For the first time in my life, I took a daytime transatlantic flight, flying from New York to London on JetBlue. It was a very productive and pleasant flight and arriving late in London helped me to go right to bed and get an excellent rest that night.

A Daytime Flight To London On JetBlue

I’m not a fan of the Dunkin’ coffee onboard, so I stopped for a cortado before my flight in Terminal 5 (sadly, the Intelligentsia Coffee in the TWA Hotel has permanently closed).

Walking through the Mint (business class) cabin, we found our seats onboard.

The legroom on JetBlue is excellent…32 inches.

JetBlue offers nice blankets and an amenity kit in “Core” (its name for economy class).

Breakfast was served after takeoff and is now a cold meal, with a choice between a turkey and brie croissant sandwich or overnight oats, both served with watermelon and coconut yogurt topped with citrus fruit.

The sandwich was good…the overnight oats (topped in cinnamon and berries) were excellent…the sort of breakfast I would make at home.

Dessert also came with breakfast…a chocolate ice cream sandwich from Nightingale.

The kids spent the flight watching movies and were very well-behaved. My plan was to spend the entire flight working thanks to free high-speed wi-fi onboard and that was quite successful, with the internet only briefly cutting out at a couple of points during the flight.

Unfortunately, the pre-arrival snack left so much to be desired. Despite arriving after 9:00 pm into London, only a small loaf of banana cake was offered before landing…

However, I came prepared with nuts and apples, which we all enjoyed:

The downside to this flight plan was that I had to take an even shorter redeye from Southern California (we flew out of Ontario instead of Los Angeles International) to get to this flight, so it’s not like I fully avoided an overnight flight.

But I went to bed at midnight in London and woke up refreshed eight hours later…that makes me more likely to travel this way again, at least if I am flying on JetBlue.

I’ll have much more to say about the flight in my full review but wanted to underscore here how pleasant it is to fly across the Atlantic on a daytime flight. JetBlue continues to shine with excellent food (despite only offering cold meals), fast free wi-fi, and extra legroom in economy class.