JetBlue bullish on Atlantic strategy, eyes more gateway connections

By Doyinsola Oladipo

NEW YORK (Reuters) -JetBlue Airways said on Thursday it is bullish on its transatlantic strategy and is looking to connect more passengers with Atlantic gateways as quickly as possible.

The New York-based carrier has been shifting around its network to focus on more profitable routes.

The carrier is expanding its service from Southern Florida and is also turning its attention to transit more premium U.S. travelers to gateway cities like New York and Boston and then onward to Europe.

“That balance of good sun markets in the winter and then European markets in the summer and fall, it’s made for a very, very good profit portfolio for us,” JetBlue President Marty St. George told a Morgan Stanley conference.

“We’re very, very bullish about how the Atlantic has done.”