Airline and tour operator Jet2 has said bookings remain under pressure for the winter season, but it cheered “encouraging” demand for summer next year.
The firm said it was keeping its winter programme under “continuous review” as bookings continue to be sluggish for the season. It added that prices need to remain “enticing”, with bookings failing to match flight capacity.
But Jet2 said it is expecting summer 2022 to be a “considerable improvement on both summer ’20 and summer ’21”, with bookings to date encouraging and plans for it to fly to all popular destinations.
The holiday firm said that, given the continuing short-term uncertainty resulting from the UK government’s three weekly review of its traffic light system, customers were booking significantly closer to departure.
Earlier this week, Jet2 announced a multi-billion pounds deal to update its aircraft fleet with up to 60 Airbus A321-NEO planes, which are more fuel efficient and have greater passenger load capacity.
Meanwhile, Ryanair and Wizz Air reported rising passenger numbers in August.
Ryanair said it flew 11.1 million passengers last month, up from 9.3 million in July and 7 million last August thanks to EU Covid-19 test certificates boosting overseas travel.
Wizz Air said it carried more than 3.5 million passengers during the same period - up 50 per cent on the number of people flown in the peak summer month last year.
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