JetBlue Airways history

2000: JetBlue begins flying to routes in New York and Florida.

During 2000, new aircraft joined the fleet, and a lot of destinations were added to the network, and by the end of the year, JetBlue flies its one millionth customer, reporting $100 million in flown revenue.

At the Paris Air Show in June 2001, JetBlue announced plans to buy as many as 48 planes for as much as $2.5 billion.

9/11 aftermath, profitable years JetBlue was one of only a few United States airlines that made a profit during the sharp downturn in airline travel following the September 11, 2001 attacks.

It only planned to add half a dozen destinations in 2001 to the eleven it started in its first year.

2001: JetBlue opens second base in Long Beach, California.

In 2002, JetBlue acquired LiveTV, LLC for $41 million in cash and the retirement of $39 million of LiveTV debt.

The loss was the airline's first since going public in 2002.

These included JetBlue's first international service, New York City to the Dominican Republic, on June 10, 2004.

On the 13th of July, 2004, JetBlue flies its 25 millionth customer.

Incidents JetBlue Flight 292, an Airbus A320, emergency landing at LAXOn September 21, 2005, Flight 292 performed an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport following a failure of the front landing gear during retraction.

Also in 2005, the company added service between JFK and Boston Logan with 10 daily flights using its new 100-seat Embraer 190 aircraft.

Service to Aruba began September 15, 2006.

In October 2006 JetBlue announced they would begin service from Stewart International Airport, in Newburgh.

In October 2006, JetBlue announced a net loss of $500,000 for Quarter 3, and a plan to regain that loss by deferring some of their E190 deliveries, and by selling 5 of their A320s.

In October 2006, JetBlue applied to the FAA for landing rights at Chicago's O'Hare Airport for eight flights per day.

In December 2006, JetBlue announced another component of the RTP, when they explained the reasoning behind their decision to remove a row of seats off their A320s.

In December 2006, JetBlue announced they would be removing one more row of seats from their A320s, reducing the number of seats to 150.

JetBlue Airways moved out of the dark during the second quarter of 2006, beating Wall Street expectations by announcing a net profit of $14 million.

In 2006, JetBlue launched service to Pittsburgh, Charlotte, Raleigh, Nashville, Bermuda, and Aruba.

JetBlue Airways at Cibao International Airport, Santiago, DR, just arrived from New YorkPrior to the passage of the Wright Amendment Reform Act of 2006, JetBlue expressed an interest in serving Dallas Love Field's customers if the Wright Amendment was repealed.

Regardless, the airline continued to plan for growth. It was announced that 36 new aircraft were scheduled for delivery in the year 2006.

Alliances On February 6, 2007, USA Today reported that JetBlue plans to enter into an alliance with Irish flag carrier Aer Lingus.

Codeshares On February 14, 2007, JetBlue announced it had entered its first codeshare agreement with Cape Air, to carry JetBlue passengers from Boston's Logan Airport to Cape Air's destinations throughout Cape Cod and the surrounding islands.

On February 14, 2007, a JetBlue flight from John F. Kennedy International Airport to Cancún, Mexico was delayed on the tarmac in a snowstorm, keeping passengers on the plane for nearly nine hours.

Neeleman was replaced as CEO by David Barger in May 2007.

On December 13, 2007, JetBlue and German-based Lufthansa announced their intent to sell 19% of JetBlue to Lufthansa, pending approval from US regulators.

In the fall of 2007, JetBlue announced that it was pulling out of Columbus and Nashville.

In 2007, JetBlue was also facing reliability problems with its Embraer 190 fleet.

New destinations continue to be added, and refundable fares are introduced in late January, 2008.

By June 2001, it was operating a fleet of fourteen planes with 76 flights a day through JFK. Most were leased, since Airbus was unable to deliver enough new planes in time. It planned to acquire a new plane every five weeks until 2008.

On August 4, 2008, the Associated Press reported that JetBlue would replace their recycled pillows and blankets with an "eco-friendly" pillow and blanket package that passengers would have to purchase for use.

In September 2008, JetBlue began charging passengers $10–30 for an extended-leg-room seat depending on the length of the flight.

On October 22, 2008, JetBlue opened its new primary hub at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK), Terminal 5, or simply T5, costing approximately $800 million to create.

In September 2009, JetBlue made changes to its TrueBlue program.

The new program launched on November 9, 2009.

In 2009, JetBlue announced that it was looking for a new headquarters location, and was considering moving either within the New York City metropolitan area or to the Orlando, Florida area.

The hotel is an effective replacement for the Ramada Plaza JFK Hotel on the north end of the airport grounds in Building 144, which closed in 2009.

On October 18, 2011, CFO Ed Barnes resigned, effective immediately.

In 2011, JetBlue made interline agreements with Virgin Atlantic and Jet Airways, both of which have since been terminated.

In November 2012, TrueBlue Mosaic Elite Program, an enhancement to the existing loyalty program, is launched.

In 2012, JetBlue Airways signed interline and codeshare agreements with new or existing partners: Emirates, Hawaiian Airlines, Japan Airlines, Korean Air, and Turkish Airlines.

JetBlue planned to combine its Forest Hills and Darien, Connecticut offices, together about 1,000 employees, into about 200,000 square feet (19,000 m) in the Brewster Building by mid-2012.

In June 2013, JetBlue announced that TrueBlue points will never expire for any reason.

The subsidiary was sold to Thales for nearly $400 million in June 2014.

These expansions helped the airline continue its development into the 2010s. Thus, in 2014, it was ready to introduce its premium offering on flights from New York to Los Angeles and San Francisco.

For instance, in 2016, it became the first US airline to fly commercially to Cuba after over 50 years of suspensions.

In 2016, JetBlue continued to expand its highly successful premium service with new Mint routes.

In 2016, JetBlue founded JetBlue Technology Ventures (JTV). The wholly owned subsidiary is the venture capital arm of JetBlue that invests in and partners with early-stage startups at the intersection of travel and technology.

JetBlue Travel Products, a subsidiary created in 2018, consists of the JetBlue Vacations brand and other non-air travel products including travel insurance, cruises, car rentals and more.

As of 2018, JTV has invested in 21 startups, including hybrid planes, “flying taxis,” and machine learning algorithms.

In 2018, New York officials announced that JetBlue is to develop and operate the 12-gate north terminal, a 111,000m2 extension of JetBlue’s state-of-the-art terminal T5, replacing Terminal 7 and the former Terminal 6 site.

On May 29, 2019, JetBlue and Southwest Airlines ranked 'Highest in Customer Satisfaction Among Low Cost Carriers' in a tie by J.D. Power in the North America Airline Satisfaction Study.

In 2019, JetBlue took delivery of its first A321neo aircraft and will make a decision on the long-range version of the A321, as well as the launch of transatlantic flights.

In June 2020, the airline announced several new routes across its network, including point-to-point routes between the northeastern United States and Florida, and new transcontinental routes from Newark Liberty International Airport.

In December 2020, JetBlue took delivery of its first Airbus A220-300 aircraft, the first delivery of 70 A220 aircraft ordered.

In 2020, it ranked #394 financially on the Fortune 500 list of the largest United States corporations by total revenue.

Previously called the Bombardier CS300, the A220 300 aircraft are scheduled for delivery from 2020, replacing the Embraer 190 fleet.