Top UK airline launches new base at big London airport – with affordable flights to 17 holiday destinations from April
PASSENGERS wanting to fly with Jet2 from London have been given a major boost today.
Today (November 13, 2024), Jet2 announced the opening of its 13th airport base in the UK at London Luton Airport.
The UK’s largest tour operator will open a brand-new airport base in London Luton Airport for summer 2025.
Jet2 flights will start operating from the airport on April 1, 2025, with the first services flying to Majorca on the same day.
The airline will fly to 17 summer holiday destinations from London Luton Airport, with 430,000 seats already on sale.
In total, 36 weekly flights will operate from the London-based airport next summer.
From London Luton Airport, Jet2 will fly to the Canary Islands, Balearic Islands, Mainland Spain, Portugal and Turkey.
Weekly services will also operate to Greece, Italy and Madeira – with a full list of destinations below.
Jet2 will operate three exclusive routes from the airport to Girona, Madeira and Verona.
Steve Heapy, Jet2 boss, said: “We are very excited to announce London Luton Airport as our 13th UK airport base today, further expanding our footprint and bringing our award-winning holidays and flights to even more customers.
“Customers and independent travel agents have been asking us to open at London Luton Airport for many years now, so we know how enormously popular this announcement will be.
“We have seen time and time again how popular our product is when we bring it to new customers, and we look forward to delivering our VIP customer service to holidaymakers from our newest airport base.”
Alberto Martin, Chief Executive at London Luton Airport, commented: “We are delighted to welcome Jet2, the UK’s leading package holiday provider, to London Luton Airport.
“The arrival of Jet2 is fantastic news for the millions of passengers who choose to fly from the airport each year and marks a major expansion of Jet2’s operations in the south of England.”
Flights and package holidays are already on sale; all packages are ATOL-protected.
Two brand-new Airbus A321neo aircraft will be based at the airport.
My View: Jet2's London Luton Airport Base
THE Sun’s Head of Travel Lisa Minot explains what Jet2’s new airport base at London Luton Airport means for holidaymakers in the south of England.
JET2’s latest base at London Luton Airport sees the airline consolidating its growth in the south of England and further cements its position as the UK’s biggest tour operator.
The airline and package holiday company has seen astonishing growth in the last two decades – and this October increased its ATOL licence yet again to more than seven MILLION passengers.
From its first Jet2 flight in 2002 from Leeds Bradford, the company has grown steadily off the back of excellent regional connectivity and superb customer service.
Its early years expansion in the north of England saw it offer millions of passengers direct flights from their local airports and recently it has sought to bring its flight offering to the south of the country, opening new bases in Bournemouth and Bristol.
Luton is its second base in the capital – it currently flies out of Stansted.
But with Luton’s fast, direct train access to central London as well as the opportunity to offer flights and holidays to the millions living in the capital and the commuter belt counties of Bedfordshire, Hertfordshire and Buckinghamshire this is sure to be a winner.
Jet2’s success is no flash-in-the-pan. The company has invested heavily in its customer service teams and grown at a pace where it can continue to offer the same level of support to its customers.
While it may not be the cheapest airline at Luton in terms of fares, its reliability and smooth experience both in airports and onboard will continue to convince yet more of us to fly with them.
The new Jet2 base will generate more than 125 jobs in the area.
The announcement follows a wave of successful launches from other UK airports in recent years.
Earlier this year, Jet2 announced the launch of 16 brand-new routes from Bournemouth Airport following huge demand.
Holidaymakers in Bournemouth will have a number of new places to fly to as of February 2025, when the budget airline’s flights begin.
Popular holiday destinations including Spain, Turkey, Greece and Portugal are among the new destinations to be served by the airline, once the routes take to the skies in 2025.
Full list of Jet2's summer 2025 programme from London Luton Airport
Here is a Full list of Jet2’s summer 2025 programme from London Luton Airport.
Mainland Spain
- Alicante – Up to four weekly services (Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday)
- Girona – Weekly Sunday services. A new and exclusive destination from London Luton Airport
- Reus – Up to two weekly services (Monday and Thursday)
Canary Islands
- Fuerteventura – Weekly Sunday services
- Gran Canaria – Up to two weekly services (Monday and Friday)
- Lanzarote – Up to two weekly services (Tuesday and Friday)
- Tenerife – Up to three weekly services (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday)
Balearic Islands
- Ibiza – Up to two weekly services (Monday and Friday)
- Majorca – Up to six weekly services (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday)
Portugal
- Faro – Up to four weekly services (Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday)
- Madeira – Weekly Monday services. A new and exclusive destination from London Luton Airport
Greece
- Crete (Heraklion) – Weekly Wednesday services
- Rhodes – Weekly Saturday services
- Zante – Weekly Wednesday services
Turkey
- Antalya – Up to two weekly services (Tuesday and Saturday)
- Dalaman – Up to two weekly services (Thursday and Sunday)
Italy
- Verona – Weekly Wednesday services. A new and exclusive destination from London Luton Airport
Meanwhile, Virgin Atlantic has also launched two brand new routes to exciting destinations.
And this small airport has plans for three brand new Ryanair routes.