The Bahamas tourism industry will get a lift as a New York low-fare airline makes Nassau its 30th destination and brings fierce competition to the airline market.
Minister of Tourism, Obie Wilchcombe, and other dignitaries were on hand at Nassau International Airport yesterday to welcome the inaugural flight of JetBlue Airlines to Nassau.
It is expected that the airline’s low prices (starting at $99 one-way from NIA to JFK) will evoke a competitive response from other airlines.
Not only does the low price encourage visits to the Bahamas, but tourists will have more money to spend in the Bahamas once they arrive.
Greeting and chatting with passengers during the landmark flight, CEO of JetBlue, David Neeleman, said that low cost and a high quality product was the airline’s recipe for success.
JetBlue now serves 30 cities in the United States and the Caribbean with its rapidly expanding fleet of 66 Airbus A320 aircraft.ﾠ Despite being dubbed a low cost carrier, the airline offers increased legroom and free digital DirecTV programming for every seat.ﾠ Satellite radio may be added in 2005.
The airline has served some 20 million customers since its first flight from New York to Florida in February, 2000.
