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History
2010
- 6/8 JetBlue Airways Welcomed as Official Member of IATA
- 5/7 JetBlue Airways and South African Airways Proudly Announce New Interline Agreement
- 5/3 JetBlue Airways Selects Mullen as Creative and Media Agency-of-Record
- 3/31 American Airlines and JetBlue Airways Sign Agreement to Collaborate at Key East Coast Gateways
- 3/2 JetBlue Plants Its Flag in New York City with New Headquarters Location
- 2/11 JetBlue Airways Celebrates 10th Anniversary
2009
- 12/16 JetBlue Airways Announces Plans to Serve Punta Cana, Dominican Republic
- 11/17 JetBlue Begins the First Nonstop Service Between San Francisco and Fort Lauderdale
- 11/ 11 JetBlue's Revamped TrueBlue Program Touches Down
- 11/ 11 JetBlue and Lufthansa Begin Codeshare Operations
- 11/ 6 Panthers Get Wings: JetBlue Signs on as Official and Exclusive Airline Partner of the Florida Hockey Team and a Pillar Partner of the BankAtlantic Center
- 11/ 2 Fenway Sports Group Announces JetBlue Airways as Official Airline of Boston College Athletics
- 10/30 Second Jamaican destination begins: Kingston
- 10/26 Service to Saint Lucia begins
- 10/10 "Blueberries," the latest livery design is revealed
- 10/1 Service to the island of Barbados begins
- 9/17 Recognized for design excellence by AIGA
- 9/14 JetBlue earns a perfect score on HRC's Corporate Equality Index
- 9/8 JetBlue touches down as official Airline Partner of the New York Jets
- 8/12 The All-You-Can-Jet Pass offering one month of unlimited travel available for only $599 is unveiled
- 5/21 JetBlue jets to Jamaica with service to Montego Bay
- 5/19 Becomes official and exclusive airline of Los Angeles Angels of Anaheim
- 4/16 Rob Maruster named Chief Operating Officer
- 3/26 San José, Costa Rica becomes JetBlue's first destination in Central America
- 2/17 The JetBlue Promise Program launches: If you lose your job, we'll refund your fare
- 1/29 Bogotá, Colombia becomes JetBlue's first South American destination
2008
- 12/19 JetBlue becomes the official airline of the Red Sox
- 10/22 T5 opens its doors to rave reviews
- 9/10 JetBlue's in-flight entertainment named the best in the Americas for the second time
- 9/8 Flights and vacation packages are successfully auctioned on eBay—an airline first
- 8/4 The Worlds Cleanest Travel Pillow and blanket kit is introduced on JetBlue flights
- 6/17 JetBlue ranked highest in J.D. Power and Associates North America Airline Customer Satisfaction Study
- 6/2 Movies from six major Hollywood studies now available onboard
- 5/20 Jetting to Green introduces carbon offsetting and an alternative fuel partnership
- 5/13 JetBlue recognized for excellence in design by the Smithsonian's Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum
- 5/1 The Embraer 190 starts jetting on the West Coast
- 4/8 Goodbye flying...hello jetting!
- 4/1 Even More Legroom seats now available on JetBlue flights
- 3/30 Partnership with Aer Lingus begins
- 3/19 Orlando is named JetBlue's 7th Focus City
- 3/3 Buy TrueBlue Points service is introduced
- 2/19 The first A320 with a redesigned cabin joins JetBlue's fleet
- 2/11 Happy 8th Anniversary, JetBlue!
- 1/28 Refundable fares are introduced
- 1/22 Deutsche Lufthansa AG completes stock purchase transaction for a 19 percent stake in JetBlue
- 1/17 St. Maarten is added as the newest JetBlue Caribbean destination
- 1/10 Service to Puerto Plata in the Dominican Republic begins
2007
- 12/11 Complimentary in-flight e-mail and instant messaging services are introduced on aircraft BetaBlue, a first among U.S. domestic airlines
- 11/1 JetBlue goes cashless - credit cards now accepted in flight
- 10/10 JetBlue named Best U.S. airline by Condé Nast Traveler readers for the 6th year running
- 9/24 JetBlue's inflight entertainment is named the best in the Americas by the World Airline Entertainment Association
- 8/1 'Times on Air' launches on JetBlue flights
- 7/31 Bill Me Later becomes the newest payment option for JetBlue customers
- 7/3 Woo-Hoo! JetBlue named 'The Official Airline of Springfield' in celebration of The Simpsons Movie
- 6/19 JetBlue ranked highest in J.D. Power and Associates North America Airline Customer Satisfaction Study
- 6/13 TrueBlue turns five and celebrates its five millionth member
- 5/24 JetBlue Wings Its Way to Nantucket
- 5/24 Saludos, Santo Domingo!...Service to the Dominican capital begins
- 5/10 Dave Barger is named JetBlue's President & CEO
- 5/3 San Francisco International Airport joins the JetBlue network
- 3/28 JetBlue begins service to White Plains, NY
- 3/23 JetBlue celebrates the arrival of its 100th Airbus A320 aircraft
- 3/19 JetBlue and Cape Air launch marketing partnership
- 2/20 JetBlue introduces the JetBlue Customer Bill of Rights—the first in the airline industry
- 2/11 Happy Birthday, Blue! JetBlue turns seven
- 1/4 JetBlue begins service from Chicago to New York and Long Beach
2006
- 11/30 Hola Cancun! JetBlue adds its first nonstop service to Mexico
- 10/3 Columbus Goes Wild for JetBlue: Now Connecting Ohioans to New York City
- 9/28 The Talk of Tucson: JetBlue Begins Non-Stop Service From the Old Pueblo to New York City
- 9/21 JetBlue Adds Its Seventh Destination to the Sunshine State: Now Serving Sarasota Bradenton
- 9/15 Bon Bini, Aruba! JetBlue Launches Service to Its Newest International Destination
- 9/7 JetBlue launches nonstop flights from New York to Houston/Hobby, TX
- 8/31 JetBlue begins nonstop service to Nashville, TN
- 8/17 "Continuously Extending" TrueBlue points are announced for holders of the JetBlue Card from American Express
- 7/20 Raleigh-Durham, NC joins the JetBlue network
- 7/12 JetBlue begins nonstop flights to Charlotte, NC
- 6/30 JetBlue starts jetting to Pittsburgh, PA
- 6/15 JetBlue launches service to Jacksonville, FL
- 6/8 Service begins between New York City and Washington, D.C. is launched, completing JetBlue service in the New York-Washington-Boston triangle
- 6/1 JetBlue adds seven new gates to Terminal 6 at JFK, bringing the airline's operations to 21 gates
- 5/23 JetBlue begins service to Portland, ME
- 5/4 JetBlue begins first low-fare service to Bermuda
- 2/11 JetBlue turns six!
- 2/2 JetBlue starts service between Boston and the Bahamas
- 1/24 JetBlue begins offering Dunkin' Donuts coffee onboard all flights
- 1/19 JetBlue begins service to Austin, TX from both New York and Boston
- 1/19 New nonstop JetBlue service begins between Oakland and Fort Lauderdale
2005
- 11/22 JetBlue offers online check in, with online baggage check in, too
- 11/18 JetBlue launches service between Boston and Washington, D.C./Dulles
- 11/8 JetBlue begins service with the EMBRAER 190 aircraft on a new route between New York and Boston
- 11/3 JetBlue introduces JetBlue Getaways, one stop online vacation shopping
- 10/27 JetBlue adds WNYW-FOX5 to its lineup of live satellite television channels
- 10/5 JetBlue begins service at Newark International Airport to six destinations in Florida and Puerto Rico
- 10/1 JetBlue resumes scheduled service to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina
- 9/15 JetBlue introduces nonstop service between New York's LaGuardia International Airport and West Palm Beach
- 9/13 JetBlue becomes first airline to take delivery of the EMBRAER 190
- 6/20 JetBlue announces partnership with American Express for a cobrand credit card
- 6/17 JetBlue launches service from JFK to Ponce, Puerto Rico
- 6/16 JetBlue completes a fleet-wide in-flight entertainment system upgrade to 36 channels of DIRECTV®—no other airline offers more live satellite TV options—and first-run movies and bonus features from FOX InFlight
- 6/6 JetBlue opens state-of-the-art training and support campus at Orlando International Airport
- 5/24 JetBlue launches service between JFK and Burbank, CA
- 5/17 JetBlue launches service between JFK and Portland, OR
- 5/10 JetBlue unveils new 140,000-square-foot hangar and maintenance facility at JFK
- 5/3 JetBlue launches new nonstop service between Washington/Dulles and San Diego
- 5/3 JetBlue launches new nonstop service from Boston and both San Jose and Las Vegas
- 5/3 JetBlue moves to new home in Terminal C at Boston's Logan International Airport
- 4/26 JetBlue celebrates the opening of a new LiveTV facility at Orlando International Airport
- 3/4 JetBlue receives FAA's highly coveted Diamond Certificate of Excellence Award
- 2/11 JetBlue celebrates five years of service and welcomes its 71st Airbus A320
2004
- 11/1 JetBlue launches service from New York's JFK to Nassau in The Bahamas
- 10/1 JetBlue launches service between Phoenix and New York's JFK
- 9/17 JetBlue inaugurates service at New York's LaGuardia airport with flights to Fort Lauderdale
- 9/16 JetBlue expands onboard TV line-up to offer up to 36 channels of DIRECTV® programming free at every seat
- 7/13 JetBlue flies its 25 millionth customer
- 6/28 JetBlue launches corporate booking tool, CompanyBlue
- 6/24 JetBlue announces plans to offer up to 71 daily departures from New York to Florida this fall/winter
- 6/17 JetBlue launches service between JFK and Santo Domingo in the Dominican Republic
- 6/10 JetBlue launches first international service between JFK and Santiago in the Dominican Republic
- 6/10 JetBlue launches service between JFK and San Jose, CA
- 6/8 JetBlue orders 30 more Airbus A320 aircraft with options for 50 more
- 5/27 JetBlue launches service between JFK and Aguadilla, Puerto Rico
- 3/16 JetBlue launches online flight check-in
- 3/3 JetBlue launches service between Sacramento, CA and JFK
- 2/11 JetBlue celebrates four years of service!
- 1/7 JetBlue announces new in-flight entertainment options to be added: 100 channels of XM Satellite
- 1/7 JetBlue launches service from Boston to Long Beach, Denver, Fort Lauderdale, Orlando and Tampa
2003
- 11/14 JetBlue takes delivery of its 50th Airbus A320 aircraft
- 11/13 JetBlue adds two inches more legroom for most customers on all aircraft
- 9/10 JetBlue named Best US Airline by Conde Nast Traveler Readers for the 2nd year running
- 8/8 JetBlue breaks ground on new JFK hangar complex
- 6/26 JetBlue launches service between JFK and San Diego, CA
- 6/10 JetBlue orders 100 Embraer 190 aircraft with options for 100 more
- 4/24 JetBlue orders 65 more Airbus A320 with options for 50 more
- 2/11 JetBlue turns three!
- 1/31 JetBlue reports $54.9 million net income for 2002
- 1/1 JetBlue flies its 10 millionth customer
2002
- 11/15 JetBlue launches service between New York's JFK and Las Vegas
- 11/15 JetBlue adds VH1 Classic, Nickelodeon/Nick at Nite and TV Land to DIRECTV® programming
- 10/10 JetBlue starts service between Long Beach and Las Vegas (JetBlue's 20th destination)
- 9/27 JetBlue Airways acquires LiveTV, LLC, provider of airline's inflight satellite TV entertainment system
- 9/24 JetBlue adds NBC and Telemundo to DIRECTV® programming
- 9/6 JetBlue commences service between Long Beach and Oakland
- 6/13 JetBlue launches the TrueBlue customer appreciation program
- 5/31 JetBlue begins service to San Juan, Puerto Rico
- 5/1 JetBlue adds service from Washington DC, nonstop to the West Coast
- 4/30 JetBlue purchases two more A320s
- 4/11 JetBlue announces initial public offering of its common stock
- 3/7 JetBlue flies its five millionth customer
- 2/11 JetBlue celebrates its 2nd anniversary!
- 1/14 JetBlue orders 10 Airbus A320 aircraft valued In excess Of $500 million
2001
- 12/19 JetBlue expands service between JFK and Fort Lauderdale, FL to ten daily flights
- 11/28 JetBlue launches twice-daily service between Washington DC (Dulles) and Fort Lauderdale, FL
- 11/9 JetBlue takes delivery of its 20th Airbus A320 aircraft
- 11/1 JetBlue completes installation of bullet-proof, dead-bolted cockpit doors across its fleet
- 8/29 JetBlue launches second focus city in Long Beach, CA with two daily flights to JFK
- 7/26 JetBlue starts twice daily service between JFK and New Orleans, LA
- 7/18 JetBlue orders up to 48 more Airbus A320 aircraft valued at $2.5 billion. The airline's fleet order now totals up to 131 new A320 aircraft
- 5/17 JetBlue inaugurates service between JFK and Denver, CO and adds a daytime flight to Ontario, CA
- 5/7 JetBlue inaugurates service between JFK and Syracuse, NY, its third upstate city
- 5/1 JetBlue inaugurates service between JFK and Seattle, WA and adds a daytime flight to Oakland, CA
- 4/26 JetBlue flies its two millionth customer
- 2/11 JetBlue celebrates its 1st anniversary!
2000
- 12/21 JetBlue flies its one millionth customer and reports $100 million in flown revenue for 2000
- 11/18 JetBlue adds service between JFK and Fort Myers, FL
- 11/17 JetBlue inaugurates service between JFK and Salt Lake City, UT
- 11/10 JetBlue takes delivery of its 10th Airbus A320 aircraft
- 10/18 JetBlue commences flights between JFK and West Palm Beach, FL
- 9/7 JetBlue adds service between JFK and Burlington, VT
- 8/3 JetBlue launches services from JFK to Rochester, NY and Oakland, CA, in the San Francisco Bay area
- 7/21 JetBlue commences flights between JFK and Ontario, CA, near Los Angeles
- 6/23 JetBlue takes delivery of its 5th Airbus A320 aircraft
- 6/21 JetBlue begins flights between JFK and Orlando, FL
- 3/16 JetBlue launches service between JFK and Tampa, FL
- 2/17 JetBlue adds service between JFK and Buffalo NY
- 2/11 JetBlue launches operations with its inaugural flight between JFK and Fort Lauderdale, FL
- 2/3 The United States Department of Transport (DOT) issues JetBlue with a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity, representing the successful completion of the airline's application processes before both the DOT and the Federal Aviation Administration
1999
- 12/4 JetBlue takes delivery of its first Airbus A320 aircraft
- Sept. JetBlue receives an unprecedented exemption for 75 take-off and landing slots at John F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)
- July JetBlue reveals that all its aircraft will offer 24 channels of live satellite television at every seat, a first for the airline industry
- Apr. JetBlue (then known as "New Air") places a $4 billion order with Airbus Industrie for up 75 new A320 aircraft, and commences leasing arrangements for another eight aircraft
- Feb. Founder David Neeleman announces plans for his new airline
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