More expansion is planned by Jet2.com and Jet2holidays as their summer 2026 programme was released early with more than 700,000 seats added.
The sister companies have put 18.6 million seats on sale, increasing capacity over next summer with 22 new routes to bring the number up to almost 450.
Flights and holidays to 57 sun and city destinations feature from 12 UK airports – Belfast International, Bournemouth, Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, East Midlands, Glasgow, Leeds Bradford, Liverpool John Lennon, Manchester, Newcastle and Stansted.
An expanded fleet of aircraft includes more new and fuel-efficient Airbus A321neos, which are claimed to be over 20% more fuel efficient than older aircraft and have a 50% lower noise footprint.
Extra aircraft will be deployed from Bournemouth, East Midlands, Manchester and Newcastle airports with A321neos operating at Stansted and Glasgow airports for the first time as part of a 136-strong fleet in operation for summer 2026.
Destinations include the Canary Islands, Balearics, Spain, Greece, Turkey, Italy, Cyprus, Croatia, Montenegro, Malta, Bulgaria, France, Morocco, Jersey, Austria and Portugal,
The companies promised further announcements “over the coming weeks”, including the launch of more city break destinations.
The new routes for summer 2026 are:
- Six from East Midlands – Agadir, Costa de Almeria, Pula, Preveza, Halkidiki and Split
- Five from Bournemouth – Malaga, Dubrovnik, Kos, Reus and Verona
- Five from Newcastle – Agadir, Preveza, Marrakech (flights operating for the first time in summer) Barcelona and Porto
- Three from Edinburgh – Kefalonia, Girona and Kalamata
- Two from Glasgow – Dubrovnik and Marrakech (flights operating for the first time in summer)
- One from Stansted to Jerez
Chief executive Steve Heapy said: “Customers are telling us they want to book ahead and secure that all-important holiday, so they can have the best choice of hotels, rooms and dates.
“We have responded to the strong demand from holidaymakers wanting to lock in their getaways, by putting our biggest and best summer programme on sale for 2026, earlier than ever before.
“Our summer ’26 programme represents a huge expansion with more seats and routes on sale, meaning holidaymakers have never had so much choice and flexibility.
“As well as offering customers and independent travel agents a greater selection of flights and holidays to choose from, our enormous summer ’26 programme allows them to book in advance and get a date in their diary now.
“To support this unrivalled flying programme, we have expanded our operations at Bournemouth, East Midlands, Manchester and Newcastle International Airports and brought in extra aircraft at these airports, alongside brand-new and more fuel-efficient Airbus A321neo aircraft at London Stansted and Glasgow airportsfor the first time, which are over 20% more fuel-efficient than older aircraft, and have a lower noise footprint of 50%.
“While we may be announcing our biggest summer ’26 programme to date, we are not done yet and will be revealing even more good news about our 2026 operations very soon.”