Originally Posted by
Curious Pax
Not officially confirmed as far as I know, but reputedly it all stems from the 2 757s that Jet2 leased before they were delivered to Allegiant some years back which had already acquired Allegiant colours (minus titles). The Jet2 boss liked the livery, and reached an agreement with Allegiant that an adapted version could become the Jet2 Holidays livery. Part of the deal was that no Jet2 Holidays-liveried aircraft can fly in the USA, hence the basic blue/white liveries when they leave Boeing.
So maybe the 'new' smaller Sunrise puts a bit more distance between the two companies. Not that it were needed.
FWIW - I rather like the smaller one.