Vacationers can now fly JetBlue between Boston and London

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JetBlue’s inaugural Boston-to-London flight departed on Thursday.

JetBlue’s inaugural Boston-to-London flight departed from Logan Worldwide Airport on Thursday.

The New York-based airline, Logan Airport’s largest service, started nonstop service from Logan Airport to London’s Gatwick Airport on Thursday and can launch service to London’s Heathrow Airport on Sept. 20.

“We’re excited to welcome JetBlue’s first transatlantic service from Boston to London Gatwick,” Massport CEO Lisa Wieland mentioned in a press release. “We thank JetBlue for his or her continued partnership, and we look ahead to the extra journey alternatives it will generate for our passengers.”

JetBlue first introduced plans to fly between Boston and London in 2019 and aimed to launch London service from each Boston and New York in 2021 previous to the COVID-19 pandemic. Final 12 months, the airline introduced transatlantic service would debut from New York and Boston service would observe in 2022.

The service initially introduced that Gatwick service would start July 19 and Heathrow service would start Aug. 22, however the planes ordered for the service weren’t prepared.

Clients flying to London journey on JetBlue’s new Airbus A321 Lengthy Vary plane, which provides 24 Mint suites and 114 core seats. Discover out what the primary flight was like, courtesy of The Boston Globe.

Flights from Boston to Gatwick depart Boston each day at 6:37 p.m. and land in London at 6:35 a.m. the following morning. The return flight departs London at 12:25 p.m. and arrives in Boston at 3:13 p.m.

“Our London service from New York has been an unimaginable success and we’re thrilled to lastly deliver this extremely anticipated service to our Boston clients, a route that has lengthy suffered from excessive fares by legacy carriers,” JetBlue CEO Robin Hayes mentioned in a press release. “As Boston’s largest service, including this nonstop service to Gatwick will solely make us extra related in our New England focus metropolis and introduce JetBlue to a largely unserved market.”

In celebration of the brand new route, JetBlue is presently providing vacationers $539 roundtrip fares in core and $2,199 in Mint for a restricted time, accessible on-line solely at www.jetblue.com. The beforehand introduced introductory fares of $499 roundtrip for core and $1,949 for Mint are primarily accessible within the fall, in keeping with the Globe.

JetBlue introduced final week that it has agreed to purchase Spirit Airways for $3.8 billion.

Cancellations and delays have plagued Logan Airport and airports nationwide this summer time as carriers battle with staffing and different points.