Airline and holidays operator reveals earliest ever summer programme
Airline and holidays operator, Jet2.com and Jet2holidays, have launched their 2026 summer programme from Manchester Airport and Liverpool John Lennon Airport (LJLA).
They said they have unveiled their programmes earlier than ever before, due to strong demand from holidaymakers.
The 2026 programme offers a choice of 55 sun and leisure destinations from Manchester and 23 sunny hotspots from Liverpool.
More than 3.9 million airline seats have gone on sale from Manchester, and 700,000 from Liverpool.
During peak periods, Jet2.com and Jet2holidays will operate more than 350 departing weekly flights from Manchester, and almost 70 from LJLA.
To meet with customer demand at Manchester the companies have increased capacity to nine popular sunshine destinations, with additional flights operating to Lanzarote, Malaga, Alicante, Antalya, Menorca, Malta, Barcelona, Salerno and Jerez during Summer 2026.
The airline will base an extra aircraft at Manchester to support the expanded programme, taking the total to 26.
To support its Liverpool progtramme, which will mark the airline and tour operator’s third summer of operation from the airport, Jet2.com will operate five-based aircraft from the airport in summer 2026.
Key summer highlights from Manchester Airport for 2026 include: Antalya (18), Bodrum (6), Dalaman (16), Izmir (4), Tenerife (18), Lanzarote (14), Fuerteventura (7), Gran Canaria (7), Reus (7), Alicante (14), Malaga (13), Girona (4), Costa de Almeria (3), Barcelona (6), Palma (Majorca) (29), Ibiza (14), Menorca (9), Faro (Algarve) (12), Madeira (4), Crete (Heraklion) (9), Crete (Chania) (3), Corfu (10), Kefalonia (6), Lesbos (2), Skiathos (4), Santorini (3), Kos (7), Kalamata (2), Preveza (3), Rhodes (10), Halkidiki (3), Zante (8), Athens (4), Larnaca (6), Paphos (7), Naples (3), Sicily (2), Sardinia (3), Verona (2), Bulgaria (Bourgas) (5), Dubrovnik (4), Split (4), Tivat (2), Malta (4), Pisa (3), Agadir (3), Pula (2), Salerno (2), Marrakech (2), Jerez (2), Rome (6), Nice (3), Porto (2), Venice (4), Innsbruck (1)
The peak number of flights per week are in brackets.
Key summer 2026 highlights from LJLA include 23 routes, comprising Antalya (4), Bodrum (2), Dalaman (4), Tenerife (6), Lanzarote (4), Fuerteventura (2), Gran Canaria (3), Alicante (4), Palma (Majorca) (9), Ibiza (4), Menorca (2), Faro (Algarve) (4), Madeira (1), Crete (Heraklion) (2), Corfu (2), Kos (1), Rhodes (2), Zante (2), Paphos (2), Malaga (3), Bourgas (Bulgaria) (2), Malta (1), Reus (2).
Steve Heapy, CEO of Jet2.com and Jet2holidays, said: “Customers are telling us they want to book ahead and secure that all-important holiday, so they can have the best choice of hotels, rooms and dates.
“We have responded to the strong demand from holidaymakers wanting to lock in their getaways, by putting our biggest and best summer programme on sale for 2026, earlier than ever before.”
Steve Heapy, left, and John Irving
Referring to the Liverpool programme he added: “Our summer 26 programme will be our third summer of operation from the airport and offers holidaymakers plenty of choice and flexibility, as well as giving them the chance to book in advance and get a date in their diary now for some sunshine. We have every confidence our summer 26 programme will be a huge success.”
John Irving, CEO of Liverpool John Lennon Airport, said: “It’s great to be already looking forward to a third summer with Jet2.com and Jet2holidays operating from Liverpool.
“Customers from across the North West and North Wales can now make an early booking to a choice of 23 destinations with all the added convenience and acclaimed customer experience of flying from Liverpool, the 2024 Which? Best UK Airport.”
