JetBlue to launch NY LaGuardia-Boston flights, aiming at business travellers

JetBlue Airways will start 6 round-trip flights per weekday between New York's space-constrained LaGuardia and Boston in October, seeking to capture business travellers on the heavily trafficked route, the company said Thursday. JetBlue said it would move some of its LaGuardia-Florida flights to nearby Newark Liberty to free up take-off slots for the new Boston flights, now that the FAA has made it easier for airlines to grow at Newark. The moves take aim at United Continental, which has a grip on Newark air service, and more crucially Delta Air Lines and American Airlines, which operate hourly flights from LaGuardia to Boston. JetBlue said earlier this week that corporate travel demand is stagnant, although it has gained share of the lucrative market. <br/>