Thanks to the range provided by JetBlue’s Airbus A321LR aircraft, the carrier’s transatlantic expansion now includes three cities – Amsterdam, London and Paris.īut JetBlue will likely be forced to cut its Amsterdam flights at the conclusion of the winter travel season in the Northern Hemisphere. JetBlue finally launched flights from New York’s John F Kennedy International airport to Amsterdam in August, and Boston-to-Amsterdam flights began earlier this month. JetBlue notes that it voluntarily withdrew a previous complaint it had filed with the DOT, which alleged that Dutch authorities had for years discriminated against its requests to secure take-off and landing slots at Schiphol. Such efforts will “materially and adversely impact US carrier because they will result in the permanent confiscation of historic slot rights” and result in the “foreclosure of new entry by US carriers at the airport”, argues A4A. It is now proposing a cap of 452,500 flights starting in 2024, and has reduced the number of night flights at the airport from 32,000 to 28,700 annually, which the government says could reduce noise pollution by about 15%. Last summer, the outgoing Dutch government proposed cutting Schiphol’s flight capacity to a 440,000 annual maximum – down from 500,000 flights – in a bid to reduce noise from air traffic.

JetBlue’s filing comes on the heels of a 22 September joint complaint filed by industry advocacy group Airlines for America (A4A), which alleges that the Dutch government has violated European Union regulations and the US-EU Open Skies Agreement of 2007 by “unlawfully mandating capacity reductions” at Schiphol. JetBlue faces likely expulsion from Amsterdam Schiphol airport at the conclusion of the winter travel season in the Northern Hemisphere

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