Editing Jet2.com (section)

==History==
===Origins===
Jet2.com Limited is a subsidiary of [[Jet2 plc]], an aviation services group. The airline began operating commercial aircraft in 1983 under the name '''[[Channel Express]]''', when it was purchased by the Dart Group's current Executive Chairman, Philip Meeson. Initially a freight operator, from 2001, the airline also began operating passenger charter services using [[Boeing]] aircraft to international destinations on mainly short and medium-haul routes.

===Formative years===
[[File:Boeing 737-377, Jet2 AN1978375.jpg|thumb|A Jet2.com [[Boeing 737 Classic]] in the former livery in 2011.|alt=]]
In 2002, [[Channel Express]] established the Jet2.com brand from [[Leeds Bradford Airport]]. The re-branded Jet2.com began operating as a leisure airline with its first flight from Leeds Bradford to [[Amsterdam]] on 12 February 2003, which operated a twice-daily rotation with two [[Boeing 737 Classic|Boeing 737–300]] aircraft. During 2003, further scheduled flights were launched to seven European sun and city break destinations.

In 2004, a second base was opened at [[Manchester Airport]] with the airline operating from Terminal 1. The airline also acquired further Boeing 737 and 757 aircraft and opened a base at [[Belfast International Airport]]. In 2005, Jet2.com opened a third base at [[Newcastle International Airport|Newcastle upon Tyne]]. Later that year, the company acquired two [[Boeing 757|Boeing 757–200]] aircraft, enabling it to fly medium-long haul destinations as well as carrying more passengers on popular existing routes. These aircraft helped the company to open two more bases at [[Blackpool Airport|Blackpool]] and [[Edinburgh Airport|Edinburgh]]. In 2006, the company relocated from [[Bournemouth Airport|Bournemouth]] to [[Leeds Bradford Airport|Leeds]] and was renamed Jet2.com Limited.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk/b5eb00126cd2a251a7e4256abf67587c/compdetails |title=Companies House – English Company 02739537 |publisher=Wck2.companieshouse.gov.uk |access-date=26 January 2013}}</ref>

=== Expansion ===
In November 2008, Jet2.com changed its slogan from "The North's Low Cost Airline" to "Friendly Low Fares".{{citation needed|date=May 2024}} This preceded the announcement of opening a hub at [[East Midlands Airport]], the first of the airline's hubs outside the North of England and Scotland. The base at East Midlands Airport opened in May 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/8226042.stm |title=BBC – New airline routes promise jobs |work=BBC News |date=28 August 2009 |access-date=26 January 2013}}</ref>

During November and December 2008, the airline operated four direct flights from Leeds Bradford to [[Newark Liberty International Airport]] using Boeing 757–200s, with a series of flights also planned from both Leeds Bradford and Newcastle during December 2010. Once again, Jet2.com re-introduced seasonal Christmas flights to [[New York City|New York]] during the 2012 winter season; however, this time, flights would operate from Glasgow, East Midlands and Newcastle, in addition to Leeds. The seasonal flights to New York continued annually until 2019 and ran from five of its UK bases.<ref>{{cite web|title= Jet2 announce Newcastle to New York flights to return for winter 2020|date=24 October 2019 |url=https://www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-east-news/jet2-new-york-newcastle-airport-17139265|access-date=13 June 2023}}</ref> As an effect of the COVID-19 pandemic, the airline cancelled their seasonal trips which they have not returned as of today. Unfortunately, they will most likely never return as the airline has retired all their [[Boeing 757]] aircraft which were formerly used to run those trips, and the non-LR variant of the [[Airbus A321neo]] replacing the Boeing 757 does not have enough range to cover those trips.

In 2010, the airline announced an eighth base at [[Glasgow Airport]] would be opened in April 2011, with an initial nine routes.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.jet2.com/News.aspx?id=774 |title=Jet2.com gets hypnotic with Derren Brown |access-date=14 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100916175556/http://www.jet2.com/News.aspx?id=774 |archive-date=16 September 2010 }}</ref> The base was opened on 31 March, slightly earlier than scheduled. In January 2011, the airline introduced second-hand [[Boeing 737 Next Generation|Boeing 737–800]] aircraft into its fleet. This provided aircraft larger than its existing 737-300s yet smaller than its 757-200 aircraft.

Jet2.com carried more than 600,000 passengers in its first year of operation and more than nine million passengers during 2017, its highest recorded total.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.caa.co.uk/Data-and-analysis/UK-aviation-market/Airlines/Datasets/UK-Airline-data/2017/Airline-data-annual-reports-2017/|title=Airline data annual reports 2017 {{!}} UK Civil Aviation Authority|website=www.caa.co.uk|access-date=6 February 2019}}</ref>

On 17 September 2016, the airline received its first brand new Boeing 737–800 of the order for thirty made in 2015.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/news/jet2-takes-delivery-of-new-aircraft-as-part-of-east-mids-airport-expansion-plans-1-8131972 |title=Jet2 takes delivery of new aircraft as part of East Mids Airport expansion plans |website=Derbyshire Times |publisher=Johnston Publishing Ltd. |date=17 September 2016 |access-date=20 September 2016}}</ref> In November 2016, Jet2.com opened its new maintenance hangar at Manchester Airport. In December 2016, Jet2.com announced that it had ordered a further four Boeing 737–800 aircraft, bringing the total on order to 34.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}} The airline further expanded by opening its eighth and ninth UK bases in March 2017 at [[Birmingham Airport|Birmingham]] and [[London Stansted Airport|London Stansted]] airports, the latter being its first in the southeast of England.<ref>https://www.jet2.com/news/2017/03/Jet2_com_and_Jet2holidays_take_off_at_TWO_NEW_bases#:~:text=Leading%20leisure%20airline%20and%20package,Airport)%20on%20the%20same%20day.</ref> These have since expanded significantly to become the airline's largest UK bases after Manchester.<ref>https://www.jet2.com/news/2024/09/Jet2_com_and_Jet2holidays_launch_biggest_ever_Summer_programme_for_2026</ref>

=== Recent years ===
In 2019, Jet2.com received delivery of its 34th new Boeing 737–800 aircraft, taking its permanent and leased fleet size to more than 100 aircraft.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.travelweekly.co.uk/articles/326102/jet2com-celebrates-delivery-of-100th-aircraft|title=Jet2.com celebrates delivery of 100th aircraft|work=Travel Weekly|date=11 March 2019|access-date=19 March 2019}}</ref> Also, in 2019, Jet2.com carried a record 14.39 million passengers on 82,931 flights. This was an increase of more than 18% on the year before.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}}

Owing to the [[Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on aviation|COVID-19 pandemic's impact on aviation]], Jet2.com announced they were suspending flight operations until at least 15 July 2020. The airline continued to operate repatriation flights for British citizens overseas. On 17 August 2020, Jet2 announced via [[British Airline Pilots' Association|BALPA]] that they would be laying off 102 pilots from various UK bases due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic]].<ref>{{cite web|date=17 August 2020|title=Jet2 is making over 100 pilots redundant at its UK bases|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/jet2-uk-airline-pilots-redundant-jobs-balpa-a9673851.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220608/https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/jet2-uk-airline-pilots-redundant-jobs-balpa-a9673851.html |archive-date=8 June 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live|access-date=19 August 2020|website=The Independent}}</ref> On 11 November 2020, Jet2.com and Jet2holidays announced that they would open their tenth United Kingdom base at [[Bristol Airport]] on 1 July 2021, operating to 33 destinations.

In August 2021, Jet2.com announced an order for 36 [[Airbus A321neo]] aircraft, plus 24 options, totalling an order for 60 planes.<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 October 2024 |title=Jet2.com orders 36 A321neos, becoming a new Airbus customer |url=https://www.airbus.com/en/newsroom/press-releases/2021-08-jet2com-orders-36-a321neos-becoming-a-new-airbus-customer |access-date=10 October 2024 |website=Airbus}}</ref> Although Jet2 has operated a small number of Airbus jets on lease to cope with summer demand, this is Airbus' first direct order from Jet2, and a clear shift away from the company's traditionally all-[[Boeing]] fleet.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}}

Jet2.com celebrated its 20th birthday on 12 February 2023. On the same day, it was revealed that Jet2holidays had become the UK's largest tour operator with an ATOL license to carry 5.8m passengers, surpassing TUI's 5.3m.<ref name=":1" /> On 16 May 2023, Jet2 announced they were opening their eleventh UK base at [[Liverpool John Lennon Airport]]. In June 2023, Jet2 have announced an expansion to their 2024 summer season, with some destinations being made available from earlier months, and extra capacity for other destinations. This is to meet customer and travel agent demands.<ref>{{cite web |last=Mal |first=Nisha |date=16 June 2023 |title=Jet2 releases summer flights to Turkey, Spain, Italy, Greece destinations |url=https://www.bristolpost.co.uk/news/uk-world-news/jet2-announces-summer-flights-turkey-8528178 |access-date=16 June 2023 |website=BristolLive }}</ref> This includes additional services to Spain, Turkey, Italy and Greece destinations across all of their bases. In July 2023, Jet2 announced that its Chairman Philip Meeson was stepping down.<ref name=":6">{{cite news |last=Lea |first=Robert |date=7 July 2023 |title=Jet2 boss Philip Meeson to step aside after return of package holidays nets £371m |newspaper=[[The Times]] |url=https://www.thetimes.com/business-money/markets/article/jet2-boss-philip-meeson-to-step-aside-after-return-of-package-holidays-nets-371m-0hlw8gkn7 |access-date=7 July 2023 |issn=0140-0460}}</ref> Robin Terrell took over as chairman in September 2023. Robin joined Jet2 as a non-executive director in April 2020. Meeson has now moved to the position of founder and advisor to the board.<ref name=":8">{{cite web |title=Jet2 names successor to founder and executive chair Philip Meeson |url=https://www.ttgmedia.com/news/jet2-names-successor-to-founder-and-executive-chair-philip-meeson-42147 |access-date=5 September 2023 |website=TTG }}</ref>

On 26 March 2024, Jet2.com announced they would open their twelfth United Kingdom base at [[Bournemouth Airport]] on 1 April 2025, operating to 16 destinations.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Calder |first1=Simon |title=Bournemouth airport set for 2025 fares war as Jet2 moves in |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/travel/news-and-advice/bournemouth-airport-jet2-tui-ryanair-b2518690.html |work=[[The Independent]] |access-date=26 March 2024 |date=26 March 2024}}</ref> On 28 March 2024, Jet2 launched its first flight from [[Liverpool John Lennon Airport]] to Tenerife, marking the start of its new services to 20 different holiday destinations with plans for further expansion in summer 2025.<ref>{{cite news |date=28 March 2024 |title=Jet2 launches first flight from Liverpool John Lennon Airport |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-merseyside-68673665 |access-date=28 March 2024 |work=BBC News }}</ref> On 12 July 2024, Jet2.com announced that they were bringing forward the launch of their operations from [[Bournemouth Airport]] to 4 February 2025, due to high demand with their first flight operating to Tenerife.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Jet2.com and Jet2holidays bring forward Bournemouth Airport launch date |url=https://www.jet2.com/news/2024/07/Jet2_com_and_Jet2holidays_bring_forward_Bournemouth_Airport_launch_date |website=Jet2.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Ltd |first=Jacobs Media Group |title=Jet2 brings forward Bournemouth airport launch date |url=https://travelweekly.co.uk/news/air/jet2-brings-forward-bournemouth-airport-launch-date |access-date=16 September 2024 |website=Travel Weekly }}</ref> On 13 November 2024, Jet2.com announced they would be opening up a thirteenth UK base at [[London Luton Airport]], basing two Airbus A321neos flying to 17 destinations from 1 April 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hardy |first=Grace |date=2024-11-15 |title=London Luton Airport to become Jet2 base |url=https://www.regionalgateway.net/london-luton-airport-to-become-jet2-base/ |access-date=2024-11-19 |website=Regional Gateway |language=en-US}}</ref>