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Jet2 will be the Principal Club Partner of the Leigh Leopards for the 2025 Betfred Super League Season. 

Jet2 comprises of Jet2.com, the UK’s third largest airline and Jet2holidays, the UK’s largest tour operator. The company’s distinctive logo will feature across Leigh Leopards’ home and away shirts, as well as their Magic Weekend kit. 

The partnership is a great way for Jet2 to strengthen connections with families and customers, as well as colleagues, right across the North West and beyond - with the Super League seeing record viewing figures and attendances last season. 

Jet2 employs over 3,000 colleagues across the region, including at Manchester Airport, Liverpool John Lennon Airport, Jet2.com’s Manchester Airport Hangar and Jet2’s Training Centre. 

With the company also taking millions of customers from across the region away on their well-deserved holidays every year, the partnership is a fantastic way for Jet2 to invest in the community and generate even more brand awareness, particularly amongst a family audience. Further sponsorship activations between Jet2 and Leigh Leopards will be announced in due course. 

Today’s announcement follows Jet2 being announced as the Leigh Leopards Travel Partner for 2025 earlier this year. This agreement will see the 2023 Challenge Cup Winners travel with Jet2 for their fixture against Catalans Dragons in June, with fans able to choose flights with the award-winning company too. 

Jet2 have built an industry-leading reputation for providing unrivalled customer service which has earned the company the prestigious accolade of Which? Travel Brand of the Year for the past three years. In addition to that, Jet2.com has been recognised as a Which? Recommended Provider for the past nine years and Jet2holidays has been recognised as Which? Recommended Provider for the past seven years. 

The famous Jet2 VIP customer service includes friendly flight times and a generous 22kg baggage allowance through a flight-only booking with Jet2.com. Customers also get that very same VIP customer service along with 2-5 star accommodation, in-resort Customer Helpers, transfers, free child places and ATOL protection through a package holiday booked with the UK’s largest tour operator, Jet2holidays. 

Leigh Leopards owner Derek Beaumont said: “This is a landmark sponsorship, not only for the club but the sport of Rugby League, to be able to attract a brand of the significance of Jet2 that is not widely known in the sports sponsorship environment. It is a great fit for our family values and the fun friendly feel we create in the Leopards Den. We have worked really hard on our brand visibility through our rebrand, marketing and match-day experience, creating significant media attention with a fantastic story of rising from the Championship to a Challenge Cup winning and Super League semi-finalist team playing an entertaining brand of Rugby League.” 

He added: “It is fantastic that this hard work and success has attracted such a significant market leading brand to the club and I am immensely proud to see the Jet2 logo on our playing kits. As well as travelling with Jet2 for our fixture against Catalans we will travel with them for our warm weather camp in Lanzarote and I am sure that our loyal Famileigh will look to support the trust placed in our club by Jet2 by showing their loyalty when choosing their tour operator or airline. I am really looking forward to growing our relationship throughout the year with various activations to enhance our partnership.” 

Gavin Forth, Marketing and Digital Director at Jet2.com and Jet2holidays said: “This partnership is a great way to build even more awareness of our award-winning company, whilst aligning ourselves with a brand that shares our family friendly values. We are very proud to be displaying our logo on the Leigh Leopards playing kits and we look forward to running exciting activations to really capitalise on this partnership.”