JetBlue Airways plane are pictured at departure gates at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York.
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JetBlue Airways plans to start flights to Dublin and Edinburgh from the U.S. as a part of the provider’s trans-Atlantic expansion.
Tickets for the newly provided locations went on sale Wednesday.
Daily seasonal service to Dublin will start March 13, 2024, from the airline’s New York John F. Kennedy International Airport hub in addition to from Boston Logan International Airport. Flights to Edinburgh from New York’s JFK will start May 22, 2024. All three routes can be flown till Sep. 30, 2024, JetBlue mentioned.
“Our summer time seasonal service to Dublin and Edinburgh will carry a brand new degree of service and inexpensive fares to these markets which have been dominated by high-fare legacy carriers for many years,” mentioned CEO Robin Hayes in a news release.
JetBlue has lengthy deliberate service to Europe with a few of its longer-range jets, a technique that goals to chip away at demand largely managed by bigger opponents like American, Delta and United together with their European companions.
JetBlue executives have mentioned they need to win over shoppers, partly by means of its revamped “Mint” business-class cabins. Its trans-Atlantic service started with service to London from New York in 2021.
JetBlue additionally mentioned Wednesday that the airline would offer service between Boston Logan International Airport and Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport starting April 3, 2024. The firm can even add a second each day flight to Paris from New York’s JFK starting June 20, 2024.
The airline first started service to Paris this previous summer time. At the time, it was the provider’s second European vacation spot.