Jet2 launches a new base at London Luton airport
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There’s something odd about UK leisure airline Jet2 – I’ve never met anyone who has a bad word to say about it. This includes my own family after we flew down to Croatia with them last year.
There are two reasons for this, I think.
The first is that they seem to employ customer-facing staff based on their personality rather than their age. The second is that most people on a Jet2 flight are going on holiday, which leads to a cheerful atmosphere on board. The crew also lean into this, with announcements like ‘we’ll see you in a week, have a great holiday’ on board.
Jet2 has announced that London Luton will be its 13th base. It becomes the 4th biggest airline at Luton behind easyJet, Wizz Air and Ryanair, in that order.
Flights start in April. The initial routes are:
- Alicante (twice weekly, 4x from July)
- Antalya (twice weekly)
- Dalaman (twice weekly)
- Faro (twice weekly, 4x from July)
- Fuerteventura (weekly)
- Funchal (weekly)
- Girona (weekly, starts July)
- Gran Canaria (twice weekly)
- Heraklion (weekly)
- Ibiza (twice weekly from July)
- Lanzarote (twice weekly)
- Palma (4x weekly, 5x from May, 6x from June)
- Reus (weekly from May, twice weekly from July)
- Rhodes (weekly)
- Tenerife South (3x weekly)
- Verona (weekly, starts July)
- Zakynthos (weekly, starts May)
Our review of the new My Lounge at Luton Luton Airport is here. There is also a No1 Lounge now.
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