Tour operator and airline Jet2 has responded to the continued increase in demand for summer holidays by adding more flights and holidays to a range of destinations.
Customers travelling from Belfast International, East Midlands, Leeds Bradford, Manchester and Newcastle Airports can now enjoy more choice when it comes to booking and enjoying some much-needed sunshine this summer.
More than 50,000 additional seats have gone on sale in direct response to demand for holidays in countries and destinations that have said they will welcome holidaymakers from the UK this summer.
Jet2holidays reported a 1,000 per cent spike in bookings immediately following the announcement of an exit roadmap from lockdown, with demand continuing since then.
Bookings have also jumped in response to destinations preparing to welcome holidaymakers from the UK. This includes bookings to Cyprus up by 200 per cent.
There has also been a spike in bookings to Greece, Turkey, Spain and Portugal.
Steve Heapy, chief executive of Jet2.com and Jet2holidays, said: “The number of customers booking flights and package holidays to the Canary Islands, Spain, Portugal, Greece, Turkey and Cyprus tells us that many people want nothing more than to get away this summer.
"This demand is there, and as ever we are quick to respond to what our customers are telling us, making sure we take them from our rainy islands to their favourite holiday choices."
Breakdown of additional flights on sale by base:
- Belfast International – Dalaman, Tenerife
- East Midlands – Lanzarote, Corfu, Gran Canaria, Paphos
- Leeds Bradford – Bodrum, Crete (Chania), Dalaman, Crete (Heraklion), Skiathos, Kos, Gran Canaria, Rhodes.
- Manchester – Tenerife, Lanzarote, Malaga, Faro, Antalya, Bodrum, Dalaman, Skiathos, Corfu, Kos, Halkidiki and Paphos.
- Newcastle – Tenerife, Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, Malaga, Faro, Antalya, Dalaman, Corfu, Fuerteventura and Rhodes.
