Bristol: Jet2 Route News & Base Updates
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Aircraft number three arrived this morning from MAN at 06:00 - B738 (G-JZBR) in "Jet2 Holidays" scheme.
Today also sees the first commercial flights from Jet2s newest base, to PMI and MAH.
G-JZHT departed to PMI at 07:30 this morning and G-JZHV is due to operate to MAH this afternoon.
Aircraft number three arrived this morning from MAN at 06:00 - B738 (G-JZBR) in "Jet2 Holidays" scheme.
Today also sees the first commercial flights from Jet2s newest base, to PMI and MAH.
G-JZHT departed to PMI at 07:30 this morning and G-JZHV is due to operate to MAH this afternoon.
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Press release on BRS website:
www.bristolairport.co.uk
Leading leisure airline and tour operator commences flights and holidays from tenth UK base with a full aircraft heading to Majorca this morning!
The full flight departed from Bristol Airport to Majorca with holidaymakers jetting off on a much-needed holiday to the popular sunshine destination. This inaugural flight will be followed by another flight to Menorcawhich takes off this afternoon.
To celebrate the first flight taking off from Bristol Airport, Jet2.com and Jet2holidays laid on the type of VIP customer experience that has resulted in the companies winning multiple awards. This included a red-carpet welcome, a Spanish guitarist and dancers to entertain holidaymakers as they waited to board the aircraft, as well as goodie bags. In addition to that, the first customers to check-in, Allison and Stuart Rees, a nurse and police officer from Bridgend, were surprised with a free holiday to Hotel Pineda SPLASH in the Costa Brava, and the first 20 customers to check-in all received free flights vouchers.
The start of operations from Bristol Airport comes as the Balearic Islands (Majorca, Menorca and Ibiza) andMadeira were all added to the Green Travel List for customers travelling from England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Customers across the South West of England and South Wales have plenty of choice and flexibility when it comes to enjoying a much-needed holiday to these destinations in Summer 21, with Jet2.comand Jet2holidays operating multiple weekly flights to many destinations meaning customers can book the duration of holiday they like.
Following the recent publication of the Green Travel List last, Jet2.com and Jet2holidays reported an enormous surge in bookings from customers wanting to travel in July and August from Bristol Airport. Despite that, the leading tour operator to destinations across the Mediterranean and Canary Islands is continuing to urge the Government to follow its own data and add more safe destinations to the Green List.
Jet2.com and Jet2holidays has a total of 40 sun, leisure city and ski destinations on sale across the Mediterranean, Canary Islands and Europe from Bristol Airport.
As well as booking and travelling on award-winning flights and ATOL protected package holidays to this huge range of destinations from Bristol Airport, customers in the South West of England and South Wales can now get to experience and enjoy the company’s VIP customer service which has seen Jet2.com and Jet2holidayswin high-profile accolades before and during the pandemic, such as Which? Recommended Provider and TripAdvisor’s Best Airline – UK and Top 10 Airlines of the World.
This VIP customer service includes friendly flight times and a generous 22kg baggage allowance through a flight-only booking with Jet2.com, which has seen the airline win five accolades at the 2020 TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice® Awards for Airlines. Holidaymakers get to enjoy that very same VIP customer service with in-resort Customer Helpers, transfers, and ATOL protection with the UK’s second largest tour operator, Jet2holidays. As well as a choice of thousands of 2-5 star hotels, customers can take advantage of millions of Free Child Places which are available for customers across the UK this summer.
The launch of flights and holidays from Bristol Airport demonstrates Jet2.com and Jet2holidays’ continued confidence in its product and proposition, and further underlines the company’s long-term ambition to become the UK’s leading and best leisure travel business.
Jet2.com and Jet2holidays’ arrival at Bristol Airport has resulted in significant investment for the region. More than 200 new jobs have been created with roles including flight deck and cabin crew, engineers, and ground operations colleagues.
Steve Heapy, CEO of Jet2.com and Jet2holidays, said: “This is an incredibly exciting day for Jet2.com and Jet2holidays, as we expand our award-winning flights and holidays to our tenth UK base at Bristol Airport. We have been ready to get going for some time now, and last week’s announcement from the Government means that customers can finally enjoy real package holidays and our award-winning customer service from Bristol Airport. We are looking forward to enjoying enormous success at our newest base, and the response to the launch from customers and independent travel agents has been outstanding. That said, we know customers want to travel to more destinations and the UK Government still has a long way to go to reopen international travel properly and satisfy customer demand both from Bristol Airport and across the UK. We continue to urge the Government to reopen international travel properly, rather than adding just a few destinations and hoping everyone will be happy with that.”
He added: “We have built up a strong reputation for leading the industry when it comes to looking after customers and we will be doing the same thing at Bristol Airport. We are making an enormous economic contribution to the region through the creation of more than 200 jobs at the airport, and I know that every single colleague is thrilled about finally getting our operation up and running.”
Carl Symonds, Station Manager for Jet2.com and Jet2holidays at Bristol Airport: “Today has been a long time coming and we are all so pleased to be finally taking customers away on their much-needed holidays. Our first flight was full of happy holidaymakers and our team are here to deliver that day in, day out. We cannot wait to show customers what we are all about, so that they can relax, enjoy our customer service and jet away on a happy and healthy holiday.”
Graeme Gamble, Chief Operating Officer, Bristol Airport said: “Today is one of the major milestone events in the history of the Airport in welcoming Jet2.com and Jet2holidays to Bristol Airport. Never has the time been more important for the region to look to the future in a post-Covid world, and Jet2.com and Jet2holidays have shown the confidence in the strength of the region to open up their tenth UK operating base at Bristol Airport. We know from our customer research there is pent-up demand for air travel in the region. This is a major step forwards for Bristol Airport recovering from the impact of the pandemic with the airline’s base at Bristol creating 200 job opportunities initially and this number increasing as the base grows, providing significant investment and an increase in the choice of destinations and holidays available to customers in the region. We will continue to work closely with Jet2.com and Jet2holidays on the strategic partnership and develop further opportunities in the future.”
Notes to editors:
The 40 sun, leisure city and ski destinations on sale with Jet2.com and Jet2holidays are:
Jet2.com and Jet2holidays celebrate first flight from tenth UK base - Bristol Airport
Leading leisure airline and tour operator commences flights and holidays from tenth UK base with a full aircraft heading to Majorca this morning!
www.bristolairport.co.uk
Jet2.com and Jet2holidays celebrate first flight from tenth UK base - Bristol Airport
Created: 2nd Jul 2021Leading leisure airline and tour operator commences flights and holidays from tenth UK base with a full aircraft heading to Majorca this morning!
- Major investment in the region with more than 200 jobs created
- Start of operations from Bristol Airport comes as the UK Government adds the Balearic Islands (Majorca, Menorca and Ibiza) and Madeira to the Green List
- “Government still has a long way to go to reopen international travel properly and satisfy customer demand from Bristol Airport and across the UK” says CEO Steve Heapy
The full flight departed from Bristol Airport to Majorca with holidaymakers jetting off on a much-needed holiday to the popular sunshine destination. This inaugural flight will be followed by another flight to Menorcawhich takes off this afternoon.
To celebrate the first flight taking off from Bristol Airport, Jet2.com and Jet2holidays laid on the type of VIP customer experience that has resulted in the companies winning multiple awards. This included a red-carpet welcome, a Spanish guitarist and dancers to entertain holidaymakers as they waited to board the aircraft, as well as goodie bags. In addition to that, the first customers to check-in, Allison and Stuart Rees, a nurse and police officer from Bridgend, were surprised with a free holiday to Hotel Pineda SPLASH in the Costa Brava, and the first 20 customers to check-in all received free flights vouchers.
The start of operations from Bristol Airport comes as the Balearic Islands (Majorca, Menorca and Ibiza) andMadeira were all added to the Green Travel List for customers travelling from England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. Customers across the South West of England and South Wales have plenty of choice and flexibility when it comes to enjoying a much-needed holiday to these destinations in Summer 21, with Jet2.comand Jet2holidays operating multiple weekly flights to many destinations meaning customers can book the duration of holiday they like.
Following the recent publication of the Green Travel List last, Jet2.com and Jet2holidays reported an enormous surge in bookings from customers wanting to travel in July and August from Bristol Airport. Despite that, the leading tour operator to destinations across the Mediterranean and Canary Islands is continuing to urge the Government to follow its own data and add more safe destinations to the Green List.
Jet2.com and Jet2holidays has a total of 40 sun, leisure city and ski destinations on sale across the Mediterranean, Canary Islands and Europe from Bristol Airport.
As well as booking and travelling on award-winning flights and ATOL protected package holidays to this huge range of destinations from Bristol Airport, customers in the South West of England and South Wales can now get to experience and enjoy the company’s VIP customer service which has seen Jet2.com and Jet2holidayswin high-profile accolades before and during the pandemic, such as Which? Recommended Provider and TripAdvisor’s Best Airline – UK and Top 10 Airlines of the World.
This VIP customer service includes friendly flight times and a generous 22kg baggage allowance through a flight-only booking with Jet2.com, which has seen the airline win five accolades at the 2020 TripAdvisor Travellers’ Choice® Awards for Airlines. Holidaymakers get to enjoy that very same VIP customer service with in-resort Customer Helpers, transfers, and ATOL protection with the UK’s second largest tour operator, Jet2holidays. As well as a choice of thousands of 2-5 star hotels, customers can take advantage of millions of Free Child Places which are available for customers across the UK this summer.
The launch of flights and holidays from Bristol Airport demonstrates Jet2.com and Jet2holidays’ continued confidence in its product and proposition, and further underlines the company’s long-term ambition to become the UK’s leading and best leisure travel business.
Jet2.com and Jet2holidays’ arrival at Bristol Airport has resulted in significant investment for the region. More than 200 new jobs have been created with roles including flight deck and cabin crew, engineers, and ground operations colleagues.
Steve Heapy, CEO of Jet2.com and Jet2holidays, said: “This is an incredibly exciting day for Jet2.com and Jet2holidays, as we expand our award-winning flights and holidays to our tenth UK base at Bristol Airport. We have been ready to get going for some time now, and last week’s announcement from the Government means that customers can finally enjoy real package holidays and our award-winning customer service from Bristol Airport. We are looking forward to enjoying enormous success at our newest base, and the response to the launch from customers and independent travel agents has been outstanding. That said, we know customers want to travel to more destinations and the UK Government still has a long way to go to reopen international travel properly and satisfy customer demand both from Bristol Airport and across the UK. We continue to urge the Government to reopen international travel properly, rather than adding just a few destinations and hoping everyone will be happy with that.”
He added: “We have built up a strong reputation for leading the industry when it comes to looking after customers and we will be doing the same thing at Bristol Airport. We are making an enormous economic contribution to the region through the creation of more than 200 jobs at the airport, and I know that every single colleague is thrilled about finally getting our operation up and running.”
Carl Symonds, Station Manager for Jet2.com and Jet2holidays at Bristol Airport: “Today has been a long time coming and we are all so pleased to be finally taking customers away on their much-needed holidays. Our first flight was full of happy holidaymakers and our team are here to deliver that day in, day out. We cannot wait to show customers what we are all about, so that they can relax, enjoy our customer service and jet away on a happy and healthy holiday.”
Graeme Gamble, Chief Operating Officer, Bristol Airport said: “Today is one of the major milestone events in the history of the Airport in welcoming Jet2.com and Jet2holidays to Bristol Airport. Never has the time been more important for the region to look to the future in a post-Covid world, and Jet2.com and Jet2holidays have shown the confidence in the strength of the region to open up their tenth UK operating base at Bristol Airport. We know from our customer research there is pent-up demand for air travel in the region. This is a major step forwards for Bristol Airport recovering from the impact of the pandemic with the airline’s base at Bristol creating 200 job opportunities initially and this number increasing as the base grows, providing significant investment and an increase in the choice of destinations and holidays available to customers in the region. We will continue to work closely with Jet2.com and Jet2holidays on the strategic partnership and develop further opportunities in the future.”
Notes to editors:
The 40 sun, leisure city and ski destinations on sale with Jet2.com and Jet2holidays are:
- Turkey: Antalya, Bodrum, Dalaman, Izmir
- Spain, Canaries and Balearics: Tenerife, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Reus, Alicante, Malaga, Girona, Costa de Almeria, Palma (Majorca), Ibiza, Menorca
- Portugal: Faro (Algarve), Madeira
- Greece: Crete (Heraklion), Corfu, Kefalonia, Skiathos, Santorini, Kos, Kalamata, Preveza, Rhodes, Halkidiki, Lesvos, Zante
- Cyprus: Larnaca, Paphos
- Italy: Naples, Verona, Sicily
- Croatia: Dubrovnik
- Austria: Innsbruck, Salzburg
- France: Chambery, Grenoble
Sherburnflyer92
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Can only see Canary Islands from select bases at the moment. But none the less great news.
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And paphos and Antalya. Tfs increase to 5 x weekly in winter 22/23
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Christmas week extra TFS Friday service - one at 0800 and one at 0900 too 👍
Wonder if any new winter sun destinations will be launched?
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The double fri tfs service starts early December through to early January 2023
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No flights shown for today or tomorrow.
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I think that will be the case @TheLocalYokel. A new base; original planned frequency for these 3 destinations most I believe planned was 5 weekly for PMI.
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Currently schedule is:
Palma - 3 weekly.
Menorca - 3 weekly.
Ibiza - 2 weekly.
Palma - 3 weekly.
Menorca - 3 weekly.
Ibiza - 2 weekly.
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Jet2 as an airline will be flying to over 40 destinations from 19 July with amber list countries included.
Have you had a chance to check what will be flying from BRS apart from the Balearics that are operating now.
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As far as I can see the routes will be :- canaries (all 4) , faro , Madeira , Corfu , kefalonia ( mid aug) , Zante , Crete , kos, skiathos, Rhodes , Verona and the two Turkish destinations ( are they still red ? ) Antalya and dalaman .
Girona , Santorini , kalamata , Thessaloniki, lesbos all now will start in may 22
Girona , Santorini , kalamata , Thessaloniki, lesbos all now will start in may 22
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Many thanks, Marko.
Yes, but I think the next traffic light system review is due soon so they might be waiting for that and hoping they will move Turkey to amber so they can operate flights there at the same time as the rest of the destinations.
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I think we’ve got to apply some sense. Not all destinations will be available for this summer from both all bases and BRS (deferred). Multiple other factors in direct control from Jet2 and indirect control of Jet2.
Direct control is quite obvious the flight and cabin crews as the first major port of all. Especially Flight crews who may have been off on furlough since March 2020. That takes a bit of time to get them back flying. Likewise easyJet, Ryanair, TUI, BA etc.. I don’t expect Jet2 or TUI or easyJet to suddenly go into a huge schedule overnight without at least been staged and managed well.. There will be other multiple internal factors which will never be made public but I guess we’ll take a punt at. Niche routes, they want to make revenue on your bucket and spade routes were its defo certain (operate to some Greek Island only a % of the U.K. market has heard of or to a further flight the majority have heard of and therefore makes revenue?). TC market left wide open - Greek Islands the big obvious one here.
Indirect control -
NATS staffing levels. Airport staffing levels. ATC staffing levels across Europe. Hotel availability. Overseas governments - Italy have a 5 day quarantine for all U.K. arrivals.
Grant moving amber to red, green to amber (affecting single jabbed, those medically exempt and those who have choose not to be jabbed).
I feel a lot of airlines not just Jet2 this summer will chase where the big buck, in volume, can be made.
Direct control is quite obvious the flight and cabin crews as the first major port of all. Especially Flight crews who may have been off on furlough since March 2020. That takes a bit of time to get them back flying. Likewise easyJet, Ryanair, TUI, BA etc.. I don’t expect Jet2 or TUI or easyJet to suddenly go into a huge schedule overnight without at least been staged and managed well.. There will be other multiple internal factors which will never be made public but I guess we’ll take a punt at. Niche routes, they want to make revenue on your bucket and spade routes were its defo certain (operate to some Greek Island only a % of the U.K. market has heard of or to a further flight the majority have heard of and therefore makes revenue?). TC market left wide open - Greek Islands the big obvious one here.
Indirect control -
NATS staffing levels. Airport staffing levels. ATC staffing levels across Europe. Hotel availability. Overseas governments - Italy have a 5 day quarantine for all U.K. arrivals.
Grant moving amber to red, green to amber (affecting single jabbed, those medically exempt and those who have choose not to be jabbed).
I feel a lot of airlines not just Jet2 this summer will chase where the big buck, in volume, can be made.
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Thank you for posting the link Concorde_LBA. There are some beautifully atmospheric shots in the early morning summer mist.
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