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Delayed on JetBlue Airways from Heathrow to New York (John F Kennedy)?

£520each if you land 3 hours or more late

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Flights a year
1,440
Landed on time
83.3%
Distance apart
5,540 km

Last 12 months, CAA data

What you're owed

Leaving Heathrow

£520each under UK law

Leaving New York (John F Kennedy)

£520each under UK law

New York (John F Kennedy) is outside the UK and EU, so coming back this only applies if a UK or EU airline operated the flight.

Heathrow to New York (John F Kennedy) is 5,540 km, which fixes the figure: £520 each leaving Heathrow, and the same £520 each coming back if a UK or EU airline operated the flight. It is per person, so four of you is £2,080.

How JetBlue Airways does on this route

Better or worse than the route itself?

Everyone flying Heathrow to New York (John F Kennedy) hits the same airspace and the same two airports, so the honest question is not whether the route is busy, it is whether this airline handles it better or worse than the others on it.

On this route JetBlue Everyone
Landed on time 83.3% 79.6%
Average delay 9.5 min 12.6 min
Landed 3 hours or more late 0.6% 0.8%

On this route JetBlue Airways is 3.7 points better than the other airlines flying it, and its average delay is 3.1 minutes shorter.

Against its own network it is 1.7 points better than usual: JetBlue Airways lands on time 81.6% of the time across all 3,210 of its UK flights a year, against 83.3% here.

In money terms: about 9 flights a year on this route land 3 hours or more late, which is about 1 flight in 170. Everyone on board one of those is owed £520 each.

Other airlines on this route

Same two airports, same 5,540 km, same £520.

Airline Landed on time
British Airways 81.5% Virgin Atlantic 77.9% American Airlines 77.0% Delta Air Lines 76.6%

Everything we hold on Heathrow to New York (John F Kennedy) · JetBlue Airways across every UK airport

Source: UK Civil Aviation Authority punctuality statistics, July 2025 to June 2026. Analysis by CheckFlightCompensation; the CAA is credited as the data source as its publication conditions require. Figures cover the 25 largest UK airports. Methodology and limitations.