Popular airline and tour operator Jet2 will operate the firm's busiest-ever weekend with almost 150,000 customers travelling to and from their favourite holiday destinations across the Mediterranean and Canary Islands. Capacity has surged by 14 per cent compared to pre-pandemic summer 2019 for carrier Jet2.com and Jet2holidays.
Despite recent disruption affecting the sector, the company has not cancelled a single flight due to staff shortages – with millions of customers having travelled already this summer. A fleet of 106 aircraft is in operation during the weekend, flying to more than 50 destinations from across 10 UK bases. In total, the company will operate in excess of 800 flights this weekend with more than 425 taking off on Saturday alone.
When it comes to the most popular destinations, Majorca, Tenerife and Faro (Algarve) are the three busiest locations this weekend with the Balearics, Canaries, Mainland Spain, Greece, Turkey, Cyprus and Malta all proving incredibly popular. Jet2.com and Jet2holidays took action to proactively recruit well ahead of the bounce back and as such have a very visible uniformed presence in place - referred to as the Red Team - in UK airports as well as in main overseas airports and in resorts.
Steve Heapy, chief executive of Jet2.com and Jet2holidays, said: “This weekend marks the start of the peak summer holiday period and, thanks to our continued growth, it represents our busiest weekend ever. We always knew this was going to be a bumper summer with all types of customer - families, couples, groups and solo travellers - jumping at the chance to get away for their much-needed holidays."
He added: "That is precisely why we took early action to make sure we had the team in place to operate a huge programme, whilst delivering the industry-leading customer service we are known for. I am extremely proud of the way our colleagues have continued to look after customers and for the fact that we have not cancelled a single flight because of staff shortages.
"As the peak summer holiday season begins and holidaymakers get away to the sunshine, we know that customers will remember who has looked after them, as well as who has not.”
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