Originally Posted by
hockeypilot44
It was not an underutilized airport. It was the international airport of New York. When the international flights are arriving and leaving, the airport can't handle it. It was hardly used in the morning and still is like that. When Jetblue started, almost all of its flights were in the morning. Once established, they pushed for slots at night. There were none so the city created them.
When JetBlue began, everybody thought they were crazy for adding service at JFK. Nobody thought the demand would be there, JFK was an International airport and New Yorkers wouldn't want to drive to JFK. B6 built its routes around International rush hour, AM and PM. When The other carriers saw how successful B6 was they added service. If you want to complain about congestion, let's discuss an unnamed carrier at JFK with the most regional jet traffic.