Two weeks after announcing Amsterdam as its newest destination in Europe, JetBlue launched ticket sales from New York-JFK and Boston on Tuesday.
The inaugural flight between New York-JFK and Amsterdam will be on August 29. It will depart from JFK airport at 10:00 pm to arrive at Schiphol at 11:35 am the next day. The return will be at 1:35 pm, arriving at JFK airport at 4:00 pm.
September 20 will be the turn to inaugurate the route between Boston and Amsterdam. The flight will depart from Logan airport at 8:00 pm and arrive at Schiphol at 9:35 am the following day, from where it will take off at 11:35 am to land in Boston at 2:00 pm.
There are fares from USD 479 round trip in Economy and from USD 1,899 in Mint. In comparison, for similar dates, non-stop flights on other airlines start at USD 900.
«Entrenched legacy carriers have dominated this route for decades. Our transatlantic service demonstrates how JetBlue’s entrance into a new market lowers fares and benefits customers,» said Robin Hayes, CEO of JetBlue.
«We look forward to continue expanding JetBlue’s transatlantic footprint and introduce customers traveling to and from Amsterdam to our award-winning service and to our highly-acclaimed Mint and core products at affordable fares,» he added.
The flights, which will operate daily, will be carried out on Airbus A321LR aircraft with 24 seats in the Mint Suite cabin and 114 in Economy.
The Dutch capital follows London’s Heathrow and Gatwick airports, where JetBlue has been operating since 2021, and Paris, where it will land in June.
New York – Amsterdam Market
In June, the market between New York and Amsterdam will have forty weekly flights in each direction, operated by three airlines:
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- Delta Air Lines: fourteen weekly flights (7 in A330-300 and 7 in A330-900).
- KLM: nine weekly flights on B777-200, five weekly flights on B787-9, and five weekly flights on B787-10.
- United Airlines: 7 weekly flights on B777 (operates from Newark).
