Top UK airline launches new base at big London airport – with affordable flights to 17 holiday destinations from April

PASSENGERS wanting to fly with Jet2 from London have been given a major boost today.

Today (November 13, 2024), Jet2 announced the opening of its 13th airport base in the UK at London Luton Airport.

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The UK’s largest tour operator will open a brand-new airport base in London Luton Airport for summer 2025.

Jet2 flights will start operating from the airport on April 1, 2025, with the first services flying to Majorca on the same day.

The airline will fly to 17 summer holiday destinations from London Luton Airport, with 430,000 seats already on sale.

In total, 36 weekly flights will operate from the London-based airport next summer.

From London Luton Airport, Jet2 will fly to the Canary Islands, Balearic Islands, Mainland Spain, Portugal and Turkey.

Weekly services will also operate to Greece, Italy and Madeira – with a full list of destinations below.

Jet2 will operate three exclusive routes from the airport to Girona, Madeira and Verona.

Steve Heapy, Jet2 boss, said: “We are very excited to announce London Luton Airport as our 13th UK airport base today, further expanding our footprint and bringing our award-winning holidays and flights to even more customers.

“Customers and independent travel agents have been asking us to open at London Luton Airport for many years now, so we know how enormously popular this announcement will be.

“We have seen time and time again how popular our product is when we bring it to new customers, and we look forward to delivering our VIP customer service to holidaymakers from our newest airport base.”

Alberto Martin, Chief Executive at London Luton Airport, commented: “We are delighted to welcome Jet2, the UK’s leading package holiday provider, to London Luton Airport.

“The arrival of Jet2 is fantastic news for the millions of passengers who choose to fly from the airport each year and marks a major expansion of Jet2’s operations in the south of England.”

Flights and package holidays are already on sale; all packages are ATOL-protected.

Two brand-new Airbus A321neo aircraft will be based at the airport.

The new Jet2 base will generate more than 125 jobs in the area.

The announcement follows a wave of successful launches from other UK airports in recent years.

Earlier this year, Jet2 announced the launch of 16 brand-new routes from Bournemouth Airport following huge demand.

Holidaymakers in Bournemouth will have a number of new places to fly to as of February 2025, when the budget airline’s flights begin.

Popular holiday destinations including Spain, Turkey, Greece and Portugal are among the new destinations to be served by the airline, once the routes take to the skies in 2025.

Meanwhile, Virgin Atlantic has also launched two brand new routes to exciting destinations.

And this small airport has plans for three brand new Ryanair routes.

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