UK leisure carrier Jet2.com has made Liverpool John Lennon Airport is eleventh base after putting summer holiday flights on sale to 20 destinations for 2024.
The airline and package holiday operator (Jetholidays) said the decision to add Liverpool came “in response to enormous demand from customers and independent travel agents across the region”.
The programme includes seven destinations that are exclusive to Jet2.com and Jet2holidays from Liverpool. The first Jet2.com flight from the airport will depart on March 28 next year.
Jet2.com and Jet2holidays will operate up to 54 weekly flights, including 12 flights to both the Canary Islands and the Balearic Islands every week.
A fleet of four aircraft offer an total of 565,000 seats will fly customers to a wide choice of destinations across Mainland Spain, the Canary Islands, the Balearic Islands, Greece, Turkey, Bulgaria, Portugal, Madeira and Cyprus.
More than 200 new jobs will be created initially, with positions available across flight deck, cabin crew, engineering, and ground operations.
The announcement comes after Jet2.com marked two decades since its first ever flight earlier this year.
Steve Heapy, chief executive of Jet2.com and Jet2holidays said: “We are absolutely delighted to be expanding our award-winning flights and holidays to Liverpool John Lennon Airport, which becomes our eleventh UK airport base.
“This announcement further expands our footprint and comes on the back of the enormous demand that we know is out there from customers and independent travel agents across Liverpool, Merseyside and the wider region.
“We have seen that demand really ramp up over the past couple of years, so we know there will be a fantastic response to this launch.
“We have seen time and time again how popular our product is when we bring it to new customers, and we look forward to showcasing our VIP customer service to holidaymakers from Liverpool John Lennon Airport and delighting them with our product.”
John Irving, chief executive of Liverpool John Lennon Airport, commented: “This is a great day for the Airport and for the region’s holidaymakers.
“For the first time, travellers from across the Liverpool City Region and beyond will have the opportunity to book package holidays with the UK’s leading package holiday provider, direct from Liverpool John Lennon Airport – the Airport of choice for travellers from across the North West and North Wales, bringing together the current Which? Travel Brand of the Year with the current Which? Best UK Airport.
“It is also great to have seven new routes available that we know will be popular with holidaymakers and for our local independent travel agents to be able to sell, with customers taking advantage of all the convenience and hassle free benefits of flying from Liverpool.”
