JetBlue Plans Service to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic

JetBlue Airways has applied for authority from the U.S. Department of Transportation to provide new international service to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic, from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and Boston’s Logan International Airport.

Punta Cana would be JetBlue’s fourth destination in the Dominican Republic. JetBlue intends to begin daily nonstop flights year-round between Aeropuerto Internacional de Punta Cana and New York/JFK on May 6, 2010, and non-stop weekly flights (on Saturdays) from Boston’s Logan International, on May 8.