JetBlue trims flights from Long Beach after international service nixed

JetBlue will reduce flights out of Long Beach by more than a third, after the California city blocked the carrier’s plans to add international flights, leaving a hole in its network from southern California. Daily departures from Long Beach will drop to 23 from 35 starting Sept. 5, JetBlue said Wednesday. The move is among wider changes that include more cross-country service and the return of JetBlue flights to Ontario, California, a decade after leaving that airport. The cuts end JetBlue’s long-held plan to establish Long Beach as a base for flights to Los Cabos, Mexico, and other beach destinations south of the US border. JetBlue doesn’t make international flights from Los Angeles or Burbank, California, and currently has no plans for such service at Ontario, a spokesman said. The Long Beach City Council voted in January 2017 against construction of a US Customs facility, effectively killing international service at the airport, which sits about 22 miles southeast of Los Angeles International. <br/>