Tour operator and airline Jet2 has started flying again to 40 amber list destinations this summer from across 10 UK bases.
Operations were stepped up with more than 60 flights departing today from Belfast International, Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds Bradford, London Stansted, Manchester, and Newcastle Airports.
From today, double-jabbed residents arriving into England from countries on the Government’s amber list will no longer have to self-isolate for 10 days – except if they are arriving from France.
Jet2 flights took off to sunshine hotspots including the Balearic Islands (Ibiza, Majorca and Menorca), Canary Islands (Tenerife, Lanzarote, Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura), Spain, (Malaga and Alicante), Portugal (Faro (Algarve) and Madeira) and Greece (Corfu, Zante, Kos, Rhodes, Crete Heraklion and Kefalonia), as customers looked to make the most of quarantine-free travel this summer and enjoy a much-needed holiday.
The carrier will also resume flights and holidays later this week to Dubrovnik and Split from Leeds Bradford, Birmingham, Manchester, London Stansted, Newcastle, and Glasgow Airports after Croatia was recently added to the green list.
In response to the huge demand, Jet2.com and Jet2holidays have recently added increased capacity to Croatia this summer.
This includes more summer flights to Dubrovnik (from Birmingham, Leeds Bradford, Manchester, London Stansted, and Newcastle) and Split (Birmingham, Leeds Bradford, Manchester, and London Stansted).
Steve Heapy, chief executive Jet2.com and Jet2holidays, said: “Today marks a big step up for our award-winning operation, as we are now operating flights and holidays to over 40 quarantine-free destinations.
"Feedback from customers has been telling us for some time that there is enormous pent-up demand from holidaymakers looking to get away this summer, so it is fantastic to see full aircraft taking customers away to their favourite sunshine destinations."
Meanwhile, Jet2 has cancelled flights to Bulgaria after the country banned UK travellers from entering the country just days after the UK government said it would move to the green list.
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