Jet2.com and Jet2holidays is celebrating five years of bumper growth to Turkey, announcing that their flying programme to the popular holiday hotspot has trebled since 2018. It said it had experienced such "tremendous growth over the last five years that Turkey is its fastest growing destination over the past five years, excluding brand-new destinations".
The companies have expanded their offering in response to demand from customers and independent travel agents looking to book or travel to the Turkish sunshine. The expansion means Jet2.com and Jet2holidays have seen a 200% capacity increase to Turkey for summer 2023 - with almost two million seats on sale - compared to Summer 2018. when around 650,000 seats were on sale.
The companies operate to Turkey from ten of their UK bases for summer 2023 - Belfast International, Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds Bradford, London Stansted, Manchester and Newcastle International - with 37 routes on sale. For summer 2024, Jet2.com and Jet2holidays said they would grow their Turkey programme even further, when they start operating flights and holidays to Antalya, Bodrum and Dalaman from Liverpool John Lennon Airport.
