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JetBlue to Expand West Coast Service

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Discount carrier JetBlue Airways Corp. said it will expand service from the West Coast on May 21 by launching transcontinental flights from Los Angeles International Airport and adding new flights from Southern California airports it already serves.

Most of JetBlue's current flights from Southern California leave from Long Beach, but it also flies from Burbank, Ontario and San Diego. While the Forest Hills, N.Y., carrier has cut back its aggressive growth to return to profitability, it still is taking delivery of new aircraft and is ready to introduce its second aircraft type, the 100-seat Embraer 190 jetliner, to West Coast service, a spokesman said. Some of the new routes from Long Beach will use the Embraer plane; most will feature JetBlue's larger Airbus A320s.

The carrier said it will begin service at LAX with a daily flight to Boston and three daily flights to its hub at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport.