As it turns 20 years old this month, JetBlue Airways is making bold moves: Ordering nearly 150 new state-of-the-art aircraft, shaking up the most valuable international route in the world and going green in a big way. To date, the airline has carried more than 470 million passengers since launch.
It all started at the beginning of the millennium when JetBlue's first commercial flight leaped into the blustery skies from New York JFK airport bound for Ft. Lauderdale on February 11, 2000.
As their first plane, an Airbus A320 named Bluebird, made its way down the Eastern Seaboard, this modest beginning wasn't just the airline's inaugural revenue flight, but the beginning of a revolution for the airline industry.
