JetBlue Airways Corp will launch flights to Amsterdam as it looks to
cash in on the soaring demand for transatlantic travel, the New
York-based low cost carrier said on Tuesday.
The move comes days
after a Dutch court overruled a government plan to cap flights at
Amsterdam’s Schiphol airport in 2023-2024 and at a time when online
searches by Americans for flights to Europe are surging despite soaring
air fares and risks of gridlock at some of the airports in the
continent.
The three big U.S. carriers have increased
transatlantic capacity by 22% this year, according to aviation analytics
company Cirium.
JetBlue’s service between New York’s John F.
Kennedy International Airport (JFK/KJFK) and Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS/EHAM)
will commence late this summer, the company said in a statement, adding
that bookings will begin in the coming weeks.
(Aishwarya Nair – Reuters)
