JetBlue Is Bringing Back a Cross-Country Route It Dropped in 2025

JetBlue will resume daily nonstop flights between San Diego and Fort Lauderdale on November 19, 2026. The airline flew the route between June 2016 and January 2025, and during that period it reported an average load factor of 82.5 percent, a healthy figure that may have helped make the case for bringing it back.

The schedule uses Airbus A321ceo aircraft. Flight 529 departs Fort Lauderdale at 7:00 a.m. and arrives in San Diego at 9:39 a.m., a block time of 5 hours 39 minutes. The return, flight 532, leaves San Diego at 11:00 a.m. and lands at 6:55 p.m., a block time of 4 hours 55 minutes.

The service is the third new Fort Lauderdale route JetBlue has started recently, following Indianapolis and Columbus, Ohio. JetBlue has become the largest airline at the airport since Spirit Airlines collapsed in May, and it now serves 62 destinations from Fort Lauderdale.

Competition on the route is already present. Alaska Airlines flies it nonstop, and Southwest is adding seasonal service from November through January. For travelers, that could mean more choice and sharper fares, particularly around the holidays and winter getaway season.

Sources: Simple Flying, Upgraded Points