United Airlines plans to return to JFK — again — in new partnership with JetBlue

United Airlines has a new friend in Queens.

United Airlines has a new friend in Queens.

The airline is returning to New York’s John F. Kennedy International Airport again, this time through a partnership with JetBlue Airways.

The partnership, called Blue Sky, will allow JetBlue customers to earn frequent-flyer miles on United and vice versa. It also includes reciprocal loyalty benefits like priority boarding and roomier seats for travelers with elite status.

Some aspects of the partnership, which the carriers announced Thursday, will begin as early as the fall, though the airlines didn’t provide exact timing. They also did not provide financial details of the deal.

JetBlue’s leaders have long said they need a partnership to better compete against larger airlines like United and their shared rival Delta Air Lines.