TRAVERSE CITY — Cherry Capital airport welcomed the first flight in from Boston on JetBlue airlines June 5th.

The seasonal service will operate every Thursday, Saturday and Sunday until October 25th.

Those tickets are on sale for as low as $69 to celebrate the partnership. All passengers stepping off that flight received a warm welcome to the area, with Grand Traverse pie and JetBlue merchandise.

“Air service as a whole is a challenge for communities across the country,” says Cherry Capital Airport CEO Kevin Klein. “And traverse city has been pretty much number one on everyone’s list. We’ve seen airlines add more seats to our market. We see our community using those seats. So we are a great return on investment.”

“People are really excited about this. We had a great send off in Boston,

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