Jet2holidays

Jet2 brings forward Bournemouth base launch to early February

The first flights to Tenerife will depart on 4 February 2025 instead of 1 April, Jet2 announced on Friday (12 July)

Strong package pricing is helping Jet2 counter soaring cost increases

The airline and operator on Thursday (11 July) detailed a big rise in package prices last year, which it says has helped offset huge rises in oil prices and other costs – and saw it pay more commission to agents

Jet2 firms up major aircraft order as annual profits jump by a third to £520 million

Chief executive said the airline and operator’s reaction to headwinds like last year’s wildfires in Rhodes, floods in Skiathos and the August bank holiday ATC outage had contributed to its strong performance

Jet2 issues urgent advice for trade after Leeds Bradford runway closure

Airport forced to close to arriving and departing flights on Friday afternoon

Jet2 marks first departure to latest city break destination Porto

Jet2 has launched a series of flights and city breaks to Porto, with the first departure from Manchester preceding a series from Birmingham next summer

Operators monitoring 'fast-evolving wildfire situation' in Kos

EasyJet holidays and Jet2holidays urge customers to follow the advice of their hotels and from any local authorities

Jet2 to expand Spain schedule with third Andalucian destination

Jet2 will launch weekly services to and from Jerez next summer operating between May and early November

Trade still working through fallout from Manchester airport power failure

Airlines and operators are still having to deal with the after-effects of Sunday’s power cut at Manchester airport that disrupted flights and rendered baggage systems inoperative

Jet2holidays signs deal with water park safety specialist

Jet2holidays has engaged a water park safety expert to monitor facilities at its hotels

Manchester airport flights resume and to ‘run as usual’ after major power outage

Chief executive Chris Woodroofe said the fault – first identified during the early hours of Sunday morning – had been traced to an underground cable, which caused a power surge, although he stressed a full investigation would take place.

Woodruffe added staff at the airport were working hard to minimise the impact of the outage on people’s travel plans over the coming days.

FTI Touristik failure: the story so far and knock-on effects for the UK travel trade

Operator giant FTI Touristik filed for insolvency on Monday (3 June) sending shockwaves through the European tourism sector – here are the ripple effects for the UK

Jet2holidays to place agents at centre of renewed Love Island partnership

Airline and operator has created a range of dedicated marketing collateral for agents centring round its millennial Vibe brand, including window posters and merchandise, and there will be competitions too as well

Jet2 puts 2025/26 ski flight programme on sale from 10 UK bases

Airline and operator will serve eight ski gateways – Chambery, Geneva, Grenoble, Salzburg, Innsbruck, Lyon, Turin and Verona

Jet2 pledges to cut carbon emissions by 35% per passenger by 2035

Airline and operator reveals updated sustainability strategy for the period to 2035 aligned to Science-Based Targets initiative guidance

Jet2holidays expands summer sale to include entire portfolio

The tour operator will take £60 off per person on all holidays departing until 31 August

Jet2 puts 2025/26 winter sun programme on sale across 12 UK bases

Major Morocco expansion, two brand new winter routes and first winter sun programme from new 12th base Bournemouth among highlights

Jet2holidays named UK's top travel brand for third consecutive year

Chief executive Steve Heapy said being named Which? Travel Brand of the Year again was ’a remarkable demonstration of our industry leadership’

Travel's wave of change on animal welfare: a long overdue step change?

After easyJet holidays, Jet2holidays recently became the latest operator to stop selling captive dolphin and whale attractions, and pressure is mounting on those who still do. Gary Noakes reports

Jet2holidays adds more than 35,000 extra summer 2025 seats 'to meet demand'

Customers located near Jet2’s nine UK bases – Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Glasgow, Leeds Bradford, Manchester, Newcastle International, Stansted and Liverpool John Lennon – stand to benefit from the expansion

Jet2holidays channels early summer discounts through agents

Jet2holidays has cut the price of May and June departures sold by agents by £60, and reduced the price of other summer 2024 packages

New Jet2 routes take off from Birmingham and Edinburgh airports

The airline and operator will serve Montenegro from BHX for the first time this summer, while Edinburgh has gained its first Jet2 service to Malta

'Strong and sustained demand' for Jet2's new Bournemouth flights

Airline and operator revealed Bournemouth as its 12th UK base last month

Jet2 bullish about summer 24 despite 'competitive' April and May pricing

Jet2 Group says it is happy with summer 2024 sales so far and has outlined profit expectations for the 2023/4 financial year ahead of results announcement

Jet2 boss: SAF delays put UK holidaymakers ‘at a competitive disadvantage’

‘We need government action to turbocharge the UK SAF industry,’ said Jet2.com and Jet2holidays chief executive Steve Heapy