JetBlue Airways launches Grand Cayman flights 

JetBlue Airways launches Grand Cayman flights

Nov 15, 2012 (Menafn - AIRLINE INDUSTRY INFORMATION via COMTEX) --New York-based low-cost carrier JetBlue Airways JBLU said it has begun service to Grand Cayman in the Cayman Islands from New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport with three times weekly service on Mondays, Thursdays and Saturdays JFK to Owen Roberts International Airport.

According to the carrier, Saturday-only service to the Cayman Islands from Boston's Logan International Airport will begin this Saturday, Nov. 17.

To mark the airline's 74th destination, through Nov. 19, 2012 flights to GCM from New York are on sale from USD 139 one way and from Boston as low as USD 149 one way for travel beginning Dec. 1, 2012 through Feb. 11, 2013.

JetBlue Getaways vacation packages to Grand Cayman, including hotel and airfare are also on sale now atwww.jetblue.com/vacations starting at just USD 599 for a three night/four day stay from New York.

To support the local community, JetBlue also announced a Gold Sponsorship with the Blue Iguana Recovery Program, an endangered species on the island. The Blue Iguana Recovery Program works to restore a self-sustaining, free-roaming population of Grand Cayman Blue Iguanas in the wild.

In addition, the airline is launching a "name the iguana" contest on JetBlue's Facebook page.

JetBlue said that its flights to Grand Cayman from Boston and New York will be operated with its Airbus A320 fleet.

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