JetBlue is adding new winter flights from Long Island MacArthur Airport to Fort Myers and Tampa, in Florida, in December, according to an announcement from the airline on Thursday.

The Fort Myers and Tampa routes will launch on Dec. 18 and 19, respectively. There will be four weekly direct flights to Tampa and three to Fort Myers, and prices will start at $49 per ticket. The airline’s announcement described the fees as “limited-time introductory fares.”

JetBlue’s new routes at the Islip Town-owned airport in Ronkonkoma are seasonal and are expected to be available only until late April.

“These routes … combined with existing JetBlue service to Fort Lauderdale, Orlando, and West Palm Beach from MacArthur, cement JetBlue’s role as the go-to carrier for Florida-bound travel across the

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