It appears that JetBlue‘s A321LR deliveries are extending more than previously planned. The airline recently updated its schedules for London service, swapping out the A321LR for an A321neo on the second daily flight to London’s Gatwick Airport, slated to launch at the end of October.
The company confirmed the scheduling swap:
We have scheduled our JetBlue Airbus A321neo with Mint to operate select flights between the U.S. and London in the coming months and we anticipate the aircraft will be ETOPS certified in the weeks ahead.
Launch of the London routes from Boston was delayed earlier this summer, also owing to A321LR delivery delays. But as recently as the company’s last earnings call it seemed that deliveries were on schedule. Or at least on a schedule that matched route planning expectations. With the recent change, however, that no longer appears to be the case.
Flight B6 2143, the 6:10pm departure from JFK, shows the new configuration, including just 16…
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