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Celebrating five years of bumper growth to Türkiye
Published: Wed 28 Jun 2023 at 14:00
Jet2.com and Jet2holidays are celebrating five years of growth to Türkiye, announcing that their flying programme to the popular holiday hotspot has trebled since 2018.
The UK’s leading airline and tour operator to Türkiye have experienced such tremendous growth over the last five years that Türkiye is their fastest growing destination over the past five years (excluding brand-new destinations).
The companies have expanded their offering in response to demand from customers and independent travel agents looking to book or travel to the Turkish sunshine. The enormous expansion means Jet2.com and Jet2holidays have seen a huge 200% capacity increase to Türkiye for Summer 23 (almost two million seats on sale) when compared to Summer 18 (over 650,000 seats on sale).
The companies operate to Türkiye from ten of their UK bases for Summer 23 (Belfast International, Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds Bradford, London Stansted, Manchester and Newcastle International) with 37 routes on sale. For Summer 24, Jet2.com and Jet2holidays will grow their Türkiye programme even further, when they start operating flights and holidays to Antalya, Bodrum and Dalaman from Liverpool John Lennon Airport – their newest and 11th UK airport.
Jet2.com and Jet2holidays have expanded their programme to Türkiye over the last five years by adding capacity to Antalya, Bodrum and Dalaman and launching a new Turkish destination. In Summer 19, the companies started operating award-winning flights and package holidays to Izmir, seeing them grow the number of destinations they operate to in Türkiye to four. This enormous growth makes Türkiye the biggest growing destination for the airline and package holiday specialist in the last five years, as well as the largest tour operator and airline from the UK to Türkiye.
As Türkiye offers a great product at affordable prices, customers have been flocking to book flights and holidays to the destination. The year-round sunshine, wide choice of accommodation, natural beauty, history and culture also makes Türkiye a very popular choice for couples and families alike looking to get away. As a result of its popularity, Jet2.com and Jet2holidays have flown millions of customers to the destination since 2018.
As well as offering lots of choice and flexibility though Jet2.com, tour operator, Jet2holidays, also has over 450 2-5-star hotels on sale in Türkiye for Summer 23 providing a variety of board basis, meaning holidaymakers can choose from a selection of accommodation options to suit their budgets and needs.
Also helping to make holidaymakers’ money stretch further, is Jet2holidays’ Free Child Places offer. The package holiday specialist still has 1,000’s of Free Child Places available to Türkiye for this July and August, meaning families can get more for their money on their next family holiday when the little ones go free.
Steve Heapy, CEO of Jet2.com and Jet2holidays, said: “We are delighted to be celebrating five years of continuous growth in Türkiye, having expanded our flying programme to the popular destination by a massive 200% since 2018. Türkiye offers a fantastic product at affordable prices, great range of hotels and guaranteed sunshine, and these are just some of the many reasons why the destination continues to be a firm favourite amongst holidaymakers. As always, we have reacted to the strong demand by growing our programme and offering customers and independent travel agents even more choice and flexibility. This enormous growth makes Türkiye our biggest growing destination over the last five years, and we will continue to expand our programme even further, as more and more holidaymakers realise the vast appeal of the hotspot.”
Arzu Kahraman Yilmaz, Counsellor of the Turkish Culture and Information Office in the UK, commented: “We are incredibly grateful for our ongoing partnership with Jet2.com and Jet2holidays. Over the past five years, they have played a massive part in making Türkiye one of the most popular holiday destinations for UK tourists. Thanks to their expansions, thousands of visitors have been able to experience the charm of Türkiye, from the beautiful coastlines of Bodrum to the incredible historical heritage of Izmir. We look forward to many more years working with Jet2.com and Jet2holidays.”
