Transportation
JetBlue Wants to Kick KLM Out of JFK If It Loses Amsterdam Airport Access
- Carrier warns of its ‘imminent expulsion’ from the airport
- JetBlue operates flights to Amsterdam from New York and Boston
A KLM passenger aircraft at Terminal 4 at John F. Kennedy International Airport.
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JetBlue Airways Corp. asked US authorities to bar Dutch carrier KLM from New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport if it loses access to Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, a part of its recent European expansion.
JetBlue sought the ban among proposals for lesser possible sanctions, saying in a filing with the US Transportation Department that it is the only equitable remedy to losing takeoff and landing rights at Schiphol with new capacity cuts planned by the Dutch government. JetBlue began serving Amsterdam from JFK in August, and from Boston’s Logan International in September.