JetBlue has launched its first service to Belize, becoming the only airline flying to the Central America destination from New York JFK.
JetBlue's inaugural flight between JFK and Belize City, operated with an Airbus A320, departed Wednesday. The carrier is flying the route three times per week.
Belize is JetBlue's 26th destination in the Caribbean and Latin America.
Though no other airline serves Belize from JFK, JetBlue will compete against longstanding United flights between Newark and Belize. United flies the route twice weekly during the winter and weekly during the summer, with a pause during September and October, Cirium flight schedule data shows.