JetBlue's Flights To Europe: The 5 Busiest Routes By Seat Capacity (2024)

JetBlue Airways, commonly known as JetBlue, is a major low-cost carrier in the United States. Headquartered in Long Island City in New York, the airline operates out of six hubs, including New York's JFK International Airport (JFK).

JetBlue operates over 1,000 daily flights, serving 100 domestic and international routes in the Americas, the Caribbean, and Europe. Simple Flying explores the airline's five busiest routes across the pond in April, based on the data fromCirium, an aviation analysis company.

5 Boston (BOS) <> Paris Charles de Gaulle (CDG)

Monthly seats: 3,864

To start off our list, we have JetBlue's near-daily service between Boston Logan International Airport and Charles de Gaulle International Airport in Paris using its Airbus A321neo aircraft. With a seating capacity of 138 passengers, the aircraft covers a range of 3,449 miles to its destination. There are 28 flights during the month (once daily except for two days), offering over 13.3 million Available Seat Miles (ASMs) during the period.

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The transatlantic flight departs BOS in the evenings at 20:00 hours and arrives in CDG at 09:15 local time the following morning. The return flight departs CDG at 11:15 and arrives in BOS at 13:02 the same day.

4 Boston (BOS) <> Amsterdam (AMS), New York (JFK) <> AMS, JFK <> CDG, and JFK <> London-Gatwick (LGW)

Monthly seats per route: 4,140

The number two position is shared among four routes, offering a once-daily service and 4,140 monthly seats on each route. The airline primarily operates its new-generation Airbus A321neo aircraft on these transatlantic routes. Each of these narrowbody-operated flights has a duration of approximately eight hours.

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Flights to Amsterdam from Boston and New York JFK depart late in the evening and arrive at AMS the following morning. Meanwhile, flights from JFK to CDG and LGW leave earlier in the evening and arrive at their respective destinations early in the day. Among the four routes to the prime European destinations, JetBlue offers nearly 60 million ASMs.

3 Boston (BOS) <> London Heathrow (LHR)

Monthly seats: 4,294

Square in the middle of our list is a daily service between Boston Logan International and the primary air gateway to the United Kingdom, London Heathrow (LHR). With an average seating capacity of 143 passengers per departure, the route offers 4,294 seats in April. Covering a distance of 3,265 miles on the route, JetBlue offers over 14 million ASMs during the period.

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This narrowbody transatlantic service is operated using the airline's A320 family aircraft. The once-daily flight departs BOS at 18:18 hours and arrives in LHR at 06:30 local time the following morning. The return flight leaves LHR at 08:25 and arrives in BOS at 10:59 local time the same day.

2 Boston (BOS) <> Dublin (Dublin), BOS <> London-Gatwick (LGW), and New York (JFK) <> DUB

Monthly seats per route: 4,800

The runner-up position for JetBlue operations from North America to Europe is shared among three routes, each offering a once-daily service and 4,800 monthly seats per route. The airline operates a mix of Airbus A320s and A321s on the three routes. The shortest of the three, BOS-DUB, is approximately 6 hours and 35 minutes, whereas BOS-LGW takes a little over seven hours to complete.

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Flights to DUB from BOS and JFK depart around the same time, approximately 20:45 local time, and arrive at DUB about 30 minutes apart, at 08:25 and 09:00 local time, respectively. Each of the three routes offers approximately 15 million ASK in April.

1 New York (JFK) <> London Heathrow (LHR)

Monthly seats: 8,280

At the top of our list is JetBlue's twice-daily service between New York's JFK and London Heathrow (LHR) using its Airbus A321neo aircraft. With a seating capacity of 138 passengers, the aircraft covers a range of 3,452 miles across the pond. There are 60 flights during the month, offering over 28.5 million ASMs.

This narrowbody transatlantic service is available from JFK in the mornings and evenings. The morning flight departs JFK at 08:07 hours and arrives in LHR at 20:45 local time. The aircraft remains in LHR overnight before departing the following morning at 07:25 and arriving at JFK at 10:26 the same day.

The evening flight leaves JFK at 20:41 hours and lands in LHR just under eight hours later at 09:30 the following morning. The return flight departs LHR at 11:55 and arrives at JFK just before 15:00 local time.

What are your thoughts on the busiest routes for the US-based budget carrier? Have you flown with the airline on any of these routes? Share your experience in the comments section.