Jet2.com and Jet2holidays add over 170,000 seats
Jet2.com and Jet2holidays has responded to the extra demand across the UK by adding thousands of seats and holidays to Winter Sun destinations in the Canary Islands, Balearic Islands, Turkey, Greece, Cyprus, Malta and Spain.
The leisure airline and package holiday specialist has added over 170,000 departing seats between October and March from across its UK bases, with particular focus on October and the school holidays.
This huge growth includes over 65,000 additional departing seats from Manchester, almost 40,000 additional departing seats from Birmingham, over 20,000 additional departing seats from Glasgow and 15,000 additional departing seats from Newcastle. There are also thousands of extra seats on sale from Belfast International, Edinburgh, East Midlands and London Stansted.
The extra capacity includes:
- Over 100,000 additional seats on flights to the Canary Islands between October and March, including more than 50,000 additional seats to Tenerife and almost 40,000 additional seats to Lanzarote as well as more additional seats on flights to Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura
- Almost 30,000 additional seats to Turkey thanks to additional flying to Antalya and Dalaman, with a major focus on October and the school holidays
- Additional flights to several destinations in Greece, including Corfu, Crete (Heraklion), Kos and Rhodes – meaning 5,000 additional departing seats to Greece this Winter
- Over 10,000 additional departing seats on sale to the Balearic Islands – Palma (Majorca), Menorca and Ibiza
- More seats on sale to Cyprus, with extra capacity to Larnaca and Paphos
- Additional Winter Sun capacity to Malta and Reus (Costa Dorada).
Steve Heapy, CEO of Jet2.com and Jet2holidays, said: “This week has seen an unprecedented amount of demand, and we have responded quickly to that by adding more flights and holidays to the sunshine this winter.
“This demand shows that holidaymakers want to get away, and with this extra capacity we are providing independent travel agents with even more choice and flexibility when it comes to offering customers our award-winning flights and ATOL protected package holidays.”