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UK consumer champion Jet2 has today announced the launch of its biggest ever Winter Sun programme, with more seats and choice on offer for Winter 27/28 across its 14 UK airport bases. The programme includes the airline and tour operator’s first full winter season of services to Egypt’s Sharm El Sheikh and Hurghada airports. 

As demand from holidaymakers looking to escape the long British winter continues, the leading leisure airline and tour operator is once again giving customers what they want by putting almost 4.5 million seats on sale for next winter.  

This means an exciting choice of 17 winter sun destinations have gone on sale from across Belfast International, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Leeds Bradford, Liverpool John Lennon, London Gatwick, London Stansted, London Luton, Manchester and Newcastle International airports. 

In all, millions of seats are on sale across 181 routes, taking holidaymakers to popular winter sun destinations in the Canary Islands (Tenerife, Lanzarote, Gran Canaria, Fuerteventura, La Palma, Mainland Spain (Alicante, Malaga), Balearics (Majorca), Portugal (Faro and Madeira), Turkey (Antalya), Malta, Morocco (Marrakech and Agadir), Cyprus (Paphos), and Egypt (Sharm El Sheikh and Hurghada). (The full programme is broken down by base below). 

The release of the programme comes in response to demand from holidaymakers looking to book ahead and enjoy some winter sunshine. It also makes Jet2 the first airline and tour operator to go on sale for Winter 27/28, giving customers and independent travel agents the opportunity to book their place in the sun for next winter early.

Over the coming weeks, the airline and tour operator will also reveal details of its Ski, City Breaks and Iceland programmes for Winter 27/28. 

Steve Heapy, CEO of Jet2, said: “Our winter sun programme for 2027/28 is on sale nice and early, and we are very pleased to be giving customers and independent travel agents fantastic choice and flexibility. The launch of our biggest ever winter sun programme gives customers from across all 14 of our UK airport bases huge choice. We have designed the programme in direct response to demand, so as well as offering 4.5 million seats, this will be our first year of full winter season operations to Egypt. We are not done yet, with even more exciting announcements about our Winter 27/28 programme coming soon!” 

Key Winter Sun highlights by base for Winter 27/28 include: 

Belfast International Airport  

• Over 155,000 seats for winter 27/28 
• 22 flights per week during peak period 
• Eight winter sun destinations on sale: 

• Alicante, Antalya, Faro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Malaga, Tenerife

Birmingham Airport  

• 540,000 seats for winter 27/28 
• 66 flights per week during peak period 
• 16 winter sun destinations on sale: 

• Alicante, Antalya, Agadir, Faro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Hurghada, Lanzarote, Madeira, Majorca, Malaga, Malta, Marrakech, Paphos, Sharm el-Sheik, Tenerife 

Bournemouth Airport 

• 11 flights per week during peak period 
• Eight winter sun destinations on sale: 

• Alicante, Antalya, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Tenerife 

• Agadir and Madeira– exclusive routes to Jet2 

Bristol Airport 

• 210,000 seats on sale for winter 27/28 
• 34 flights per week during peak period 
• 12 winter sun destinations on sale: 

• Alicante, Antalya, Agadir, Faro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Hurghada, Lanzarote, Madeira, Majorca, Malta, Paphos, Tenerife 

Edinburgh Airport 

• Over 300,000 seats on sale for winter 27/28 
• 40 flights per week during peak period 
• 13 winter sun destinations on sale: 

• Alicante, Antalya, Faro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Madeira, Majorca, Malaga, Malta, Paphos, Sharm el-Sheikh, Tenerife 

East Midlands Airport 

• Over 340,000 seats on sale for winter 27/28 
• 49 flights per week during peak period 
• 15 winter sun destinations on sale: 

• Alicante, Antalya, Faro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Hurghada, Lanzarote, Majorca, Malaga, Malta, Paphos, Sharm el-Sheikh, Tenerife 

• Agadir and Madeira– exclusive routes to Jet2 

Glasgow International Airport 

• Over 350,000 seats on sale for winter 27/28 
• 47 flights per week during peak period 
• 15 winter sun destinations on sale: 

• Alicante, Agadir, Antalya, Faro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Hurghada, Lanzarote, Majorca, Malta, Malaga, Marrakech, Paphos, Tenerife 

• Madeira – exclusive route to Jet2 

Leeds Bradford Airport 

• Over 400,000 seats on sale for winter 27/28 
• 59 flights per week during peak period 
• 16 winter sun destinations on sale: 

• Alicante, Agadir, Antalya, Faro, Fuerteventura, Lanzarote, Majorca, Malaga, Tenerife 

• Gran Canaria, Hurghada, Madeira, Malta, Marrakech, Paphos, Sharm El-Sheikh – exclusive routes to Jet2 

London Gatwick Airport 

• Almost 320,000 seats on sale for winter 27/28 
• 38 flights per week during peak period 
• 14 winter sun destinations on sale: 

• Alicante, Agadir, Antalya, Faro, Madeira, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Hurghada, Lanzarote, Malaga, Malta, Paphos, Sharm el-Sheikh, Tenerife 

Liverpool John Lennon Airport 

• Over 165,000 seats on sale for winter 27/28 
• 28 flights per week during peak period 
• 10 winter sun destinations on sale: 

• Alicante, Antalya, Faro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Majorca, Malaga, Tenerife 

• Madeira– exclusive route to Jet2 

London Luton Airport 

• Over 130,000 seats on sale for winter 27/28 
• 17 flights per week during peak period 
• Eight winter sun destinations on sale: 

• Alicante, Antalya, Faro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Madeira, Tenerife 

Manchester Airport 

• Over 700,000 seats on sale for winter 27/28 
• 84 flights per week during peak period 
• 17 winter sun destinations on sale: 

• Alicante, Agadir, Antalya, Faro, Madeira, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Hurghada, La Palma, Lanzarote, Majorca, Malaga, Malta, Marrakech, Paphos, Sharm el-Sheikh, Tenerife 

Newcastle International Airport 

• Over 320,000 seats on sale for winter 27/28 
• 50 flights per week during peak period 
• 12 winter sun destinations on sale: 

• Alicante, Antalya, Faro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Majorca, Malaga, Malta, Paphos, Tenerife 

• Madeira- exclusive route to Jet2 

London Stansted Airport 

• Over 430,000 seats on sale for winter 27/28 
• 60 flights per week during peak period 
• 17 winter sun destinations on sale: 

• Alicante, Agadir, Antalya, Faro, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote, Madeira, Majorca, Malaga, Malta, Marrakech, Paphos, Sharm el-Sheikh, Tenerife 

• La Palma and Hurghada – exclusive routes to Jet2 

For further information and to book visit www.jet2.com or www.jet2holidays.com    

If you are an independent travel agent and are interested in learning more about how you could benefit from working in partnership with Jet2holidays, please visit the company’s dedicated trade site: trade.jet2holidays.com