Jet2.com was crowned Winner of Best Short Haul Airline at the
2025 Travelling for Business Awards, a result that confirms the Leeds-based carrier's remarkable rise from regional challenger to one of the most trusted names in UK aviation.
The award recognises an airline that has built its reputation on doing the simple things well. Jet2.com flies an extensive short-haul network across Europe, connecting UK regional airports with leisure and city destinations throughout Spain, the Canaries, the Balearics, Greece, Italy, Portugal and beyond. For travellers outside London in particular, the airline has become the default choice for direct European flying, with a schedule built around convenience rather than connections.
What sets Jet2.com apart, and what impressed in 2025, is the consistency of its customer experience. The airline pairs competitive fares with a generous approach to service: allocated seating, sensible baggage options and cabin crew whose friendliness has become something of a trademark. Its punctuality record and low cancellation rates have earned it repeated industry recognition, and its customer-first handling of disruption stands in contrast to some larger rivals. For the business traveller heading to a European meeting or combining work with leisure, that reliability matters more than almost anything else.
The airline's momentum continued through the awards period. Jet2.com has invested heavily in a new fleet of Airbus A321neo aircraft, which are more fuel-efficient and quieter than the jets they replace, and it has continued to open new UK bases, culminating in the landmark announcement of
operations at London Gatwick. That expansion took the carrier to fourteen UK airport bases and brought its award-winning service to the South East, the strongest possible signal of confidence in its model.
Judges at the 2025 Travelling for Business Awards saw an airline at the top of its game: growing quickly, yet without any dilution of the service standards that built its name. In a short-haul market where the passenger experience is too often an afterthought, Jet2.com proved that value and care can coexist at scale.
Beyond the aircraft, Jet2holidays, the UK's largest tour operator, and Jet2CityBreaks let bookers bolt ATOL-protected accommodation onto a flight in a single transaction, useful for conferences, incentives and workation-style trips alike, while the company's championing of independent travel agents keeps a human alternative within reach when itineraries get complicated.
As the
Travelling for Business Awards continue to champion excellence across the industry, Jet2.com's 2025 win sets a demanding benchmark for every short-haul carrier serving the UK's business travellers, and a standard the airline itself will be expected to defend.
