Jet2 expands package seats

Jet2holidays is pushing more Summer 2026 package capacity into the market as it tries to capture travelers booking early and avoid reliance on flight-only sales. (jet2.com) Jet2 and Jet2holidays put their Summer 2026 program on sale in September 2024 with 18.6 million seats, more than 700,000 above Summer 2025, across almost 450 routes to 57 destinations. The company said the schedule spans all 12 of its airport bases and more than 1,700 departing weekly flights. (jet2.com) The package side is central to that pitch. Jet2holidays says its trips bundle accommodation, return flights, transfers, 22kg checked baggage and 10kg hand luggage, and it advertises a £60 per person deposit on bookings made at least 10 weeks before departure. (jet2holidays.com) That bundle changes the math for travelers when airfare moves around. In the United Kingdom, Air Travel Organisers’ Licensing, or ATOL, protects most flight-inclusive package holidays if the travel company fails, and the Civil Aviation Authority says customers should receive an ATOL Certificate when they book. (caa.co.uk; atol.org) Booking flights and hotels separately can mean weaker protection. MoneySavingExpert says most do-it-yourself trips booked with different providers are not covered by ATOL, while Which? says flight and holiday disruption rights vary depending on how the trip was bought. (moneysavingexpert.com; which.co.uk) Jet2 has also kept adding seats after the initial launch. In February 2026, it added nearly 30,000 extra Greece seats for Summer 2026 from Birmingham, Leeds Bradford, Manchester and London Stansted, taking its Greece program above 3.5 million seats on 131 routes. (jet2.com) The company is expanding its network at the same time. Jet2 told investors in November 2025 that Summer 2026 growth would be focused mainly on a new London Gatwick base with six aircraft and more than 900,000 seats on sale. (londonstockexchange.com) Jet2’s recent trading updates show why packaged trips matter to the business. In its 2024 annual report, package holiday customers made up 72% of overall flown passengers booked to date for Summer 2024, and in September 2025 the company said package holiday customers had grown 2% year to date while flight-only passengers rose 17% in a later-booking market. (jet2.com; londonstockexchange.com) Jet2 is also using newer aircraft to support that scale-up. When it launched Summer 2026, the company said more Airbus A321neo jets would operate the program, and it described those planes as more than 20% more fuel efficient than older aircraft. (jet2.com) The result is a simple sales message ahead of Summer 2026: book the holiday as one product, not as separate parts. Jet2 is adding seats, widening airport coverage and leaning on package protections while consumers decide how much booking risk they want to carry themselves. (jet2.com; caa.co.uk)