Jet2.com and Jet2holidays launch biggest ever Summer programme for 2026

Andrea Thompson

ByAndrea Thompson

September 26, 2024
Summer_26_News

Jet2.com and Jet2holidays have put their biggest ever Summer programme on sale for 2026, with flights and holidays to 57 sun and leisure city destinations now available to book from across all 12 of the companies UK airports.

The leading leisure airline and UK’s largest tour operator have responded to strong demand from UK holidaymakers wanting to book ahead, going on sale with their summer programme earlier than ever before.

As well as being the first airline and tour operator to go on sale for Summer 26, the summer sun and leisure cities programme offers more seats, routes and choice – with an expanded fleet of aircraft taking customers on their holidays, including more of the companies’ brand-new and more fuel-efficient fleet of Airbus A321neo aircraft, which are over 20% more fuel efficient than older aircraft, and have a lower noise footprint of 50%.

With flights and holidays to 57 sun and city destinations on sale for Summer 26 from across all 12 of the companies’ UK airports – Belfast International, Bournemouth, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, East Midlands, Glasgow, Leeds Bradford, Liverpool John Lennon, London Stansted, Manchester and Newcastle International Airports, customers and independent travel agents can now go ahead and lock in some summer sun nice and early.

The expanded programme means 18.6 million seats have gone on sale (over 700,000 more seats than Summer 25), representing almost 450 routes, including 22 new summer routes and 14 exclusive routes for Summer 26. The programme will see the companies operate more than 1,700 departing weekly flights from their 12 UK airports.

The new summer routes from Jet2.com and Jet2holidays for Summer 26 are as follows:

  • Five brand-new routes from Bournemouth Airport – Malaga, Dubrovnik, Kos, Reus and Verona
  • Six brand-new routes from East Midlands Airport – Agadir, Costa de Almeria, Pula, Preveza, Halkidiki and Split
  • Three brand-new routes from Edinburgh Airport – Kefalonia, Girona and Kalamata
  • Two brand-new routes from Glasgow Airport – Dubrovnik and Marrakech (flights operating for the first time in summer)
  • One brand-new route from London Stansted Airport to Jerez
  • Five brand-new routes from Newcastle International Airport – Agadir, Preveza, Marrakech (flights operating for the first time in summer) Barcelona and Porto

Whether customers and independent travel agents are looking to book holidays in the Canaries, Balearics, Spain, Greece, Turkey, Italy, Cyprus, Croatia, Montenegro, Malta, Bulgaria, France, Morocco, Jersey, Austria or Portugal, this huge programme is giving them more choice and flexibility when it comes to reaching their favourite sunshine destinations.

To support this expanded programme, Jet2.com have invested in additional aircraft for Summer 26, with extra aircraft coming into operation at Bournemouth, East Midlands, Manchester and Newcastle International Airports and brand-new Airbus A321neo aircraft operating at London Stansted and Glasgow Airports for the first time, meaning a fleet of 136 aircraft in operation for Summer 26.

In yet more good news, the companies will be making further Summer 26 announcements over the coming weeks, including the launch of even more leisure city break destinations.