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Will Go Ahead J
ET2.COM and Jet2holidays have confirmed that flights and holidays from Belfast
will go ahead with some revisions. A statement from the airline
and tour operator said: “We are continuing to operate a revised flights and holidays programme from Glasgow, Edinburgh and Belfast International and we a monitoring the situation very closely.” Mean while, it has been celebrations all round as Jet2holidays
The award comes on the back
of two other successes this week. On Monday, Jet2holidays was named a World Travel Leader for its positive response to the pandemic at the annual World Travel Leaders Awards as part of London Travel Week 2020.
“According Jet2holidays’ to the
judges, this was driven by
“positive
approach to refunds and cancellations.” In
addition, is recognised
for how it has handled the Covid-19 pandemic, when it was rewarded with ‘Best Large Tour Operator’ by the Scottish Passenger Agents’ Association (SPAA). The award was given at
a virtual event held by the Scottish Passenger Agents’ Association (SPAA), to recognise individuals and companies who have responded well to the pandemic. Jet2holidays was recognised
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by SPAA president Joanne Dooey for “its excellent communication throughout the past six months, which has greatly helped members. Whether
switching
destinations, adding capacity to destinations with a travel corridor, or helping with amendments and refunds, this company was the easiest to deal with.”
Jet2.
com and Jet2holidays received praise in the Daily Telegraph on Saturday. In an article headlined ‘In praise of Jet2 and other travel companies having a good pandemic’, the newspaper’s consumer wrote:
correspondent list are, indeed,
“Top of the Jet2.
com and Jet2holidays, which have kept up contact with customers and given refunds without a fuss. “Jet2 was voted best short-
haul airline by readers in the Telegraph Travel Awards last year, and customer service is clearly a priority.” This approach to customer service has seen
Jet2.
com and Jet2holidays continue to win praise from customers, consumer organisations, media, and independent travel agents for how they have looked after customers during the pandemic.
Jet2.com and Jet2holidays have confirmed that flights and holidays from Belfast will continue
This includes Jet2.
com and Jet2holidays ranking as the number one and two travel firms for providing refunds, according to a travel
refund cancellation survey of more than 77,000 people by
MoneySavingExpert.com (MSE). In addition, Jet2. com was recognised as the
only UK airline to promptly provide
refunds without
significant backlogs, following a review by the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA).
Share Prices Soar as Vaccine News Breaks
ON the announcement of a potential new Covid-19 vaccine that is reported to be 90% effective, shares in TUI UK, International Airlines Group and EasyJet soar. With the news that shows a glimmer of
light at the end of a long dark tunnel for travel, IAG’s stock ended the day up 25% with EasyJet rocketing up 35% and TUI rising 18% yesterday (Nov 9). Ryanair had a more moderate 12% increase. The increases follow the announcement by Pfizer/BioNTech that so far, results of an
extensive vaccine trial for a Covid-19 vaccine have exceeded expectations. The pharmaceutical company has made
claims that the interim trials show the new vaccine to be 90% effective, and so far, show no serious side effects. Previously, regulators said they would
approve a vaccine at a 50% effectiveness rate. The hopeful results are great news for the struggling travel and tourism industries that have been hit hard during the pandemic, with restrictions on travel customers cancelling their 2020 holidays.
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News Extra Jet2 Confirm Holidays from Belfast
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