A month after JetBlue Airways dropped plans to fly between Islip, New York, and Boston Logan International Airport (BOS), regional carrier Cape Air has unveiled it will operate the route.
JetBlue had been scheduled to open daily summer seasonal service between Long Island MacArthur Airport (ISP) and BOS on May 1, but scrapped the route just days before it was supposed to launch. The carrier said bookings were below expectations.
Cape Air, a Hyannis, Massachusetts-based independent regional carrier that operates small aircraft on short-haul routes—including in New England and in the Caribbean—will offer 4X-daily service between ISP and BOS starting July 3.
The route will be operated with the Tecnam P2012 Traveller piston-engine aircraft with capacity for 11 passengers. With 28X-weekly flights, Cape Air will offer 308 seats on the route each week.
“When JetBlue decided to discontinue its plans to serve Boston as planned for the summer of 2025, we were disappointed,” Town of Islip Supervisor Angie Carpenter said in a statement. “We’re glad to say Boston is back at ISP thanks to Cape Air.”
ISP-BOS would have been JetBlue’s fourth route from the Long Island airport. The New York John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)-based carrier operates daily flights from ISP to Florida destinations Fort Lauderdale, Orlando and West Palm Beach.
ISP Aviation Commission Rob Schneider said that “Cape Air recognized an opportunity” to operate flights to BOS from “convenient MacArthur Airport.”
Located about 45 mi. east of JFK, ISP promotes itself as an alternative to the crowded hub and other larger New York-area airports.
Cape Air will become the sixth airline offering scheduled service from ISP. The airport is currently served by Avelo Airlines, Breeze Airways, Frontier Airlines, JetBlue and Southwest Airlines.
Cape Air serves more than 30 airports in the U.S. and the Caribbean, operating around 300 total daily flights.
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