A JetBlue Airways Airbus A321 aircraft takes off from Los Angeles International Airport en route to New York on October 17, 2025 in Los Angeles, California.
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JetBlue Airways will push its fleet of single-aisle jets deeper into Europe next year with seasonal daily flights to Milan, Italy, and Barcelona, Spain, from Boston, its latest attempt to woo high-spending vacationers.
Daily service from Boston to Barcelona is scheduled to begin April 16, and daily service from Milan from Boston is scheduled to begin May 11, the airline announced Wednesday.
American carriers – from JetBlue’s new partner to earn and burn miles United Airlines to small carriers like Alaska Airlines – have added international destinations that charge higher fares and often offer more premium seats on board than shorter domestic flights to help drive profits.
JetBlue has overhauled its network to remove unprofitable routes and add others, including new destinations served by planes with its profitable Mint business class, in a bid to stem more than five years of losses. Airlines’ demand for roomier, premium seats has been so high in recent years that it has contributed to bottlenecks in deliveries of new planes.
The New York-based airline announced last month that its first lounge at John F. Kennedy International Airport, which it plans to open this year, would be available to Mint’s transatlantic travel customers.
JetBlue’s first transatlantic flight began in 2021 with a nonstop route to London, and has since added service from New York and Boston to Paris; Amsterdam; Edinburgh, Scotland; and Dublin.
The new flights go on sale Thursday.
JetBlue’s additions show how airlines are making new Airbus narrow-body planes fly further.
It will use its A321LR, or long-haul Airbus, for flights from Barcelona and Milan. The Milan flight will be the longest in the JetBlue network, at about 9 hours westbound and about 7 hours and 45 hours eastbound, a spokesperson said, although times may vary depending on weather and other factors.
These planes carry fewer passengers than large twin-aisle jets like Boeing 777 but are cheaper to operate because, among other things, they require less fuel. American airlines plans to launch its Airbus A321XLR, an ultra-long-haul version of its popular 321 aircraft, in December and fly it to Edinburgh from New York and its Philadelphia hub next March.