- Two new intercontinental routes from Boston.
- Edinburgh and Madrid will get new jetBlue flights.
- For the first time, Spain will enter the airline’s regular schedule.
JetBlue Airways continues to expand its intercontinental network, with a new route to Edinburgh, a destination already served by the carrier with seasonal services, and its arrival in Spain. Operations will commence on May 22nd, 2025 and will be performed during summer 2025, although the routes could be maintained year-round.
The airline will reach seven scheduled destinations from Boston Logan International Airport to Europe, five of which are seasonal. In addition to Edinburgh and Madrid, Amsterdam, Dublin and London Gatwick are the other three seasonal services, to start between March and May 2025, while London Heathrow and Paris Charles de Gaulle are offered throughout the year.
According to its website, jetBlue operates its flights to Europe with Airbus A321 Long Range aircraft configured for 138 passengers in two classes. 114 seats are in Economy Class, which includes 24 Even More® Space seats, and 24 seats in Business (22 Mint suites and 2 Mint Studio suites, with more space).
Schedule between Boston and Edinburgh
Daily
- B6 1079 Boston BOS 22:30 · 10:10+1 EDI Edinburgh
- B6 1080 Edinburgh EDI 12:10 · 14:22 BOS Boston
Schedule between Boston and Madrid
Daily
- B6 2261 Boston BOS 22:25 · 11:30+1 MAD Madrid
- B6 2260 Madrid MAD 13:30 · 15:20 BOS Boston
“Madrid and Edinburgh represent two of Europe’s most exciting and popular destinations, and we’re happy to offer even more transatlantic travel options for our customers from Boston and New England,” said Daniel Shurz, head of revenue, network and enterprise planning at JetBlue. “Europe continues to be part of our network strategy, as our loyal customers look for JetBlue’s signature service and low fares to bring them to top leisure destinations, including across the Atlantic.”
“Since launching flights to London in 2021, we’ve thoughtfully adjusted our European service to maximize value for our customers and our business,” said Shurz. “By aligning our schedule with peak seasonal demand and flying our aircraft to other destinations in the off-season, we’re capitalizing from a business perspective while delivering the destinations and experiences our customers love. This approach is driving meaningful results.”
Considering summer 2025, France, Ireland, Netherlands, Scotland, Spain and the United Kingdom will be the European markets with regular jetBlue flights. Amsterdam, Dublin, Edinburgh, London Heathrow and Paris will have services from/to Boston and New York, while London Gatwick and Madrid will be provided only to/from BOS.
At the time of publication, the airline will have 91 weekly frequencies between the United States and Europe by summer 2025, the highest number since its entry into the European market in 2021. Boston will have 49 of these flights, and New York the remaining 42.
Boston
- Amsterdam (AMS): 7 weekly · March 29th, 2025
- Dublin (DUB): 7 weekly · April 17th, 2025
- Edinburgh (EDI): 7 weekly · May 22nd, 2025
- London (LGW): 7 weekly · May 22nd, 2025
- London (LHR): 7 weekly · year-round service
- Madrid (MAD): 7 weekly · May 22nd, 2025
- Paris (CDG): 7 weekly · year-round service
New York JFK
- Amsterdam (AMS): 7 weekly · year-round service
- Dublin (DUB): 7 weekly · April 17th, 2025
- Edinburgh (EDI): 7 weekly · May 8th, 2025
- London (LHR): 14 weekly · year-round service
- Paris (CDG): 7 weekly · year-round service
On all routes except JFK-LHR, jetBlue will offer 966 seats per week on each leg. With the two daily frequencies, the airline will provide 1,932 weekly seats on the New York John F. Kennedy – London Heathrow route.
JetBlue has, in addition to Europe, has a significant network in the United States, with bases in Boston, Fort Lauderdale, New York, Newark and Orlando, and San Juan in Puerto Rico.
Latin America and the Caribbean have an important presence in jetBlue’s schedule. In accordance with our database, Aruba, Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bonaire, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Curaçao, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Grenada, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti (*), Jamaica, Mexico, Saint Lucia, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Sint Maarten, Trinidad and Tobago and Turks and Caicos Islands are the airline’s Latin American markets.
Regarding Canada, its other market on the continent, Vancouver is jetBlue’s only scheduled destination, which has a daily frequency from New York JFK using 200-seat Airbus A321-200 aircraft.
(*) All flights to Haiti from the United States are suspended temporarily.
With respect to the fleet, JetBlue has more than 270 Airbus aircraft, and 19 Embraer 190s for short-haul routes.
At publication time, as per our database, 24 airplanes were added by JetBlue during 2024, all of them Airbus A220-300s and Airbus A321-271NXs new from the factory.
Fleet
| Aircraft | Seats | Total | Average age |
|---|---|---|---|
| Airbus A220-300 | Y140 | 41 | 1.5 years |
| Airbus A320-200 | Y150 or Y162 | 130 | 19.5 years |
| Airbus A321-200 | C16Y143 or Y200 | 63 | 8.5 years |
| Airbus A321-271NX | C16Y144 or Y200 | 37 | 3 years |
| Embraer 190 | Y100 | 19 | 15.5 years |
In June 2019, jetBlue modified an order for 13 Airbus A321neo to Airbus A321XLRs. JetBlue’s first A321XLR, which will have the registration N5003J, will be incorporated in Q1 2025.
Furthermore, the airline announced the opening of a new crew base in Puerto Rico, expected to create more than 400 jobs over the next year.
JetBlue celebrated on December 12th the launch of its brand-new crew base at San Juan’s Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport (SJU) – its first outside the continental US. The event took place at the same time as the inauguration of the San Juan (Puerto Rico) – St. Croix route, which will operate daily on Airbus A320-200s.
The opening of jetBlue’s new base in Puerto Rico is set to bring more than 400 crewmember jobs, including 100 pilots and more than 300 flight attendants. At the moment, only the cabin crew base is open, while the pilot base is scheduled as of early 2025.
As for its new route to St. Croix, jetBlue will offer the following schedule.
Daily
- B6 2940 San Juan SJU 15:00 · 15:44 STX St. Croix
- B6 2941 St. Croix STX 16:45 · 17:35 SJU San Juan
JetBlue has a major network of destinations in San Juan between the United States and Latin America. Based on our database, the airline operates to Boston, Cancún, Fort Lauderdale, Medellín, New York JFK, Newark, Orlando, Providence, Punta Cana, Raleigh-Durham, Santiago de los Caballeros, Santo Domingo, St. Croix, St. Thomas, Tampa, Washington Ronald Reagan, White Plains and Windsor Locks.
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Cover photo: JohnRMurdoch – JetPhotos (Edinburgh-Turnhouse – EGPH – United Kingdom).
