Article

Jet2.com and Jet2CityBreaks have expanded their Christmas Markets programme for Winter 2026/2027, by putting four brand-new festive routes on sale. 

In response to continued demand for their enormously popular Christmas Markets programme, the leading leisure airline and UK’s leading operator of European city breaks have put an extra 30,000 seats on sale, after launching brand-new routes to Cologne, Copenhagen, Gdansk and Tallinn. The new routes have gone on sale from Birmingham, Bristol, East Midlands and Leeds Bradford. 

In total, Jet2.com and Jet2CityBreaks have 60 Christmas market routes on sale for Winter 2026/2027, offering customers and independent travel agents fantastic choice and flexibility when it comes to booking trips to magical winter wonderlands all around Europe and giving themselves something to look forward to next Christmas.  

In addition to the new routes, additional festive services have gone on sale from Manchester and London Stansted too, meaning holidaymakers have never had so much variety.  

A full breakdown of the new Christmas market routes and extra services on sale per base is as follows: 

Birmingham Airport  

• Brand-new Christmas market route to Copenhagen with Thursday and Sunday services operating from 19^th November to 20^th December 2026.  

Bristol Airport 

• Brand-new Christmas market route to Cologne with Monday and Friday services operating from 27^th November to 21^st December 2026.  

 East Midlands Airport  

• Brand-new Christmas market route to Gdansk with Monday and Friday services operating from 27^th November to 21^st December 2026.  

Leeds Bradford Airport  

• Brand-new Christmas market route to Tallinn with Monday and Friday services operating from 27^th November to 21^st December 2026.  

London Stansted Airport  

• Additional Monday and Friday services to Krakow from 27^th November to 21^st December 2026, meaning four weekly flights on sale in total.   
• Extra Thursday and Sunday services to Prague from 26^th November to 20^th December 2026, meaning four weekly flights on sale in total.   
• Additional Thursday and Sunday services to Vienna from 12^th November to 20^th December 2026, meaning four weekly flights on sale in total.   

Manchester Airport  

• Extra Thursday and Sunday services to Berlin from 19^th November and 13^th December 2026, meaning four weekly flights on sale in total.   

For Winter 2026/2027, Jet2.com and Jet2CityBreaks will operate to nine Christmas market destinations – Berlin, Budapest, Cologne, Copenhagen, Gdansk, Krakow, Prague, Tallinn and Vienna from across 12 of their UK airport bases (Belfast International, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds Bradford, Liverpool John Lennon, London Stansted, Manchester and Newcastle International) from November 2026 to January 2027.  

Whether holidaymakers are looking for a weekend, long-weekend or mid-week stay, with multiple weekly services on sale and friendly flight times, the airline and city breaks operator are offering plenty of opportunity to book ahead and get something in the diary to look forward to next Christmas. 

Customers booking a Christmas markets getaway can choose from a flight-only option with Jet2.com or an ATOL protected package holiday with Jet2CityBreaks available for a low £60 per person deposit. 

Package options with Jet2CityBreaks include return flights with Jet2.com including 22kg baggage and 10kg hand luggage, as well as a choice of 2-5 star hotels in central locations, providing the perfect base from which to explore and experience the best Christmas market destinations in Europe. 

Steve Heapy, CEO of Jet2.com and Jet2holidays, said: “This announcement represents a significant expansion to our Winter 2026/2027 Christmas Markets programme, giving customers and independent travel agents even more choice. We are delighted to be putting four brand-new new routes on sale from four of our UK airport bases and adding additional capacity from others too. The expansion comes in direct response to the continued demand we are seeing from customers and independent travel agents looking to explore the most magical winter wonderlands across Europe.  We look forward to taking holidaymakers to popular Christmas market destinations and helping them to feel at their most festive.”