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JetBlue Retires E190 With JFK–Boston Farewell, Completing Move to an All-Airbus Fleet

JetBlue pivots to the 140-seat Airbus A220-300 to cut costs, extend range, streamline the fleet.

Seats on JetBlue's Airbus A220s, which will replace the E190 on most routes.
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Overview

  • On Sept. 9, JetBlue operated commemorative Flight 190 from New York JFK to Boston, captained by COO Warren Christie, marking the E190’s final revenue service.
  • The retirement finalizes a simplified lineup built around the A220-300 and A320 family, with 52 A220s in service and 100 on order.
  • The A220-300 increases capacity to 140 seats and adds transcontinental range the E190 lacked, with larger bins, bigger windows, in-seat power and free Wi‑Fi.
  • Independent analysis reports materially lower operating costs for the A220 versus the E190 over 2022–Q1 2025, including estimated seat‑mile costs of $0.1305 vs $0.2766.
  • Many retired E190s appear headed to leasing firms for secondary use, and FlightGlobal reports Breeze is now the only U.S. commercial E190 operator as JetBlue also deploys fuel‑saving tools like SkyBreathe MyFuelCoach.