In a trading update issued on Wednesday (25 February), the airline and operator said it was shifting its focus onto growing load factor as it pumps additional capacity into its newest bases.
Jet2 will add 1.1 million seats at its Bournemouth, Luton and Gatwick bases over the coming year, with flights from the latter taking off on 26 March. By contrast, additional capacity at its "more established bases" will run to around 400,000 seats, growth of only about 2%.
Nonetheless, Jet2 has 20 million seats on sale for summer 2026 – 8% more than last year – which it claims runs ahead of UK market growth in capacity to short- and mid-haul beach destinations of approximately 5.5%.
