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JetBlue “very confident” that Amsterdam is there to stay

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JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes is “very confident” that his airline will get slots for the 2024 summer season at Amsterdam Schiphol Airport. The US carrier has only guaranteed slots for the remainder of this summer season and the upcoming winter season through late March but hopes to keep Amsterdam on the schedule after that. JetBlue operated its first service from New York to Amsterdam today. AirInsight was there to welcome the flight.

Hayes and other JetBlue management were among the passengers of the full flight B6 2288 that departed New York JFK on Tuesday at 8.40 pm local time and landed at Schiphol at 9.15 am local time after a 6 hour 35 minutes flight. At the request of the airline, there was no water salute, but the rain showers made up for that. The return flight B6 2289 departed Schiphol at 1.35 pm each day, which is operated by the Airbus

A321LR with 24 Mint suites and 114 Core/Economy seats. Wednesday’s return flight used sustainable aviation fuel purchased from AirBP. Schedule times were different on subsequent days, with JFK departures around 10.00 pm but Schiphol departures unchanged at 1.35 pm.

Amsterdam is the third city in Europe served by JetBlue after it started services to London Heathrow in August 2021, followed a little later by flights to London Gatwick. The London schedule now includes two daily flights between JFK and Heathrow, one between JFK and Gatwick, plus one daily flight between Boston and Heathrow and Gatwick. Exactly a month ago, the carrier launched a daily service between New York JFK and Paris Charles de Gaulle and will add one from/to Boston in the near future. Both London and Paris are doing very well.