Well, that was fast.
Less than a month after saying it would reject temporary, seasonal slots at Amsterdam, JetBlue reversed its position and now says it plans to begin service between New York’s JFK and Schiphol late this summer, with further plans to add service between Boston and Amsterdam pending regulatory approval.
“Just like we’re doing in London and Paris, we will bring fares down and improve the experience for customers flying between the U.S. and Amsterdam,” JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes said in a statement. “Our formula of combining a customer-centric experience and everyday low fares isn’t something you find in Europe.”
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But it still isn’t time to start tallying up those TrueBlue points just yet.
Scant details on JetBlue’s new Amsterdam flights
Although the airline insists the flights will begin “late this summer,” JetBlue has yet to announce the exact schedule or fares for its service between JFK and Amsterdam, and the flights do not yet appear on the airline’s booking website, though a statement from the airline says tickets will be available “in the coming weeks.”
Information about the Boston-Amsterdam flights is even thinner, with the airline saying only that those flights will begin following the start of service from New York pending regulatory approval.
USA TODAY has reached out to JetBlue for more details.
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It’s also unclear for now if the Dutch government extended the validity of the seasonal slots it initially granted JetBlue for service at Amsterdam, or if the airline has decided to begin service under the threat of “immediate expulsion from the airport within months of launching the route,” which Hayes previously said was the danger with the original award.
JetBlue service to Europe
JetBlue already serves London in the U.K. and is set to begin flying to Paris at the end of June. Amsterdam will be the airline’s third European destination and will be operated with its fleet of Airbus A321 LR aircraft, the same as on its other transatlantic routes.
Zach Wichter is a travel reporter for USA TODAY based in New York. You can reach him at [email protected]
