JetBlue is continuing its push into Europe with two new nonstop routes from Boston to Barcelona and Milan for summer 2026.

JetBlue Adds Nonstop Service From Boston To Barcelona And Milan For Summer 2026

JetBlue just announced (though JonNYC broke the news just before) it will launch daily summer seasonal service from Boston Logan International Airport (BOS) to both Josep Tarradellas Barcelona El Prat Airport (BCN) beginning next April and Milan Malpensa Airport (MXP) beginning next May.

With these additions, JetBlue expands its European offering out of Boston and continues to position BOS as its primary transatlantic gateway.

According to JetBlue, key details of the new routes include:

• Daily seasonal service between Boston and Barcelona starting April 16 2026.
• Daily seasonal service between Boston and Milan starting May 11 2026.
• Flights operated by Airbus A321 aircraft featuring the Mint premium experience in the front cabin.
• Tickets scheduled to go on sale November 20 2025.

JetBlue describes Barcelona and Milan as important leisure and business markets that complement its existing European network and provide more nonstop options for New England based customers.

Do These New Routes Make Sense?

For Boston based travelers, this is great news. These new routes mean additional nonstop options for JetBlue customers to two reach highly desirable European cities without the need to connect through New York. For JetBlue, the expansion reinforces that its European ambitions are not limited to London and Paris. Instead, the airline continues to build out a network of key leisure and business destinations that it can serve efficiently with narrowbody aircraft and a consistent Mint product.

But JetBlue is still struggling; it’s still losing money. As both Delta and United trim some transatlantic routes, it’s reasonable to ask whether there is over-saturation on these routes as the post-pandemic “revenge” travel winds down. It’s telling that JetBLue is lauching htese routes rom Boston rahter htan New York, hwere it priamrily faces competition from Delta Air Lines.

JetBlue is still figuring out its stragety and it isn’t clear to me how JetBlue can turn things around to become a profitable independemnt carrier. I am still preodicting merger (and of course, I hope it is with Alaska or Spirit, not United), but that may be some years away.

> Read More: JetBlue Talked To American And Delta—But United Made The Offer It Couldn’t Refuse

CONCLUSION

JetBlue’s new Boston to Barcelona and Boston to Milan flights add more breadth to the carrier’s growing transatlantic network and further solidify Boston as its primary European gateway. For those in New England looking for a nonstop option to Spain or Italy on an airline with a strong onboard product, these new routes are worth watching when seats go on sale later this month.

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