SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 17 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Customer-focused JetBlue Airways (Nasdaq: JBLU) today begins the first-ever nonstop service between San Francisco and Fort Lauderdale, the first in a series of new JetBlue flights planned for San Francisco International Airport (SFO) this winter. To celebrate this new flight, JetBlue is offering a special $79 fare (a) for travel December 1, 2009 through February 28, 2010, blackout dates not included. Travel must be booked by November 18, 2009.

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JetBlue's new daily flight between SFO and its focus city at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport not only offers travelers a key link between the Bay Area and South Florida, but also provides new connecting options to top Caribbean destinations including Cancun, Mexico; Nassau, Bahamas; and San Juan, Puerto Rico.

San Francisco (SFO) to Fort Lauderdale (FLL) to Fort Lauderdale (FLL) San Francisco (SFO) ---------------------- ------------------------ Depart - Arrive Depart - Arrive --------------- --------------- 11:30 p.m. - 7:40 a.m. (next day) 7:15 p.m. - 10:24 p.m. -------------------------------- ---------------------- -- All times local -- --------------------------------------

"JetBlue is thrilled to be offering customers more choice in travel with JetBlue's first service from Fort Lauderdale to San Francisco," said Scott Laurence, JetBlue's vice president of network planning. "Customers on this new route will enjoy not only the industry's top amenities, like the most legroom in coach (b) and unlimited free snacks and drinks, but also enjoy the warmth and spirit that makes the jetting experience so distinctive from what the other guys offer."

"JetBlue's decision to add a nonstop flight between the San Francisco Bay area and Fort Lauderdale is welcome news," said U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson of Florida. "I'm always glad to see new opportunities for people to come visit Florida."

By January, JetBlue will have nearly doubled service at SFO by adding two new daily nonstop flights to its West Coast focus city at L.A.'s easy-in, easy-out Long Beach Airport (for a total of five daily flights); a second daily nonstop flight to its focus city at Boston's Logan International Airport; and a second daily nonstop flight to the airline's traveler-friendly home at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport Terminal Five.

JetBlue's new SFO - Fort Lauderdale route is operated with the Airbus A320, which offers Customers top amenities including the most legroom in coach of any U.S. airline (b), 36 channels of complimentary DIRECTV(R) (c), more than 100 channels of XM Satellite Radio(R), and unlimited free snacks and drinks. For a small fee (just $40 each way between San Francisco and Fort Lauderdale) customers can upgrade to one of JetBlue's super-spacious Even More Legroom seats, which offer travelers a sumptuous 38" between seats.