More Sun from Edinburgh for Summer 18 with Jet2.com and Jet2holidays
Biggest ever summer programme with more flights and holidays than ever from Edinburgh Airport
4th April 2017: Jet2.com and Jet2holidays has announced its biggest ever summer flights and holidays programme from Edinburgh Airport for Summer 18, with four brand new destinations (two of them exclusive), over 700,000 seats and thousands of 2-5 star hotels on sale.
The leading leisure airline and package holiday specialist is announcing major growth with more flights and holidays to a whopping 32 summer beach and city destinations, including BRAND NEW AND EXCLUSIVE destinations – Antalya and Kos - as well as TWO NEW DESTINATIONS Dalaman and Madeira.
As well as adding new destinations, the company is growing capacity at Edinburgh Airport by 9% for Summer 18, with more than 50,000 extra seats on sale. A number of routes are seeing significant growth including:
- Costa de Almeria – recently introduced for Summer 17, this hotspot is already seeing expansion, with an extra flight taking the number of weekly services to two
- Cyprus – an additional weekly flight means two services every week to Paphos as well as extended season to Larnaca
- Verona and Naples – now two weekly services including Saturdays
During the peak summer season the company will operate 160 weekly flights from Edinburgh Airport.
An additional brand new Boeing 737-800 aircraft will come into operation to handle this expansion which has come on the back of a phenomenal response to the company’s award winning flights and great value package holidays.
Steve Heapy, CEO of Jet2.com and Jet2holidays said: “This will be our biggest summer programme yet from Edinburgh Airport, with more seats and hotels than ever through our award-winning airline and holiday operator. Such sustained growth is only possible by looking after our customers, which shows that our continued investment into offering great value package holidays and family friendly flights is working. By continuing to grow across all of our bases, including established ones such as Edinburgh, this proves our formula is the right one.”
Gordon Dewar, Edinburgh Airport’s Chief Executive, said: “This ongoing and consistent growth from Jet2.com reflects Edinburgh Airport’s direction of travel by offering greater passenger choice for the holiday market direct from Scotland to the Mediterranean sunshine.”
Key summer 2018 programme information:
Edinburgh
- 32 destinations including FOUR NEW ones for summer: Antalya (exclusive), Dalaman, Kos (exclusive) and Madeira
- 160 weekly flights and 700,000 seats available, with a new Boeing 737-800 aircraft added, a 9% uplift on Summer 17
- More flights and more seats to Halkidiki, Paphos, Naples and