Introduction

This seems pretty exciting for folks in the East Coast. JetBlue will be expanding Europe service in 2024, with new seasonal routes to Dublin and Edinburgh. The airline will fly from New York and Boston to Dublin, and from New York to Edinburgh using their latest Airbus A321neo aircraft. All three of these new routes will be operated by Airbus A321 NEOS featuring 160 seats, including 16 Mint Suite business class seats, plus 144 economy class seats.

While these planes have JetBlue’s newest cabins, note that the configuration isn’t quite as premium as on the Airbus A321LRs, which have more Mint seats. Let’s go over the details of these new routes, and note that flights are already on sale. JetBlue’s new seasonal service to Europe is obviously heavily targeted at leisure travelers, but that’s also where much of the demand (and money) seems to be nowadays. While I was expecting that we’d perhaps see JetBlue build up service to existing destinations a bit more, this service is logical enough.

Dublin to New York City is a saturated and very competitive market. I’ve flown with Aer Lingus and Delta before from both JFK to DUB and SFO to DUB, and it is indeed a crowded market. Other than the typical US carriers, we’ve seen how much airlines have struggled with domestic flying in summer, so it seems like JetBlue is getting out ahead of that by instead expanding to Europe. Their unique service, amenities and aircraft should give a great alternative for those not in favor of Delta, American and United.

Let’s talk Price.

JetBlue launched a sale with intro fares for U.S.-originating travelers starting at $399 and $599 roundtrip for the airline’s core experience and starting at $1,999 and $2,499 for JetBlue’s premium Mint experience. Ireland and Scotland originating travelers can enjoy special introductory roundtrip fares starting at €399 ($423) and £399 ($485) for core and €1,499 ($1,588) and £1,499 ($1,822) for Mint available on jetblue.com.

New York City (JFK) to DUBlin (DUB)

Between March 13 and September 30, 2024, JetBlue will operate a daily seasonal flight between New York (JFK) and Dublin (DUB). The flight will operate with the following schedule:

B6841 New York to Dublin departing 9:30PM arriving 8:15AM (+1 day)
B6842 Dublin to New York departing 11:45AM arriving 3:25PM

The 3,179-mile flight is blocked at 6hr45min eastbound and 7hr40min westbound. In this market, JetBlue will be competing against Aer Lingus and Delta, which fly this exact route, as well as United, which flies between Newark and Dublin. JetBlue has a close partnership with Aer Lingus, so I’m curious how that evolves.

new York City (JFK) To Edinburgh (EDI)

Between May 22 and September 30, 2024, JetBlue will operate a daily seasonal flight between New York (JFK) and Edinburgh (EDI). The flight will operate with the following schedule:

B673 New York to Edinburgh departing 10:15PM arriving 10:25AM (+1 day)
B672 Edinburgh to New York departing 12:30PM arriving 3:15PM

The 3,225-mile flight is blocked at 7hr10min eastbound and 7hr45min westbound. In this market, JetBlue will also be competing against Delta, as well as United, which flies from Newark to Edinburgh.

Boston (BOS) to Dublin (DUB)

Between March 13 and September 30, 2024, JetBlue will operate a daily seasonal flight between Boston (BOS) and Dublin (DUB). The flight will operate with the following schedule:

B6353 Boston to Dublin departing 10:30PM arriving 8:45AM (+1 day)
B6354 Dublin to Boston departing 11:30AM arriving 2:45PM

The 2,993-mile flight is blocked at 6hr15min eastbound and 7hr15min westbound. In this market, JetBlue will also be competing against Aer Lingus and Delta.

Paris Market growing?

Whilst Dublin and Edinburgh are getting most of the press, JetBlue’s Paris operation will gain some major benefits, with the airline will be launching a year-round service from Boston Logan International Airport to Paris Charles de Gaulle Airport starting 3rd April 2024. Supporting this will be a second daily flight from New York JFK to Paris CDG on June 20, 2024.

Boston Logan to Paris Charles de Gaulle

B6033 DEPART BOS 19:30 ARRIVE CDG 09:15+1
B6034 DEPART CDG 11:15 ARRIVE BOS 13:41

New York JFK to Paris Charles de Gaulle

B61407 DEPART JFK 17:10 ARRIVE CDG 06:55+1
B61907 DEPART JFK 21:50 ARRIVE CDG 11:35+1
B61408 DEPART CDG 08:55 ARRIVE JFK 11:20
B61908 DEPART CDG 13:35 ARRIVE JFK 16:01

Service to Paris (CDG) will operate daily on JetBlue’s Airbus A321 Long Range (LR) aircraft with 24 Mint Suite seats, and 114 core seats, featuring the Airspace cabin interior.