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Manchester Evening News
Manchester Evening News
National
Jessica Sansome

Jet2 issues update on flights from Manchester Airport

Manchester holidaymakers made packed their bags and headed off on a summer holiday as Jet2 restarted its flights.

The airline kick started its summer 2020 programme on Wednesday (July 15) with 14 flights departing from Manchester Airport.

Customers were able to jet off for some much-needed sunshine in Izmir, Ibiza, Malaga, Tenerife, Dalaman, Majorca, Zante, Alicante, Antalya, Skiathos, Kefalonia, Rhodes, Fuerteventura and Heraklion (Crete), where travel restrictions have been eased.

But with demand for more, Jet2 has issued an update.

The package holiday specialist will operate to a total of 41 destinations this summer from Manchester Airport, which will be quarantine-free.

The list of destinations are:

  • Mainland Spain  – Malaga, Alicante, Barcelona (from September), Costa de Almeria, Murcia
  • Balearic Islands  – Ibiza, Menorca, Majorca
  • Canary Islands  – Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Tenerife, Gran Canaria
  • Turkey  – Izmir, Antalya, Dalaman, Bodrum
  • Croatia  – Pula, Dubrovnik, Split
  • Cyprus   (commencing 1 August)  – Larnaca, Paphos
  • France  – Bergerac, La Rochelle
  • Greece  – Corfu, Crete (Chania), Crete (Heraklion), Kefalonia, Skiathos, Kos, Preveza, Rhodes, Zante
  • Hungary  – Budapest

Flights to Portugal (Faro, Madeira, Lisbon) will begin on August 1 with Krakow (Poland) and Rome, Naples, Pisa, Venice (Italy) to follow from September.

From onboard cleaning, ensuring that in-resort care is in line with official Covid-19 guidelines, and only travelling to the safest destinations where the company's teams and hotel partners are, Jet2 has said it's doing everything it can to ensure customers have a "healthy and happy holiday".

If you are joining Jet2 on an upcoming flight, they have released a number of rules passengers must follow before arriving at the airport and while on board a plane.

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