JetBlue seems to be setting its sights on its subsequent worldwide vacation spot: Lisbon.
A published list from Portugal’s slot coordinator confirmed that the New York-based provider requested 840 slots at Lisbon Airport (LIS) for summer season 2024. Nevertheless, it’s unclear if or when JetBlue’s request can be authorized.
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The summer season 2024 journey season extends from March 31 to Oct. 26, and JetBlue’s request for 840 slots would translate to 2 day by day takeoffs and two day by day landings if authorized, in response to the aviation-focused Simple Flying web site. And it is extremely seemingly if JetBlue had been to fly to Lisbon, it might fly to the Portuguese capital from New York and Boston — JetBlue’s two gateways for service it already flies to Europe.
JetBlue didn’t reply to a request for remark by the point of publication.
The provider has been ambitious in its transatlantic growth, including flights to London, Paris, Amsterdam, Dublin and Edinburgh in the middle of two years. If Portugal provides JetBlue the greenlight, Lisbon would change into the provider’s sixth European vacation spot.
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On the identical time, Lisbon’s airport is slot-constrained, and to date, JetBlue has not obtained any slots from the airport, making it unclear if JetBlue will be capable of add flights to Lisbon by summer season 2024.
JetBlue’s tried foray into Lisbon is occurring because the provider gained a reprieve for its slots at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS) after the Dutch authorities determined to stroll again its controversial plans to chop flight capability on the airport to be able to scale back visitors and air pollution. If the Dutch authorities moved ahead with the plan, JetBlue would have lost its slots at Schiphol for summer season 2024.
JetBlue lobbied extensively towards the proposed flight caps, even asking the U.S. Department of Transportation to ban Dutch carrier KLM from New York’s John F. Kennedy Worldwide Airport (JFK) in response to Schiphol’s flight reductions.
However after going through intense stress from the U.S. and the European Fee, the Dutch authorities determined to place these plans on pause.
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