JetBlue Airways (NASDAQ:JBLU) announced on Wednesday that it has applied to the US Department of Transportation (DOT) for authority to operate new services from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport and Boston’s Logan International Airport to Punta Cana, Dominican Republic.

Should JetBlue receive this authority, it plans to launch a non-stop daily service from New York JFK to Aeropuerto Internacional de Punta Cana on 6 May 2010 and a non-stop weekly service, operating on Saturdays, from Boston to Punta Cana on 8 May 2010.

Both services will be operated using 150-seat Airbus A320 aircraft.