Jet2 restarts flights and holidays for the first time in four months
Jet2 restarts flights and holidays for the first time in four months with planes departing to destinations including Spain, Turkey, Greece and Italy from today
- Jet2.com resumes flights today after grounding planes for nearly four months
- Flights from Spain, Turkey and Greece will resume from seven airports today
- Journeys to the likes of Poland and the Netherlands will start from September
Airline company Jet2.com has resumed flights to the likes of Spain, Turkey and Greece today after the coronavirus pandemic suspended its service for nearly four months.
Around 50 flights are expected to depart from seven airports in England and Scotland to other countries where restrictions have been eased.
Coronavirus ‘air bridges’ finally come into force last Friday meaning British holiday-makers had quarantine-free links with 73 countries.
Jet2.com has 50 flights ready to take off from British airports today as it plans to start its summer service
Greece is one of the destinations Jet2 says it will be flying to over the course of this summer, starting from today
Jet2.com flights were expected to take off from Manchester, Birmingham, East Midlands, Leeds Bradford, Glasgow, Newcastle and London Stansted today, after suspending its operations on March 17.
It had planned to resume them on May 1, but the impact of the collapse in demand, and travel restrictions such as the UK Government’s quarantine policy, meant aircraft stayed grounded until today.
Further flights will take off from Belfast International and Edinburgh from July 25.
He said: ‘We have been saying for some time that the sun will shine again and that when it does, we will be there to take customers away on their well-deserved holidays.
‘That day has finally arrived and we were delighted to see our first flights take off.
‘It is fantastic to be back in the air and recommencing our award-winning flights and package holidays to sunny destinations across Europe, the Mediterranean and the Canary Islands.
Jet2.com chief executive Steve Heapy insisted that customers are ‘in safe hands when they travel with us’.
All passengers must wear face masks on board its aircraft, and are advised to wear them throughout the airport
Mainland Spain – Malaga, Alicante, Barcelona (from September), Costa de Almeria, Murcia
Balearic Islands – Ibiza, Menorca, Majorca
Canary Islands – Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Tenerife, Gran Canaria
Turkey – Izmir, Antalya, Dalaman, Bodrum
Croatia – Pula, Dubrovnik, Split
Cyprus (commencing August 1) – Larnaca, Paphos
Czech Republic – Prague (from September)
France – Bergerac, La Rochelle, Paris (from October)
Greece – Corfu, Crete (Chania), Crete (Heraklion), Kefalonia, Skiathos, Kos, Preveza, Rhodes, Zante
Hungary – Budapest
Italy – Rome (from September), Naples, Pisa, Venice (from September)
Netherlands – Amsterdam (from September)
Poland – Krakow (from September)
Portugal (commencing August 1) – Faro, Madeira, Lisbon
‘These have been incredibly uncertain and difficult times for everyone, and we have been very busy looking after our customers and doing the right thing for them.
‘Now we are focused on doing what we do best – delivering award winning customer service and package holidays you can trust.’
Last week Jet2.com shared a video explaining how passengers can stay safe as they head on holiday.
The clip starts by explaining what passengers should do before they leave home with Jet2 advising customers to check-in online and download their own boarding passes to ‘keep things contact-free’.
Hand luggage should be ‘light’ and holidaymakers are told to ‘pack enough face masks for the rest of your holiday’.
If a passenger has symptoms of coronavirus, they won’t be allowed to fly.
On arriving at the airport, Jet2 says face masks should be worn and kept on.
Last month ITV reported the Leeds-based company was going to move ahead with redundancies caused by the coronavirus pandemic.
The company would not confirm the exact number of jobs at risk.
However union bosses told ITV up to 102 pilot jobs could go while 380 cabin crew staff were set to lose their jobs.
Tui restarted its holidays for UK customers on Saturday, while easyJet holidays will resume its programme on August 1.
Before air bridges came into effect last week, arrivals to Britain were asked to give over their name, address and contact details and stay in quarantine for two weeks.
Last week it was revealed not a single person has been fined £1,000 by police in England and Wales for breaching quarantine rules after arriving from abroad, according to the National Police Chiefs’ Council.
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