JetBlue to keep twice-daily, nonstop flights from Syracuse to Orlando

SYRACUSE — JetBlue Airways’ (NASDAQ: JBLU) twice-daily, nonstop flights from Syracuse Hancock International Airport (SYR) directly to Orlando International Airport (MCO) will continue. The Syracuse Regional Airport Authority (SRAA) and JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ: JBLU) announced the extension on Dec. 9. JetBlue increased the frequency of its daily nonstop flights to Orlando to twice-daily earlier this year, the SRAA said in its announcement. The air carrier will operate daily outbound flights from Syracuse to Orlando leaving SYR at 11:35 a.m. and 6:30 p.m., arriving in Orlando around 2:25 p.m. and 9:26 p.m., respectively. Inbound flights from Orlando to Syracuse are scheduled to depart MCO at 8:00 a.m. and 2:45 p.m., arriving in Syracuse at 10:47 a.m. and 5:35 p.m., respectively, the SRAA said. “With Orlando topping our list of destinations by a significant margin, this extension of increased capacity from our partner JetBlue is a big win for our community,” Jason Terreri, SRAA executive director, said in the announcement. “The numbers tell a very clear story. From both a leisure travel and business travel perspective, the demand for convenient, direct access to Central Florida remains robust.”