Palma, Alicante and Tenerife are the three airports with the greatest activity throughout the year, and there will be significant growth this winter (November to March 2018). The airline will be increasing the number of seats on UK-Spain routes by 71%.
As for Majorca specifically, growth from April last year to March this year will have been 18%, while from April to March 2018 there will be a 44% increase in the number of seats, bringing the total to over 980,000. This will be because of the nine routes between Palma and Jet2.com bases in the UK - Belfast, Birmingham, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds, Manchester, Newcastle and Stansted - that will create a peak of 107 flights per week. This will be the highest number that the airline has offered in Spain - up from a 2016 high season figure of 87.
From November this year to March 2018 there will be a doubling of the number of seats on flights between the UK and Palma.
The tour operator division, Jet2holidays, is also growing and now has 1,390 hotels in Spain and the islands under direct contract. In Majorca alone, the number is 304.
Steve Heapy, CEO of both Jet2.com and Jet2holidays, says that the growth demonstrates commitment to Majorca not only as a summer destination but also a valid option for the winter. "We have increased the number of flights, places and hotels for all the seasons as proof that we strongly believe in the island."
Pedro Homar, fhe director of the Palma365 tourism foundation, believes that the Jet2 growth is "great news" for Palma. "Without doubt, improving and increasing air connectivity in the mid and low seasons is one of the main strategies that we are working on at the foundation. Our goal is to position Palma as a city-break destination 365 days a year, and news like this helps us to fulfil it.
4 comments
To be able to write a comment, you have to be registered and logged in
Hurray! I hope to fly from Scotland be in Palma this December the first time in eleven years!!
The usual early season marketing stuff from Jet2. I seem to remember them saying they were increasing winter flights for cyclists but if they did it didn't last long; certainly not from Leeds anyway. There are no direct LBA-PMI flights at all from November to February. Their flight prices are also generally very high compared to all the other charter companies and their extra costs for everything apart from the seat are also high. They do have a good marketing/PR department though!
Jet2 are increasing their market share because Thomson's have been cutting back the overall quality of their holidays and they treat their clients badly. I no longer use Thomson's for that reason and found Jet2 care about their clients. However it remains to be seen if there is an overall increase as the latest news in the UK is that cheap holiday are gone with the increase in the price of fuel low exchange rate and a big hike in holiday prices.
Winter Tourism -----YES !!!. Only PALMA ----NO!!!. AS Jet 2 Advertise 4 and 5 Star ALL INCLUSIVE HOTELS. " Darling --Hold my PALMA hand !!! " Great news for the Hoteliers only.