NEW YORK – As airline ticket prices continue to rise with additional costs for items like heavy baggage and food, one airline is dropping some fares in hopes of boosting business.

JetBlue announced promotional fares to some Florida cities for some of its airports, including Westchester County but not Stewart.

Company spokeswoman Alison Eshelman said they are cutting the fares for the benefit of the air traveler.

“We know that fuel prices are high and we feel that we’ve got some great destinations across the US and we want to make it easy and affordable for customers to travel,” she said.

When asked about the airline’s possible financial losses as a result of rising operating costs, she could not address that and said someone else from the airline would call back with a response. No one did.