Richmond Loses Bermuda Service, Gains jetBlue Flights to Puerto Rico.
- Nicholas Failla
- 1 hour ago
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JetBlue has announced they will begin nonstop flights from Richmond International Airport to San Juan, Puerto Rico (Luis Muñoz MarÃn International Airport), beginning March 26, 2026. The flight will operate 3x weekly (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday). Richmond isn't the only mid-sized airport that received a new nonstop to San Juan. Richmond's neighbor Norfolk also just gained San Juan as a nonstop destination with jetBlue, operating 4x weekly.
Airport | Frequency | Start Date |
Buffalo, New York (BUF) | 4x Weekly | March 27, 2026 |
Jacksonville (JAX) | 4x Weekly | March 13, 2026 |
Norfolk (ORF) | 4x Weekly | March 27, 2026 |
Philadelphia (PHL) | Daily | March 26, 2026 |
Richmond (RIC) | 3x Weekly | March 26, 2026 |
The route should perform very well at Richmond if we assume the load factor will be similar to it's North Carolinian neighbor, Raleigh-Durham Int'l.
Unfortunately, it is not all good news for new routes out of Richmond.
BermudAir appears to be suspending it's Richmond to Bermuda route indefinitely, with the last scheduled flight on January 3, 2026. BermudAir has pulled out of multiple secondary airports in this route cut wave, including Raleigh-Durham, Charleston, Providence, and others. They appear to be focusing on larger hub airports such as Newark and Baltimore for their newer route additions. The route had begun in June 2025. Load factor statistics were not readily available for this route so I am unable to give a definitive reasoning for the suspension of service, but lack of passengers is likely the main reason. The flight only operated 2x weekly on an Embraer 190 to Hamilton, Bermuda, which arguably is a much more niche destination for a mid-sized airport compared to the very popular Caribbean hub in Puerto Rico.
Richmond is still maintaining one "international" (technically domestic) flight in it's route portfolio, which is a huge improvement from the zero it has had since the early 2010s.