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Jet2.com Celebrates 15 Years in Dalaman
ON 18th May 2009, the first
Jet2.com flight landed in Dalaman from Leeds Bradford Airport, and a decade and a half later, the leading leisure airline is celebrating 15 years of operating award-winning flights to Turkey (Türkiye). Since 2009, when
Jet2.com operated to just one destination in Turkey (Türkiye) – Dalaman – the company has enjoyed tremendous growth and success, through
Jet2.com,
both and Jet2holidays.
Consequently,
Jet2.com and Jet2holidays now operate to four destinations in Turkey (Türkiye) – Dalaman, Antalya, Bodrum and Izmir – and millions of customers have travelled to the popular destination since the companies started operating to Turkey (Türkiye) 15 years ago. For Summer 24,
Jet2.com and Jet2holidays
will operate to Dalaman from eleven of their UK airport bases – Belfast International, Birmingham, Edinburgh,
Bristol, Glasgow,
East Midlands, Leeds
This offers customers and independent travel agents plenty of choice and flexibility when it comes to booking or travelling on award- winning flights and ATOL protected package holidays to the Turkish sunshine. During peak periods this summer, up to
88 weekly flights will depart to Dalaman, making Summer 24 the companies’ biggest ever programme to the holiday hotspot. As well as booking and travelling on award- winning flights and ATOL protected package holidays, customers can experience and enjoy the company’s VIP customer service which has seen
Jet2.com and Jet2holidays win high-profile accolades, such as Which? Recommended Provider.
Customers travelling to Dalaman can
choose from a flight-only option with Jet2. com including friendly low fares, great flight times and a generous 22kg baggage (plus 10kg hand baggage) allowance or an ATOL protected package holiday with Jet2holidays. Holidaymakers booking through the UK’s largest tour operator, Jet2holidays, receive that very same VIP customer service and flights through
Jet2.com, as well as in-resort Customer Helpers, a 24/7 customer helpline, transfers, Free Child
Place holidays and
ATOL protection, all for a low £60 per person booking deposit. Steve Heapy, CEO of
Jet2.com and Jet2holidays,
said: “This year marks 15 years since we started operating to Turkey Bradford,
Liverpool John Lennon, London Stansted, Manchester and Newcastle
International.
NORTHERN Irish private investment company
Wirefox
has unveiled a new luxury hotel on Scotland’s golf coast.
(Türkiye), when we had just one route on sale to Dalaman. “Today, we operate a popular programme
of flights and holidays to four destinations in Turkey (Türkiye) – Dalaman, Antalya, Bodum and Izmir – from the UK and have flown millions of customers to these magnificent destinations.
“Such growth and success over the last decade and a half would not be possible without the fantastic partnerships we have in Turkey (Türkiye), and I would like to say a heartfelt thank you to hoteliers, airports, tourist boards and all our partners. “As we continue to grow and take more customers to Turkey (Türkiye) on our award-winning flights and holidays, our partnership approach will remain at the very heart of everything we do, and we remain wholeheartedly
committed to bringing
even more happy holidaymakers to the destination.”
Ryanair Extends Trinity College Dublin Partnership To 2030
The Leddie is the latest addition to the Holywood- based and
company’s portfolio,
investment development hotel
which
also includes the Bushmills Inn.
FIJI, situated in the heart of the South Pacific, comprising 333 beautiful islands, inviting turquoise waters, and known for its warm hospitality, has seen increased interest from UK and global tourists for the first quarter of the year, with UK visitor numbers* rising by 20% in February 2024 versus 2023 and up 14.7% in the first quarter of the year (vs 2023) for British arrivals. Global visitation has also exceeded pre-pandemic levels, with February 2024 arrivals 15.8% higher (54,732 visitors) than in February 2020. Tourism Fiji’s Regional Director UK & Europe Jane West comments, “We are delighted to see our numbers exceeding
pre-pandemic
levels and are thankful to our trade partners in contributing to the UK traveller’s interest in Fiji. Renewed airlift via Japan and Hong Kong, as well as a new connection via Vancouver has boosted
these numbers and given travellers increased options for contrasting twin-centre holidays. We have also seen Fiji as the backdrop to many popular TV series over the past year, including Married at First Sight Australia and Love Island, offering viewers a taste of the paradise and warm hospitality Fiji has to offer visitors. We are excited to see a wide range of new accommodation
options
come to Fiji, as well as enhancements to some of the long-standing popular resorts across the destination.” To meet this increased demand, Fiji has a host of new accommodations and experiences for 2024 throughout the popular archipelago, catering to a wide range of budgets and tastes, alongside renovations, enhancements
and
developments in the pipeline that will further elevate this enticing destination.
RYANAIR announced the extension of its partnership with Trinity College Dublin (TCD) out to the end of the decade as the airline makes a further €2.5m donation (€4m total) to fund the Ryanair Sustainable Aviation Research Centre. Underpinned by an initial €1.5m donation from Ryanair, Sustainable
Research Aviation at Research
the Ryanair Centre
started in Sept 2021 addressing the complex challenge of progressing sustainable aviation. With Ryanair’s extended funding, the multi-disciplinary research team will continue to focus on Sustainable Over the past 3 years, the Ryanair Sustainable Aviation Research Centre has made significant research developments in the following core areas; examining the sustainability of different SAF types.
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