Britain’s largest leisure airline, Jet2, will open up a base at London Gatwick Airport next year, allowing it to add over two dozen routes.
The country’s largest tour operator and third-largest airline will station six aircraft at Gatwick, including five new Airbus A321neos.
“Time and time again, we have proven that when we bring the Jet2 product to new customers, we delight them, and we subsequently expand our operations on the back of that popularity,” Jet2 CEO Steve Heapy said in a news release. “We know that bringing the Jet2 formula to London Gatwick will be a game-changer for customers and we are looking forward to a hugely successful future from our newest U.K. airport base.”
The Leeds Bradford-based carrier will offer 29 new routes from Gatwick next year. These include destinations across Spain, Greece, Turkey, Portugal, Malta, Italy, Croatia, Bulgaria, and Cyprus. The first Jet2 flight from Gatwick will depart to Tenerife on March 26, 2026.
New routes from Gatwick include:
Fuerteventura – two weekly services (Wednesday and Sunday)
Gran Canaria – two weekly services (Wednesday and Sunday)
Lanzarote – two weekly services (Tuesday and Saturday)
Tenerife – three weekly services (Tuesday, Thursday, and Saturday)
Ibiza – two weekly services (Monday and Friday)
Majorca – 10 weekly services (Monday, 2 x Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 2 x Saturday, and 2 x Sunday)
Menorca – three weekly services (Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday)
Alicante – five weekly services (Monday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday)
Girona – three weekly services (Tuesday, Thursday, and Sunday)
Malaga – four weekly services (Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday, and Sunday)
Reus – three weekly services (Monday, Wednesday, and Friday)
Faro – 10 weekly services (Monday, 2 x Tuesday, Wednesday, 2 x Thursday, Friday, 2 x Saturday, and Sunday)
Antalya – three weekly services (Monday, Friday, and Saturday)
Corfu – two weekly services (Monday and Friday)
Crete (Heraklion) – two weekly services (Tuesday and Friday)
Kalamata – one weekly service (Wednesday)
Kefalonia – two weekly services (Monday and Friday)
Kos – two weekly services (Monday and Thursday)
Halkidiki – two weekly services (Thursday and Sunday)
Preveza – two weekly services (Wednesday and Saturday)
Rhodes – two weekly services (Tuesday and Friday)
Skiathos – one weekly service (Tuesday)
Zante – one weekly service (Wednesday)
Malta – two weekly services (Thursday and Sunday)
Naples – two weekly services (Monday and Friday)
Verona – one weekly service (Wednesday)
Paphos, Cyprus – two weekly services (Monday and Thursday)
Pula – one weekly service (Saturday)
Bourgas, Bulgaria – two weekly services (Wednesday and Saturday)
Jet2 will be the first major leisure airline to arrive at Gatwick since 2020. It is also the largest new airline to be based at Gatwick since 2000.
