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I Was One of the First to Fly on JSX's Semi-private Jet to the Bahamas — Here's What It Was Like
20.12.2023 - 16:53 / travelandleisure.com / Alex Wilcox
Naturally on a flight to paradise I wouldn't want anything less than a seamless and relaxing travel experience — and thankfully, that's exactly what JSX is offering on its new flight to the Bahamas.
JSX — which stands for “joyful, simple experience” — operates as a public charter company, primarily from U.S. private terminals. Not only is that more convenient than meandering through the corridors of a major hub but there are tangible time savings, too. Suddenly, flying isn’t such a headache when you only have to show up 20 minutes before departure.
All of that comes with a price premium, but a ticket might be less than you’d expect. Typically, a seat on a JSX flight hovers around what a first-class seat may cost on a larger commercial airline.
The Dallas-based carrier has had a cult following since its inception in 2016, but this past year has been a particularly pivotal one as it moves further into the mainstream. After launching flights to Cabo San Lucas from both Los Angeles and Dallas in late 2022, JSX is marking another international leisure destination with its flight to the Bahamas.
Courtesy of JSX
I was onboard the inaugural flight from Miami to Marsh Harbour, a town in the Abaco Islands which in the northern part of the Bahamian archipelago. In choosing where they'll fly to next, the air carrier has shown a willingness to push the envelope on where it launches service — with much of it based on attending to customer needs, it's founder said.
“We try very hard to listen to the feedback we get from our customers,” JSX CEO and founder Alex Wilcox told Travel + Leisure in an interview. “We read every single survey [sent] and they’re not shy about letting us know where they want to travel to next.”
For this latest JSX route, Wilcox says that many existing customers in the Dallas and New York regions had voiced a desire for a holiday-timed route to the Bahamas, particularly to Marsh Harbour. “This first season is a trial run of sorts, but it’s off to a very promising start, and we’re optimistic for our future in the Bahamas,” he added.
Miami’s Opa Locka Airport is the jumping-off point to the Abacos for JSX, with additional connectivity from both New York’s Westchester County Airport and Dallas’s Love Field. The carrier has a small (but gorgeously designed) private facility at Opa Locka. With this additional route, JSX now provides up to 120 daily public charter flights on 47 Embraer ERJ family aircraft across North America.
Those planes have all been modified from their original factory equipment; JSX flies them with 30 seats either in a 1-1 (ERJ-145) or 1-2 (ERJ-135) cabin configuration. The company’s strategy is “planecycling": refreshing jets that would otherwise be parted out or discarded as
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