Jet2 to start flying from Bournemouth Airport
The UK's third biggest airline plans to head to 16 destinations from April 2025
Last updated 26th Mar 2024
Lower air fares could be coming to Bournemouth.
Jet2, the UK's third biggest airline, has announced it will start flying from the airport next April.
Planes will head to 16 destinations across Europe, the Canary Islands, and the Mediterranean.
Bournemouth Airport will become their 12th UK base airport.
In their first summer of operations from Bournemouth Airport, Jet2.com and Jet2holidays will operate up to 27 weekly flights, including multiple weekly flights to popular destinations across the Canary Islands, Balearic Islands, Turkey and Greece as well as services to hotspots such as Mainland Spain, Portugal and Madeira. Two destinations, Fuerteventura and Madeira are exclusive to Jet2 from Bournemouth Airport.
The inaugural flight from the airport will depart to Tenerife on 1st April 2025.
This latest expansion comes just days before Jet2.com and Jet2holidays starts operations from Liverpool John Lennon Airport.
Jet2.com and Jet2holidays’ arrival at Bournemouth Airport represents significant investment for the region. More than 100 new jobs will be created initially, with positions available across flight deck, cabin crew, engineering, and ground operations.
Steve Heapy, CEO of Jet2.com and Jet2holidays said: “We know that customers and independent travel agents have been asking us for a long time to make this move, so we are absolutely delighted to be announcing today that Bournemouth Airport will become our 12th UK base airport. As Which? Travel Brand of the Year, we know that our award-winning flights and holidays will be enormously popular across the region, and we cannot wait to show everyone what we are all about.”
He added: “This latest expansion is a further demonstration of our confidence, and it reflects our long-term strategy to be the UK's leading and best leisure travel business. We know that customers want to be properly looked after throughout their holiday experience, and we are making a significant investment in the region including the creation of over 100 new jobs to do exactly that. From today, we are counting down to the start of operations from Bournemouth Airport when we can delight customers, just as we have with millions of other customers from across the UK for so many years.”
Andrew Bell, CEO of RCA, Regional and City Airports, who own Bournemouth Airport, said: “This is fantastic news for passengers and represents a huge vote of confidence in Bournemouth Airport by Jet2.com and Jet2holidays, by choosing Bournemouth as their new base airport in what is a major expansion of their operations into the south of England. It will create new employment locally, add 16 fabulous new destinations from Bournemouth, up to 27 extra flights a week and will see an estimated additional 300,000 passengers using their local airport.”
He added: “Together with our work on route development; our significant recent investments in new facilities, equipment and staff to build capacity; this exciting partnership with Jet2.com and Jet2holidays represents a step change in establishing Bournemouth Airport as a nationally significant regional hub for passenger air operations.”