Final month, JetBlue made headlines when it named Milan and Barcelona as its latest European locations starting subsequent spring.
However the brand new yr can even see the service in the reduction of on one in all its different transatlantic routes.
JetBlue this week confirmed it won’t convey again seasonal service between New York and Amsterdam in March, as deliberate.
That may finish a nonstop flight the service first launched in August 2023.
“The route was not performing to our expectations, and rising working prices at Amsterdam’s airport additional challenged its viability,” JetBlue mentioned in a press release to TPG on Tuesday.
Clients already booked on spring and summer time 2026 flights from John F. Kennedy Worldwide Airport (JFK) to Amsterdam will not be with out choices.
JetBlue mentioned it would routinely rebook these flyers on its Amsterdam service from Boston — which it continues to fly year-round.
JetBlue nonetheless expects to fly its largest transatlantic schedule in 2026, however with an elevated give attention to seasonal Europe flights out of Boston Logan Worldwide Airport (BOS).
Each of its new summer time 2026 transatlantic flights will launch solely from Boston — in line with the Madrid service the service launched in 2025.
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JetBlue’s European routes
Right here’s how JetBlue’s European route map now shakes out:
From Boston
Yr-round service: Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS), London’s Heathrow Airport (LHR), Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG)Launching April 16: Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN), seasonalResuming April 16: Dublin Airport (DUB), Edinburgh Airport (EDI), Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD)Launching Could 11: Milan Malpensa Airport (MXP), seasonalResuming Could 21: London Gatwick Airport (LGW)
From JFK
Yr-round service: London (twice day by day), ParisResumes April 29: Dublin, Edinburgh
Possible performed with European development ‘for some time’
JetBlue first launched Europe service in 2021, and has grown its record of locations practically yearly since.
Nonetheless, the service has signaled its transatlantic development is on the cusp of leveling off for a bit.
“We’ve no extra transatlantic-capable airplanes coming till 2030,” JetBlue President Marty St. George mentioned, talking final week contained in the service’s new JFK lounge. “The final two routes we added — which had been Milan and Barcelona from Boston — these are the final two for some time.”
One doable exception? Portugal
That mentioned: JetBlue does nonetheless have its eye on one extra vacation spot throughout the pond — Lisbon.
The service beforehand secured touchdown permissions at Lisbon Airport (LIS), however with a time slot that “was fully unworkable,” CEO Joanna Geraghty mentioned at an trade convention earlier this month.
“We proceed to knock on the door there,” Geraghty mentioned Dec. 3.
So, do not rule out a JetBlue flight to Portugal within the not-so-distant future.
Reminder: BlueHouse opens this week at JFK
Clients who fly JetBlue’s premium Mint cabin to Europe will probably be eligible for entry to its brand-new JFK lounge, BlueHouse, which opens Dec. 18 inside Terminal 5.
A second BlueHouse location is deliberate for Boston later in 2026.
High-tier Mosaic 4 members and TrueBlue members who carry JetBlue’s premium bank card additionally get membership entry.
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