JetBlue adds several Airbus A220-300 routes from Fort Lauderdale

JetBlue is showering some extra love on Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and the Airbus A220 and will add several more services from the city using the aircraft type.

The carrier has been increasingly relying on the A220 as it looks to phase out its Embraer fleet, and Fort Lauderdale is slated to see more of the type in 2025.

As JetBlue features the Airbus A220 aircraft more in its operations, it will use the type a lot more out of Fort Lauderdale–Hollywood International Airport (FLL).

Ishrion Aviation has pointed out on social media a significant increase in JetBlue’s A220 flights out of Fort Lauderdale starting April 30, 2025.

Some of the airports that will see A220 flights from Fort Lauderdale include Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks (BDL), Connecticut; Cancún International Airport (CUN), Mexico; Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA); Raleigh–Durham International Airport in North Carolina; and Richmond International Airport (RIC) in Sandston, Virginia, among others.

Indeed, when data from aviation analytics company Cirium is analyzed, one can see the gradual increase in JetBlue’s A220 operations from Fort Lauderdale.

For example, in March 2025, the carrier will only use the A220 for 11 return flights between Boston and Fort Lauderdale.

But things start to change in April when it has more than 200 return flights out of FLL. Most of them are to Boston and a handful of services are to destinations such as Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, Cancun, Raleigh–Durham International Airport, Las Américas International Airport in the Dominican Republic, Montego Bay, Jamaica, Aguadilla in Puerto Rico and several other destinations.

Its A220 operations out of Fort Lauderdale will be in full swing in May, with more than 1,200 return flights, more than 300 of which will be to Washington Reagan National Airport.

JetBlue is planning to phase out its Embraer E190 fleet and will increasingly rely on the Airbus A220 aircraft for many of its routes within the United States and short-to medium-haul international routes.

The A220 can deliver up to 25% improvements in fuel efficiency, 40% more passenger capacity, and lower maintenance costs compared to the E190. As such, JetBlue expects to save millions by swapping the E190 with the A220 .

JetBlue has also made some changes to its network out of Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) as well as from New York.

It has added two new European destinations from Boston – Edinburgh and Madrid, which marks the carrier’s entry into Southern Europe.

Both routes will start on May 22 and will operate daily. For its Edinburgh flight, JetBlue will use the less premium 160-seat A321neo, with more economy and Even More Space seats, but fewer in Mint. For Madrid, it will use the high-premium 138-seat A321LR.

JetBlue will see some flight reductions out of airports serving the New York City area . In 2025, the carrier will not resume New York JFK to London Gatwick flights, although it will continue flying to Heathrow.

The carrier’s schedule out of LaGuardia Airport (LGA) and Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) has also seen some cuts.

Out of LaGuardia, it has scrapped services to cities such as Atlanta, New Orleans, and Tampa and reduced frequencies to other places like Boston, Fort Lauderdale, and Orlando.

From Newark, it has dropped flights to Los Angeles, Miami, and Montego Bay and more than halved its capacity to Santo Domingo and Oranjestad, Aruba.

JetBlue recently revealed that some of its most loyal passengers who are part of the TrueBlue program and those who have obtained Mosaic, the top tier, can receive one tile after making a qualifying contribution toward sustainable aviation fuel (SAF). Simple Flying has discussed this in detail in the article below.

The carrier has also opened its brand-new crew base at San Juan’s Luis Muñoz Marín International Airport in Puerto Rico, its first outside the continental US.

It will bring more than 400 crew member jobs to Puerto Rico, including more than 100 pilots and over 300 flight attendants, who will be assigned to the base in 2025.