Major UK airline expands flights to 3 countries from 13 British airports but there's a catch

Jet2has announced a whole host of new flight routes for Brits to enjoy - but there are a few details you should know before booking your travel. Jet2 and Jet2holidayshave released the details of “their biggest ever Winter Sunprogramme” though there’s one catch pausing the excitement of travellers.

Eager travellers will need to wait before enjoying the suite of new offerings, which are planned for the Winter 26/27 season. While patience is required, you can still plan ahead to make the most of the new deals and flight routes.

The programme will mean more seats and choice across 13 of Jet2’s UK airportbases. It also includes two brand-new winter routes as well as significant expansion to their Morocco, Malta and Madeira programmes.

Jet2's winter sun destinations

The programme expansion represents a capacity increase of 4% for the UK’s largest tour operator compared to its Winter 25/26 programme. Travellers will have their choice of 13 winter sun destinations departing from the following airports:

• Belfast International

• Birmingham

• Bournemouth

• Bristol

• East Midlands

• Edinburgh

• Glasgow

• Leeds Bradford

• Liverpool John Lennon

• London Stansted

• London Luton

• Manchester

• Newcastle International

With destinations like Mainland Spain and the Balearicsenjoying ever-increasing popularity, the companies have listed two new winter routes on sale from their newest UK airport bases – Bournemouth to Malaga and London Luton to Palma (Majorca).

In all, millions of seats are on sale across popular winter sun destinations in the Canary Islands (Tenerife, Lanzarote, Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura), Mainland Spain (Alicante and Malaga), Majorca(Palma), Portugal (Faro and Madeira), Turkey (Antalya), Malta, Morocco (Marrakech and Agadir) and Cyprus (Paphos) and during peak periods, the airline and tour operator will operate over 600 weekly outbound flights.

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Belfast International Airport will have ten sun destinations on sale, with over 25 departing weekly flights during peak periods. Destinations include Tenerife, Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, Malaga, Alicante, Antalya, Faro, Madeira and Palma.

Birmingham Airport will be one of the busiest bases of all with over 65 weekly departing flights during peak periods in Winter 26/27. The 14 winter sun destinations on sale departing from Birmingham include Tenerife, Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, Malaga, Alicante, Palma, Antalya, Faro, Madeira, Paphos, Malta, Marrakech and Agadir. You can read the full list of airports and their new departures here.

Jet2 and Jet2Holiday are also set to reveal details of their Ski, City Breaks and Icelandprogrammes for Winter 26/27 in the coming weeks.

Steve Heapy, CEO of Jet2.com and Jet2holidays, said: “We are pleased to be offering our biggest and most exciting Winter Sun programme ever, giving customers and independent travel agents even more choice and flexibility for next winter.

“As ever, we have designed our programme in direct response to ongoing demand from holidaymakers, so as well as launching two new winter routes, we are delighted to be expanding our Winter offering to other fantastic destinations too.”