JetBlue to link Reno, New York City with daily flights

Reno to New York City, nonstop. It's coming in May.

After an intro of dancers stepping to Sinatra's "New York, New York," JetBlue Airways and local officials Tuesday announced daily flights linking Reno to John F. Kennedy International Airport beginning May 28 via the low-cost airline that is a perennial winner in customer satisfaction surveys.

It will be the first-ever daily nonstop service linking Reno with the nation's most populous region and the financial world's epicenter.

"This will be a game changer for us," said Marily Mora, president/CEO of the Reno-Tahoe Airport Authority. "This has been our No. 1 unserved market. This will be the one that really puts us over the top."

Added Andy Wirth, a member of the airport authority board, "Reno-Tahoe International can now be a key cylinder in the economic engine of this area."

John Checketts, JetBlue director of Route Planning who attended the Tuesday announcement in Reno, said, "Reno has always been a market that's intriguing to us with gaming, skiing, summer destinations. This will be a game-changer for income from New York as the population living here."

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