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Just over a month after announcing the launch of award-winning flights and holidays from London Gatwick, Jet2 have today put their first ever Winter programme on sale for 2026/2027 from their newest and 14^th UK airport base, with winter sun, ski and Christmas market destinations now available to book.  

The UK’s favourite airline and tour operator have put 24 destinations on sale (15 winter sun, five ski and four Christmas market destinations) from London Gatwick for Winter 2026/2027, meaning they are now on sale from London Gatwick until 27^th March 2027. In total, there are 43 routes including 14 new routes on sale for Winter 2026/2027.  

This exciting programme gives customers and independent travel agents huge choice and flexibility when it comes to getting away next winter and experiencing the companies’ award-winning flights and ATOL protected holidays - whether they want to enjoy some winter sun, a Christmas markets break or hit the slopes. 

The winter sun destinations going on sale today from London Gatwick for Winter 2026/2027 with Jet2 are - Canary Islands (Tenerife, Lanzarote, La Palma, Gran Canaria and Fuerteventura), Mainland Spain (Alicante and Malaga), Turkey (Antalya) and Portugal (Faro and Madeira), Cyprus (Paphos), Egypt (Hurghada and Sharm-El-Sheikh), Malta and Morocco (Agadir). 

With customers looking to enjoy the magic of Europe’s Christmas Markets, Jet2.com and Jet2CityBreaks have put an exciting Christmas Markets programmeon sale for Winter 2026/2027 from London Gatwick too, with a fantastic selection of festive hotspots available for holidaymakers to choose from in Cologne, Gdansk, Tallinn and Vienna. Two of these routes Cologne and Gdansk are exclusive to Jet2. 

Leading leisure airline Jet2.com has also put its first ever Ski flights programme on sale from London Gatwick for Winter 2026/2027, with five popular ski destination now available to choose next winter in Chambery, Geneva,

Grenoble, Salzburg and Turin. This gives snow sports fans a huge range of choice when it comes to hitting the best slopes in the Swiss, Italian, French and Austrian Alps. 

Today’s news follows on from Jet2 announcing the launch of their award-winning flights and holidays from London Gatwick just last month, and it means that holidaymakers and independent travel agents across the region can now choose from a wide choice of winter sun, Christmas markets or ski getaways with the leading leisure airline and UK’s largest tour operator. For their first Winter of operations from London Gatwick, Jet2 have over 400,000 seats on sale. 

Steve Heapy, CEO of Jet2, said: “Following the announcement of our arrival at London Gatwick last month, the response has been truly phenomenal, and we are delighted at how customers have responded to our award-winning service. Since putting our award-winning flights and holidays on sale, we have enjoyed an excellent response, and we are very pleased to be giving people even more choice by putting our first ever Winter programme on sale from our new airport base for Winter 2026/2027, too.” 

He added: “With so many holidaymakers wanting to get away during the winter, we are expecting these new programmes to sell quickly and be extremely popular. Whether customers are looking for winter sun, ski or Christmas markets we are now offering a great choice of destinations from London Gatwick, and we have every confidence that our first Winter 2026/2027 programme from our newest base will be a fantastic success.”  

Jonathan Pollard, Chief Commercial Officer, London Gatwick said: “As we look forward to Jet2’s arrival at London Gatwick in March, we are delighted to see the exciting breadth of routes on offer for next winter. The mix of winter sun, Christmas market city breaks and ski resorts will provide passengers across London and the South East with outstanding choice and competition, alongside the great new travel opportunities to destinations such as Cologne and Gdansk.” 

The full Winter 2026/2027 Winter programme with Jet2 from London Gatwick is as follows: 

Winter Sun 

• Tenerife – daily services (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday) meaning year-round operations. 
• Lanzarote – four weekly services (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday) meaning year-round operations. 
• La Palma (new route) – weekly Saturday services starting from 24^th October 2026.  
• Gran Canaria – up to three weekly services (Wednesday, Friday and Sunday) meaning year-round operations. 
• Fuerteventura – two weekly services (Wednesday and Saturday) meaning year-round operations. 
• Agadir (new route) – two weekly services (Monday and Thursday) operating from 22^nd October 2026.  
• Hurghada (new route) – two weekly services (Monday and Friday) from 12^th February 2026.  
• Sharm-El-Sheikh (new route) – two weekly services (Thursday and Sunday) from 11^th February 2026.  
• Alicante – two weekly services (Monday and Friday).  
• Malaga – two weekly services (Thursday and Sunday).  
• Antalya – up to three weekly services (Monday, Wednesday and Friday). 
• Faro – up to three weekly services (Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday).  
• Madeira (new route) – two weekly services (Monday and Friday) from 26^th October 2026.  
• Malta – two weekly services (Thursday and Sunday) operating year-round.  
• Paphos – two weekly services (Monday and Thursday) operating year-round.   

Ski  

• Chambery (new route) - three weekly flights (Monday, Thursday and Saturday) from 21^st December 2026. 
• Geneva (new route) – four weekly services (Monday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday) from 19^th December 2026.  
• Grenoble (new route) – two weekly services (Saturday and Sunday) from 13^th December 2026. 
• Salzburg (new route) – weekly Saturday services from 26^th December 2026. 
• Turin (new route) – weekly Sunday services from 13^th December 2026.  

Christmas markets 

• Cologne (new route) - festive flights and breaks operating between 26^th November to 21^st December 2026, with four weekly services (Monday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday) available during this period. An exclusive Jet2 route.  
• Gdansk(new route) - festive flights and breaks on sale from 27^th November to 21^st December 2026. Two weekly services (Monday and Friday) are available to book now to the popular Christmas market destination. An exclusive Jet2 route.  
• Tallinn(new route) - festive flights and breaks operating between 19^th November to 13^th December 2026, with two weekly services (Thursday and Sunday) available during this time. 
• Vienna(new route) - festive flights and breaks on sale from 19^th November to 21^st December 2026, with four weekly services (Monday, Thursday, Friday and Sunday) operating to the festive hotspot.