JetBlue Airways (New York) and Icelandair (Keflavik) have today (February 6) filed an application with the U.S. Government to enter into a bilateral codeshare partnership that will offer customers easy connections between the two airlines’ networks with a focus on gateways in Boston, New York (JFK) and Keflavik (near Reykjavik).

Under the proposed codeshare, the JetBlue ‘B6’ code will be placed on seven Icelandair routes between the U.S. and Keflavik International Airport (KEF), and eight routes to Scandinavia and Continental Europe available nonstop via the Keflavik hub (subject to receipt of government operating authority):

Amsterdam, Netherlands (AMS)
Anchorage, Alaska (ANC)
Birmingham, United Kingdom (BHX)
Boston, Massachusetts (BOS)
Copenhagen, Denmark (CPH)
Glasgow, United Kingdom (GLA)
Helsinki, Finland (HEL)
Manchester, United Kingdom (MAN)
Newark, New Jersey (EWR)
New York City, New York (JFK)
Orlando, Florida (MCO, later 2015)
Oslo, Norway (OSL)
Seattle, Washington (SEA)
Stockholm, Sweden (ARN)
Washington DC. (IAD)

The Icelandair ‘FI’ code will be placed on JetBlue flights to allow connections beyond JetBlue’s focus cities Boston and New York (JFK) to:

Austin, Texas (AUS)
Baltimore, Maryland (BWI)
Chicago, Illinois (ORD)
Detroit, Michigan (DTW)
Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood, Florida (FLL)
Los Angeles (LAX)
Orlando, Florida (MCO)
Newark, New Jersey (EWR)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (PHL)
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (PIT)
Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina (RDU)
San Francisco, California (SFO)
Tampa, Florida (TPA)
Washington D.C. (DCA and IAD)

The airlines have successfully partnered on an interline basis since 2011.

Copyright Photo: Jay Selman/AirlinersGallery.com. New York (JFK) will be the biggest connecting point for the two carriers. Airbus A320-232 N635JB (msn 2725) arrives at the JFK base.

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