That didn’t take long. According to the latest schedule update to Cirium Diio, JetBlue has removed all flights between 
New York JFK and Amsterdam. However, it’ll continue to serve Schiphol from Boston. As the carrier had previously planned legal action to access slots at the Netherlands airport, it is quite a development. Of course, slot possession and route performance are two very different things.
It is the second European route that JetBlue has ended, joining JFK to London Gatwick. However, the carrier will begin flying from Boston to both Barcelona and Milan Malpensa in 2026. Its transatlantic offering from the Massachusetts airport has grown significantly recently, as discussed later in the article.
JetBlue Cuts Its JFK-Amsterdam Route
According to Cirium, JetBlue has flown to 
Amsterdam since August 2023. Its first route was from JFK, followed by Boston a month later. At 3,166 nautical miles (2,751 km) each way, the service from the Big Apple was the carrier’s longest European operation. If it stuck around, it’d be its third-longest link next year, with Boston to Milan and Boston to Barcelona covering more distance.
While JetBlue originally served JFK-Amsterdam on a year-round basis, it became a summer-only operation. Until the weekend’s schedule update, flights were to return on March 29, when northern carriers (including JetBlue) switch to summer schedules. But now it won’t. Schiphol’s slot controller may reallocate the much-coveted summer slots. Perhaps Etihad will be interested, as its second-daily frequency to Amsterdam only has the slots for February 1 until March 28.
The operating period of JetBlue’s 
Boston to Amsterdam link is intriguing. Although it initially operated year-round, it became summer seasonal, only to switch back to operating during the winter in 2025/2026. It probably was happy to do this as JFK flights do not operate, so its winter capacity was half of what it otherwise would have been.
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Frequency |
JFK To Amsterdam; Local Times* |
Amsterdam To JFK; Local Times** |
|---|---|---|
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Daily |
7:40 pm-9:20 am+1 |
1:40 pm-4:27 pm |
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** What was scheduled for the first week of April 2026. Shown in Simple Flying’s new time format |
** What was scheduled for the first week of April 2026. Shown in Simple Flying’s new time format |
JetBlue’s JFK-Amsterdam Route By Passengers & Loads
According to the US Department of Transportation data for January to September 2025, JetBlue carried 59,400 round-trip passengers between JFK and Amsterdam. Its average seat load factor was 79%, two points lower than its European average. In contrast, Delta’s load was 86%, while KLM’s was 88%.
While loads should not be considered in isolation from other things, it was JetBlue’s third-lowest European result. Despite only running seasonally, JFK-Edinburgh had 75% and JFK-Dublin had 76%. It’ll be interesting to see what changes come to these routes. The competition is not letting up: it’ll face American’s A321XLRs from the Big Apple to Scotland’s capital next year.
JetBlue’s below-par JFK to Amsterdam result was dragged down by May (73%), January (77%), and February (77%). No wonder it shifted to being seasonal. August was the best month load-wise, with 86% of the seats filled. However, this was only the airline’s sixth-highest European result in that month.
Nearly 2 In 3 European Flights Will Now Be From Boston
While subject to change, the latest information (as of December 15) shows that JetBlue plans 14 daily departures to Europe next July. Despite the loss of JFK-Amsterdam, the introduction of Boston-Barcelona and Boston-Milan means its peak summer offering has risen from 13 daily flights in July 2025 (+8%).
It now plans 13 European routes, down from 14 year-over-year (but this could change). Nine will be from Boston (Amsterdam, Barcelona, Dublin, Edinburgh, London Gatwick, London Heathrow, Madrid, Milan Malpensa, and Paris CDG). In contrast, just four will be from JFK (Edinburgh, Dublin, London Heathrow, and Paris CDG).
Nearly two-thirds of its transatlantic flights will be from Boston (64%). Cirium indicates that the Massachusetts airport’s share of JetBlue’s European offering has risen from 33% in July 2023, 38% in July 2024, and 54% in July 2025. Will it begin service from Boston to Lisbon? As with Amsterdam, legal action was threatened over the lack of market access.
