The WNBA, facing increased pressure to move away from commercial airline travel, has allowed teams this season to fly on a public chartering service with certain protocols in place, league sources said.
According to its website, JSX is a"hop-on jet service that's faster on the ground and more comfortable in the air" and operates out of private terminals, eliminating the need for teams to go through the airport and TSA security. Tickets are fairly comparable to what commercial flights cost, and planes can hold up to 30 people, providing teams the option to buy out an entire flight. It's"a taste of what chartering will be like," one league executive told ESPN.
According to its website, the closest JSX hubs to WNBA cities include three in the Los Angeles area ; Phoenix, Las Vegas, Dallas ; and Westchester County, New York. A team without JSX in its market could still fly the airline on a prolonged road trip going between, for example, Los Angeles and Las Vegas.
JSX does have the ability to create flights outside its pre-set schedule, which generally are more expensive. That's what WNBA prohibits. However, thepreviously worked with JSX to create their own publicly available flights based on their road game schedule, which still appear on JSX's website as"pop up flights." The plan was initially reported by The Washington Post and confirmed by ESPN.
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