The event at the Park Plaza in Leeds on Thursday (1 December) saw 13 candidates receive their certificates from Jet2.com and Jet2holidays chief executive Steve Heapy after passing their apprenticeships first time.

All 13 – Isaac Naylor, Georgia Cunningham, Matthew Thornton, Harry Whyte, Tom Frankland, Elliott Wilson, Nathan Dixon, Charlie Amos, Monica Neill, Oliver Athorn, Vincent Klimjack, Georgia Cave-Hawkes and Tomasz Krygowski – will now progress into permanent roles at Jet2 across its marketing, IT, operations control and engineering departments.

Also in attendance was Jet2 HR director Miriam D’souli, the apprentices’ friends and family, and Jet2 colleagues.

"The graduation ceremony is the culmination of many years hard work and dedication, and the apprentices should be extremely proud of all they have achieved," said Heapy, who singled out Isaac Naylor, in particular, for praise after he was honoured at the Yorkshire and Humber National Apprenticeship Awards and shortlisted as a finalist in the 2022 National Apprenticeship Awards.

“We would like to congratulate the apprentices on their achievements and look forward to seeing them continue their professional careers at Jet2.com and Jet2holidays," Heapy continued.

"It has been a pleasure to see our apprentices develop over the course of their apprenticeships, and I am confident that they all have a fantastic and bright future ahead of them. Our apprentices are extremely important to the ongoing success and growth of our businesses, and we are continuing to grow our apprenticeship programme next year, while investing in our colleagues.”

Jet2 said 2023 apprenticeship positions would be available across customer service, HR, finance, marketing, IT, operations control, planning, ground operations, overseas, and product.

"The apprenticeships give apprentices the opportunity to gain practical work experience, essential skills, and a professional qualification all while they earn," said the airline and operator. "This expansion ensures that Jet2.com and Jet2holidays employs a highly motivated team with the skills the companies need to support their growth.