Highlights

• Jet2 published an update on its planned move from AIM to the Main Market on 10 November 2026.

• The leisure travel group first announced its intention to seek Main Market admission at its AGM on 3 September.

• Admission is targeted before the end of the current financial year, which closes in late March 2027.

• Jet2 joined AIM in August 2005, when the Business still traded under the name Dart Group.

Jet2 (LSE:JET2), the Leeds-based holiday company and airline formerly known as Dart Group, has spent two decades on AIM after leaving the Main Market in August 2005. In September 2026 the business said it wanted to return to the Main Market, and on Tuesday, 10 November it gave an update on that plan, putting one of the largest AIM stocks back in focus. The planned step up is one of the more closely followed listing changes on the UK stock market this year.

What Jet2 announced on 10 November

Jet2 released a regulatory statement titled "Update on move to the Main Market". Any confirmed admission date or timetable for leaving AIM are the details to follow.

When it first set out the plan, the company said it would provide further updates as the process moved forward.

The September plan in detail

At its AGM on 3 September 2026, Jet2 (LSE:JET2) said it intends to apply for its entire issued ordinary Share Capital to be admitted to the commercial companies category of the Official List. It also plans to seek admission to trading on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange.

The company said it intends admission to take place before the end of the current financial year. That year closes in late March 2027.

Until admission completes, Jet2 shares remain quoted on AIM, the market the group has used since its 2005 switch away from the Main Market.

Why Jet2 wants to move up

The board said the group has grown over the past decade into the UK's leading tour operator and third-largest airline, with Revenue rising at a compound annual rate of 19%. It described the move as a natural next step reflecting its scale, track record and confidence in long-term growth.

The company expects a Main Market listing to raise its visibility with a wider range of UK and international institutional investors. It also acknowledged "the highly important role AIM has played" in its development.

Chief Executive Steve Heapy said: "this is the right time to announce our intention to move to the Main Market".

Trading and capital backdrop

The September update showed summer 2026 seat capacity up 7.6% to 19.9 million, with passengers booked up 8.8%. Winter 2026/27 seat capacity was 8.0% higher at 5.9 million, mostly concentrated at Gatwick, where operations began in March 2026.

Jet2 launched a share buyback programme of up to £250m on 8 July 2026 and has continued to report regular transactions in its own shares, most recently on 9 November.

Milestones still to come

The key checkpoints are confirmation of the admission date, the cancellation of the AIM Quotation and the first day of trading on the Main Market. Any slippage beyond March 2027 would push the move past the target the company set out in September.