Last month, JetBlue made headlines when it named Milan and Barcelona as its newest European destinations starting next spring.
But the new year will also see the airline cut one of its other transatlantic routes.
JetBlue confirmed this week that it will not restore seasonal service between New York and Amsterdam in March, as planned.
That will end a nonstop flight. the aircraft carrier was first launched in August 2023.
“The route did not meet our expectations and increasing operating costs at Amsterdam Airport further challenged its viability,” JetBlue said in a statement to TPG on Tuesday.
Customers who have already booked spring and summer 2026 flights from John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK) to Amsterdam won’t be left without options.
JetBlue said it will automatically rebook those travelers on its Amsterdam service from Boston, which continues to fly year-round.
JetBlue still expects to fly its largest transatlantic program in 2026, but with a greater focus on seasonal flights to Europe from Boston Logan International Airport (BOS).
Both of their new transatlantic flights summer 2026 It will launch exclusively from Boston, in line with the Madrid service that the airline launched in 2025.
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JetBlue European Routes
This is how JetBlue’s European route map now looks:
From Boston
- Year-round service: Amsterdam Schiphol Airport (AMS), London Heathrow Airport (LHR), Paris-Charles de Gaulle Airport (CDG)
- Launch April 16: Josep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN), seasonal
- Resumption on April 16: Dublin Airport (DUB), Edinburgh Airport (EDI), Adolfo Suárez Madrid-Barajas Airport (MAD)
- Launching on May 11: Milan Malpensa Airport (MXP), seasonal
- Resumption on May 21: London Gatwick Airport (LGW)
From JFK
- Year-round service: London (twice a day), Paris
- Resumes April 29: Dublin, Edinburgh
European growth probably over ‘for a while’
JetBlue Service launched for the first time in Europe in 2021.and since then it has been expanding its list of destinations almost every year.
However, the airline has signaled that its transatlantic growth is about to plateau for a while.
“We won’t have any more transatlantic-capable aircraft until 2030,” JetBlue President Marty St. George said, speaking last week inside the airline’s new JFK lounge. “The last two routes we added, which were Milan and Barcelona from Boston, are the last two for a while.”
A possible exception? Portugal
That said: JetBlue still has its eye on an additional destination across the pond: Lisbon.
the carrier previously obtained landing permits at Lisbon Airport (LIS), but with a schedule that “was completely unviable,” CEO Joanna Geraghty said at an industry conference earlier this month.
“We kept knocking on the door there,” Geraghty said on Dec. 3.
So, don’t rule out a JetBlue flight to Portugal in the not-too-distant future.
Reminder: BlueHouse opens this week at JFK
Customers flying JetBlue’s premium Mint cabin to Europe will be eligible to access their new JFK lounge, BlueHouse, which opens on December 18 inside Terminal 5.
A second BlueHouse location is planned for Boston later in 2026.
Premium Mosaic 4 members and TrueBlue members carrying JetBlue premium credit card also get access to the club.
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