Venmo payment options are the latest announcement in a broader effort from JetBlue to enhance its services and boost profits. The struggling low-cost carrier has searched for new revenue streams as larger airlines introduce their own budget options, increasing competition for those flyers.

JetBlue Airways customers can use Venmo to book future flights. The carrier claimed it was the first in the industry to allow customers to use this payment option.

JetBlue is adding new summer seasonal service in Boston as part of its strategy to build the best East Coast leisure network.

Consumers will have a new way to pay for their upcoming JetBlue flights: Venmo. The airline announced that customers will now be able to book their air

TRAVERSE CITY, MI – Beginning this summer, JetBlue will offer seasonal flights between Traverse City and Boston. The non-stop service will run to and from Traverse City’s Cherry Capital Airport (TVC) on Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays, starting June 5 through Oct. 25, the airport announced.

JetBlue said it is the first carrier to accept Venmo payments. Customers can buy flights using their Venmo balance or through their linked bank accounts, debit cards or credit cards, the company said. Carol Clements, the airline's chief digital and technology officer, said Venmo offers customers a seamless payment option.

JetBlue (Nasdaq: JBLU) already connects Pittsburgh and Boston, and has served Florida cities from Pittsburgh as well in the past. And it’s no stranger to the JFK-Pittsburgh route. It connected the two cities using Embraer 190 aircraft from June 2006 until February 2013.

JetBlue is bringing back nonstop service to New York City, a market it last served from Pittsburgh nearly 12 years ago.

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Hobby Airport in Houston, which both plan to resume operations later Wednesday after temporarily suspending them for the storm. Cities like New Orleans, Charleston, South Carolina and Jacksonville, Florida are also seeing major cancellations.

JetBlue has become the first airline to accept Venmo for flight bookings, offering travelers a seamless payment option via the JetBlue app.