Airline adding 100,000 seats for winter next year

JET2.com and Jet2holidays are expanding operations from Manchester Airport with the launch of their biggest ever winter flights and holidays programme for 2017/18.

The leisure airline and package holiday company is adding nearly 100,000 extra seats for its with even more flights and extended season lengths on popular destinations.

More than 700,000 seats are now on sale from Manchester Airport to a choice of 24 winter sun, cool cities and ski destinations across the Mediterranean and Europe, an impressive 15% uplift on this year.

Next winter will see Jet2.com and Jet2holidays operate their biggest ever winter sun programme from Manchester Airport, with almost 400,000 seats to winter sun destinations, a 24% increase.

This includes huge growth to the Canary Islands, with up to 20 weekly flights and 200,000 seats in total. As well as massive expansion to Paphos (+126%) and Larnaca (+76%), the programme also sees strong growth and extended programmes to popular winter sun destinations such as Alicante (seven weekly flights, including two flights on Saturdays), Malaga (four weekly flights) and Majorca (three weekly flights).

More seats will be added to the company’s Winter 17/18 programme from Manchester Airport, giving customers a fantastic range of ski options. The popularity of Jet2CityBreaks means that there is 9% growth to city break destinations next winter.

Steve Heapy, chief executive of Jet2.com and Jet2holidays, said: “This is a very exciting time for Jet2.com and Jet2holidays and today’s announcement is yet another step on our ambitious growth plans from Manchester Airport.”
 
Stephen Turner, commercial director at Manchester Airport, said: “It’s incredibly pleasing to see Jet2.com and Jet2holidays increasing their presence from Manchester Airport for Winter 2017/18.

“Their continued growth and destination choice is testament to their commitment to the North and clearly shows the demand from the 22 million people in our catchment area to fly from Manchester.”

Close