London Luton Airport (LLA) celebrated another major milestone today, as leading leisure airline Jet2, and the UK’s largest tour operator Jet2holidays, launched their award-winning flights and package holidays from the airport. 

Celebrations were in the air as passengers were treated to personalised gifts, a red-carpet welcome at check-in and a Spanish guitarist before boarding the inaugural flight from LLA to Majorca. The first passengers to check in were also surprised with free flight vouchers and one lucky passenger received a seven-night Jet2holiday to Turkey. 

Passengers flying from LLA with Jet2 and Jet2holidays this Summer will have the choice of 17 sunny destinations across the Canary Islands, Balearic Islands, Mainland Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Greece, Italy and Madeira (full list below). 

Two-based brand-new Airbus A321neo aircraft will fly holidaymakers from the airport, with up to 36 weekly flights during peak periods, and over 430,000 seats on sale. The flying programme includes two destinations, Girona and Verona, that are exclusive from LLA.

Following a ‘phenomenal response’ the airline and tour operator have also announced eight Winter Sun destinations for their Winter 25/26 programme from LLA including the Canary Islands (Tenerife, Lanzarote, Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura), Spain (Alicante), Turkey (Antalya) and Portugal (Faro and Madeira). The Winter programme represents over 140,000 seats on sale and up to 19 weekly departing flights during peak periods.

The arrival of Jet2 at LLA will create more than 125 new jobs with roles including flight deck and cabin crew, engineers and ground operations.

Steve Heapy, CEO of Jet2.com and Jet2holidays, said: “We have got off to a flying start in every sense at London Luton Airport. Seeing our first flights take off from our 13th UK airport base is an incredibly exciting day for Jet2.com and Jet2holidays and to mark the important milestone, we held a huge celebration with customers at the very centre.

“Our formula of providing award-winning flights and ATOL protected package holidays is proven and has been driving phenomenal demand from customers and independent travel agents since we announced our arrival at London Luton Airport. We are excited to be bringing our proposition to holidaymakers from across the region and are looking forward to enjoying enormous success at our newest base.

“This significant expansion, along with our inaugural flight from London Luton Airport today, demonstrates just how confident we are in our award-winning product.” 

Alberto Martin, Chief Executive of London Luton Airport, said: “As you would expect, the arrival of a major new airline such as Jet2 has created huge excitement at London Luton Airport. Jet2’s first summer programme at LLA is fantastic news for the millions of holidaymakers who choose to fly from the airport each year, with even greater choice in the form of 36 weekly flights to 17 sunshine destinations. Our commitment, as ever, will be to ensure a simple and friendly passenger experience for all those who travel through the airport.”

Jet2.com and Jet2holidays’ full programme from LLA:

•    Alicante – up to four weekly services (Tuesday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday) from 3rd April 2025.
•    Girona – weekly Sunday services starting from 6th July 2025. A new and exclusive destination from London Luton Airport
•    Reus – up to two weekly services (Monday and Thursday) from 5th May 2025.
•    Fuerteventura - weekly Sunday services operating from 6th April 2025.
•    Gran Canaria - two weekly services (Monday and Friday) from 4th April 2025.
•    Lanzarote - two weekly services (Tuesday and Friday) from 4th April 2025.
•    Tenerife - three weekly services (Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday) starting from 1st April.
•    Ibiza -two weekly services (Monday and Friday) starting from 4th July.
•    Palma (Majorca) – up to six weekly services (Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday) from 1st April.
•    Faro – up to four weekly services (Monday, Wednesday, Friday and Saturday) from 4th April.
•    Madeira - weekly Monday services starting from 7th April.
•    Crete (Heraklion) - weekly Wednesday services from 2nd April.
•    Rhodes - weekly Saturday services from 5th April.
•    Zante - weekly Wednesday services from 7th May.
•    Antalya - two weekly services (Tuesday and Saturday) starting from 1st April.
•    Dalaman - two weekly services (Thursday and Sunday) from 3rd April.
•    Verona - weekly Wednesday services from 2nd July. A new and exclusive destination from London Luton Airport.

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About London Luton Airport

London Luton Airport (LLA) is one of the UK’s busiest airports, carrying over 16.7 million passengers in 2024. The airport is operated by a consortium, of which the majority shareholder is AENA, the world’s largest airport operator, and InfraBridge, a leading infrastructure investment manager. Airlines include easyJet, Wizz Air, Jet2, Ryanair, Tui, FlyOne, Sun Express and El Al.

The Luton Airport Express is a dedicated train service that allows passengers to travel from central London to the LLA terminal in around 30 minutes. The Luton Airport Express runs from St Pancras International to Luton Airport Parkway station and connects seamlessly with the DART, an electrically powered people mover that connects to the airport terminal in less than four minutes.

Last year, LLA was named European Airport of the Year (10-25 million passengers) by ACI EUROPE. 

In 2023, LLA also became only the third major UK airport to achieve Level 4 of the globally recognised Airport Carbon Accreditation scheme, demonstrating that it is ‘transforming its operations to achieve carbon reductions in line with global climate goals’. With a maximum score of 100 and a five-star rating, LLA has been ranked as a sector leader for three consecutive years in the Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) benchmark of sustainability governance management and performance of major infrastructure assets worldwide.

To learn about the progress London Luton Airport is making across its sustainability programme please click here.

Further information on London Luton Airport can be found here: https://www.london-luton.co.uk/

 

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