A daily Airbus A320 operation was planned, with a red-eye back to the East Coast. This move comes soon after JetBlue added Hartford to New York JFK flights, its new fifth-shortest route. Passengers can connect across its network, including to Los Angeles.
All Hartford to Los Angeles non-stop flights have been removed. This means the Connecticut airport has lost its longest domestic route (Breeze to Las Vegas is now first) and its second-longest link overall (Aer Lingus from Dublin is number one). Will the fast-growing Breeze replace JetBlue on Hartford to Los Angeles?
Served for almost three years
JetBlue, which is undergoing a significant transformation to improve its fortunes, will no longer operate between Hartford and Los Angeles.
The carrier began the long transcontinental route in December 2020 amid the pandemic.
While served operated year-round until October 2023, it became summer seasonal, with the last flight in October 2024. The schedule in 2025 was to be as follows, with all times local:
- Hartford to Los Angeles: B667, 17:30-20:30
- Los Angeles to Hartford: B61268, 23:59-08:25+1
According to the US Department of Transportation, JetBlue carried 205,000 roundtrip passengers on its non-stop flights. It filled 81% of seats, one percentage point lower than its domestic networkwide average in the same period.
As always, this does not consider fares and yields, which must have been insufficient given alternative—and hopefully better—opportunities for its aircraft.
The DOT shows that it transported 30,980 passengers between June and October 2024 (84% load factor), down from 40,338 (88% load factor) in the same five months in 2023.
While the reduction was partly due to having 11% fewer flights and far fewer seats for sale, traffic fell by nearly a quarter, ensuring loads did not improve.
While JetBlue has generally shifted away from West Coast flying, this does not mean transcontinental flying. In recent developments, Newark to Los Angeles and New York JFK-Burbank are returning.
A look at Hartford to Los Angeles
American (and its regional partner) was the market leader. It transported 27% of the total traffic, mainly via Charlotte, Chicago O'Hare, and Philadelphia.
JetBlue was second (22%), followed by Delta (21%), United (12%), Southwest (9%), and Breeze (8%).
Was JetBlue's 8th longest domestic route
Cirium Diio shows that the carrier's typical domestic flight is 1,049 nautical miles (1,973 km). Hartford to Los Angeles was down to be JetBlue's eighth-longest domestic offering.
However, following its removal, New York JFK to Los Angeles—the country's largest domestic market by passengers and revenue—has entered the list.
