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Jet2 city breaks returning to Leeds Bradford Airport with trips to Paris, Rome, Amsterdam and more

Jet2 will be resuming flights from Leeds to major European cities and Iceland as coronavirus travel restrictions ease.

The airline, based at Leeds Bradford Airport, has announced its late winter and early spring programme of regularly scheduled flights to Krakow, Paris, Prague, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Budapest and Rome.

Jet2 has also scheduled five return flights and short break packages in Iceland between February and April.

Read the latest news from Leeds Bradford Airport here.

From Friday you'll be able to fly to the Polish city of Krakow and the Czech capital Prague every Monday and Friday.

Four weekly flights to the French capital Paris also restart from Leeds on Friday.

On February 25, flights every Monday and Friday to the Dutch capital Amsterdam resume.

From March 4, you'll be able to fly to the Hungarian capital Budapest every Monday and Friday while from April 4 four weekly flights to the Catalonian capital Barcelona restart.

And from April 7, two weekly flights to the Italian capital Rome start again.

Jet2 CEO Steve Heapy said: "We are delighted to be resuming our popular city breaks programme to a number of favourite city break destinations from Leeds Bradford Airport.

"With travel starting to return to normal, the demand for city breaks is coming back very strongly and the restart of our award-winning cities programme to key city break destinations comes at the perfect time to get away and explore a new capital or cultural centre.

"Our city breaks programme offers customers and independent travel agents lots of choice and flexibility to choose from for a memorable getaway.

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"We are looking ahead with real confidence and optimism, and we expect the return of our cities programme to a number of major city break destinations from Leeds Bradford Airport to be very popular, as we know how much customers in the region want to discover their dream city break in 2022."

Meanwhile, Jet2 has announced short breaks in Iceland on February 17 and 21, March 17, April 4 and April 7. They can be booked as flights only or packages including transfers and a choice of three-star and four-star hotels plus a Northern Lights tour.

Mr Heapy said: "We are delighted to be resuming our programme of dedicated trips to Iceland from Leeds Bradford Airport.

Reykjavik, Iceland (Getty Images)

"As travel starts to return to normal, we are seeing strong demand for flights and holidays to this bucket list destination as customers in the region look to make the most of being able to enjoy the unrivalled natural wonders of Iceland once again.

"With a choice of five once-in-a-lifetime trips available from Leeds Bradford Airport, our customers have the biggest and best flexibility when it comes to visiting the Nordic Island with Jet2.com and Jet2CityBreaks."

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