2 incoming Airbus A321LRs to help JetBlue launch flights to Barcelona & Milan
JetBlue currently has two Airbus A321LRs that are awaiting their cabins at Ostrava Leos Janacek Airport (OSR).
JetBlue has announced that during the upcoming summer season, it will launch daily seasonal flights from Boston, the United States, to Barcelona, Spain, and Milan, Italy, with the additional capacity coming from two impending Airbus A321LR deliveries. Both are currently stored in Czechia, the same airport where American Airlines sent at least two of its A321XLRs.
On November 19, 2025, JetBlue announced that during the upcoming summer 2026 season, it will launch daily flights from Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) to Barcelona El Prat Airport (BCN) and Milan Malpensa Airport (MXP). Both itineraries will be seasonal.
The flights, which are now on sale, will be operated seasonally, with JetBlue departing toward BCN for the first time on April 16, 2026, and toward MXP on May 11, 2026.
“The new service brings JetBlue’s award-winning service and attractive fares to two of Europe’s most culturally rich destinations.”
Joanna Geraghty, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of JetBlue, added that with the airline’s expanding footprint across New England, the services to BCN and MXP will bring its “elevated service that has redefined transatlantic air travel, including our award-winning Mint premium experience” to even more customers.
Geraghty highlighted that passengers flying to Europe “enjoy the kind of thoughtful design, privacy, and hospitality they simply won’t find with legacy carriers, and we’re proud to continue delivering incredible value and style on both sides of the Atlantic.”
The two new routes will be enabled by JetBlue taking delivery of two new A321LR aircraft, a long-range derivative of the A321neo, which offers slightly less range than the A321XLR. Airbus’ theoretical figures indicate that the A321LR can fly to destinations up to 4,000 nautical miles (7,400 kilometers) away, while the A321XLR’s maximum theoretical range is up to 4,700 NM (8,700 km).
According to JetBlue’s Q3 investor update, it plans to take delivery of four A321neo aircraft in 2025: two A321LR and two A321XLRs. The latter, following the formal delivery to the carrier, will be immediately redelivered to another airline, which is most likely Greece’s Aegean Airlines. The Greek airline said in July that it would add two A321XLRs, expecting the delivery of the aircraft in December and January 2026.
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Aviation Flights Group, which tracks aircraft during their production process, showed that two JetBlue A321LRs, registered as N2199J and N2205J, were delivered in June. However, instead of crossing the Atlantic Ocean, both were sent to Ostrava Leos Janacek Airport (OSR) for cabin outfitting before they could join JetBlue’s fleet.
The pair will not be the A321LRs that will fly the new routes to BCN and MXP, according to a JetBlue representative.
The airport is also the temporary home for two American Airlines A321XLRs, registered as N300NY and N302NY. The airline has already taken delivery of one A321XLR, registered as N303NY, which arrived at Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport (DFW) on October 22.
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Nevertheless, following the announcement of the daily BOS to BCN and MXP flights, JetBlue’s transatlantic network should now span nine destinations, including two airports in London, served from either BOS or New York John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK).
Cirium’s Diio Mi showed that in June 2025, JetBlue had 91 weekly departures from the US to Europe, including double-daily departures from JFK to London Heathrow Airport (LHR). With the addition of the new itineraries to BCN to MXP, the number of weekly departures should grow to 105.
JetBlue will face stiff competition on the routes. Per Cirium’s Diio Mi, with the exception of flights to London Gatwick Airport (LGW), each of the airline’s flights from BOS to European destinations will have at least one other carrier flying the route in June 2026.
At the same time, only Aer Lingus and Iberia will offer flights on the A321XLR (the former could also use the A321LR), another narrowbody, from BOS to Dublin Airport (DUB) and from BOS to Madrid Barajas Airport (MAD), respectively, providing JetBlue with a cost advantage over twin-aisle aircraft operators.
Similarly, on its routes from JFK to Europe, JetBlue’s only narrowbody competitors should be American Airlines, which will launch flights to Edinburgh Airport (EDI) on March 8, 2026, and Aer Lingus, which also has an A321LR or A321XLR scheduled to fly between JFK and DUB.
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