Jet2’s Bristol Airport base will bring 450,000-holiday seats

Jet2 Boeing 737 (Image: UK Aviation Media)
Jet2 Boeing 737 (Image: UK Aviation Media)

Jet2 & Jet2 Holidays have now officially announced that Bristol Airport (BRS/EGGD) will be the 10th base in the UK after it emerged the holiday company was loading flights from the regional airport onto its website last night.

Operations at Bristol Airport will commence in April 2021 and operate throughout the summer season through to October with a total of 33 destinations.

Four of the routes will be exclusive to Bristol Airport including Izmir, Kalamata, Lesvos and Costa Del Almeria.

The airline will base three Boeing 737-800 aircraft at the airport for the summer operating 56 weekly flights bring an additional 450,000 seat capacity to Bristol Airport.

Steve Heapy, CEO of Jet2.com and Jet2holidays said: “This is an incredibly exciting day for Jet2.com and Jet2holidays, as we expand our award-winning flights and holidays to Bristol Airport. We know how much demand there is, because we have been listening to customers and independent travel agents in the region for some time. We are delighted to be bringing them the news that they have been looking forward to, meaning that they can finally enjoy real package holidays from Bristol Airport.”

Jet2 Holidays Boeing 737 (Aviation Media Agency)
Jet2 Holidays Boeing 737 (Aviation Media Agency)

Dave Lees, CEO, Bristol Airport added: “We are delighted to welcome Jet2.com and Jet2holidays to Bristol Airport.  Never has the time been more important for the region to look to the future in a post-Covid world, and Jet2.com and Jet2holidays have shown the confidence in the strength of the region to open up their tenth UK operating base at Bristol Airport.  This exciting news is a major step towards the future by creating job opportunities, providing significant investment and an increase in the choice of destinations and holidays available to customers in the region.  We will continue to work closely with Jet2.com and Jet2holidays on the strategic partnership and develop further opportunities in the future.”

Jet2 Destinations from Bristol

Jet2.com and Jet2holidays announces take off from Bristol Airport for Summer 2021- Destination Board
Jet2.com and Jet2holidays announces take off from Bristol Airport for Summer 2021- Destination Board

Which flight is on Which Day?

Almeria
THU 06MAY21-28OCT21

Antalya
MON 05APR21-22NOV21, 14FEB22-25APR22
WED 26MAY21-17NOV21, 30MAR22-27APR22
FRI 02APR21-31DEC21, 11FEB22-22APR22

Corfu
WED 28JUL21-01SEP21
SUN 02MAY21-31OCT21

Dalaman
MON 24MAY21-25OCT21
TUE 22JUL21-31AUG21
THU 22JUL21-26AUG21
FRI 02APR21-29OCT21

Faro
MON 05APR21-15NOV21
TUE 27JUL21-31AUG21
FRI 02APR21-19NOV21
SAT 01MAY21-30OCT21

Fuerteventura
WED 28JUL21-01SEP21, 13OCT21-24NOV21, 22DEC21-05JAN22, 16FEB22-22APR22
SAT FROM 03APR21-23APR22 NON-OP 25DEC21
SUN 26DEC21 ONLY

Geneva
SAT 08JAN22-16APR22
SUN 19DEC21-02JAN22

Girona
SAT 22MAY21-30OCT21

Gran Canaria
MON 26JUL21-30AUG21, 01NOV21-25APR22
THU 01APR21-21APR22

Grenoble
SUN 19DEC21-17APR22

Heraklion
TUE 04MAY21-26OCT21
FRI 21MAY21-29OCT21

Ibiza
TUE 25MAY21-26OCT21
THU 22JUL21-26AUG21
SAT 22MAY21-30OCT21

Izmir
TUE 25MAY21-26OCT21

Kalamata
WED 26MAY21-29SEP21

Kefalonia
SUN 23MAY21-10OCT21

Kos
THU 20MAY21-28OCT21

Lanzarote
TUE 21DEC21-04JAN22, 15FEB22-26APR22
THU 01APR21-21APR22
SUN 04APR21-24APR22

Madeira
MON FROM 05APR21-25APR22

Menorca
TUE 04MAY21-26OCT21
FRI 21MAY21-29OCT21
SAT 24JUL21-28AUG21

Mytilene
SUN 23MAY21-10OCT21

Naples
SUN 02MAY21-31OCT21

Palma Mallorca
MON 03MAY21-25OCT21
WED 26MAY21-22SEP2q
THU 08APR21-22APR21
FRI 30APR21-29OCT21
SAT 01MAY21-30OCT21
SUN 04APR21-25APR,21 25JUL21-29AUG21

Preveza
SUN 09MAY21-10OCT21

Reus
MON 26JUL21-30AUG21
THU 06MAY21-28OCT21

Rhodes
TUE 25MAY21-26OCT21
SAT 24JUL21-28AUG21

Salzburg
MON 20DEC21-03JAN22
SAT 08JAN22-09APR22

Santorini
WED 05MAY21-27OCT21

Skiathos
WED 12MAY21-29SEP21
SUN 25JUL21-29AUG21

Thessaloniki
THU 20MAY21-30SEP21

Tenerife South
TUE 06APR21-26APR22
WED 22DEC21-05JAN22
SAT 03APR21-23APR22 (Non-op 25DEC & 01JAN)
FRI 23JUL21-27AUG21, 05NOV21-22APR22
SUN 17OCT21-02JAN22, 13FEB22-24APR22

Verona
SAT 22MAY21-25SEP21

Zakynthos
MON 24MAY21-04OCT21
FRI 24JUL21-27AUG21

Thanks to Matthew l’Anson for compiling the Flight Data.

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