carriers like JetBlue, and serve our other three existing airlines and loyal customers across Long Island,” said airport deputy commissioner Rob Schneider.

“Today is a ‘blue-tiful’ day for our airport customers and for Long Island,” Carpenter added.

JetBlue is currently the sixth largest airline in the U.S. and the only major passenger airline based in New York.

A leading carrier in Boston, Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, Los Angeles, Orlando and San Juan, JetBlue, carries customers to more than 100 destinations throughout the United States, Latin America, the Caribbean, Canada and Europe.