Jet2.com and Jet2holidays have officially landed at Bournemouth Airport – their 12th UK airport base.
The milestone was celebrated with a red-carpet welcome and personalised gifts as the inaugural Bournemouth flight jetted off to Tenerife.
It signals the start of Jet2.com and Jet2holidays flights and package holidays from the airport.
Jet2.com and Jet2holidays will operate to 16 destinations from across Europe, the Mediterranean and Canary Islands during their first summer of operations from Bournemouth.
It represents over 280,000 seats on sale.
For Summer 2025, Jet2.com and Jet2holidays will operate up to 27 weekly flights, including multiple weekly flights to the Canary Islands, Balearic Islands, Turkey and Greece as well to Mainland Spain, Portugal and Madeira.
Madeira is an exclusive Jet2 destination from Bournemouth Airport.
Two aircraft will be based at Bournemouth Airport.
New summer 2026 destinations such as Malaga, Dubrovnik, Kos, Reus and Verona will be supported with the addition of a third based aircraft.
The new Bournemouth airport base has created more than 125 new jobs in ground operations, flight deck and cabin crew.
Steve Heapy, CEO of Jet2.com and Jet2holidays, said: “This is an incredibly exciting day as we expand our flights and holidays to our 12th UK airport base.”
“The response from customers and travel agents across the region and beyond since announcing our launch from Bournemouth Airport has been outstanding.”
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