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Jet2 brings five new destinations to Almeria Airport for 2017

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Jet2 has announced five new weekly flights to Almeria airport for next year. They are as follows: Edinburgh (flights start 27/04/2017, twice a week) East Midlands (flights start 02/05/2017, every Tuesday) Leeds Bradford (flights start 30/04/2017, every Wednesday and Sunday) Manchester (flights start 29/04/2017, every Tuesday and Saturday) Newcastle (flights start 02/05/2017, every Tuesday) It seems tickets are now on sale – the Edinburgh route came up as €130 per person returning, €54 going for Continue reading Jet2 brings five new destinations to Almeria Airport for 2017→

Jet2: no plans to fly to Almeria

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Despite much excitement  last summer about Jet2 planning to fly to Almeria airport, including a leak from the county council about the plans, I’ve just been in touch with Jet2 who say “it’s not currently in our plans for 2016” to fly here. Obviously So that’s that rumour squashed. Back to Malaga airport it is! Jet2.com is the UK’s third largest tour operator by volume and also operates a fleet of 49 planes flying to Continue reading Jet2: no plans to fly to Almeria→

Jet2 may be coming to Almería

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Cadena Ser radio reports that Jet2 is in discussions today with local authorities about using Almería airport as its regional base. There has been no official confirmation from the company, but the radio reports a leak saying that the airline is looking at operating flights from May to October, and if successful, could extend this to all year round flights. Jet2.com is the UK’s third largest tour operator by volume and also operates a fleet Continue reading Jet2 may be coming to Almería→

Junta pays Jet2 and BA for more tourists

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What most people booking a cheap holiday in the sun don’t seem to realise is that their friendly tour operator back in the UK is actually being bribed to attract them to Spain. In essence, Spain’s many regions compete against one another to underwrite the cost of bringing the turistas out hereby paying a proportion of the cost. So the Junta de Andalucia has just paid Jet2.com €175,000 and BA a further €100,000 to keep Continue reading Junta pays Jet2 and BA for more tourists→

New Murcia airport to start flights in December (and please tell them when San Javier will close, whinges Sacyr)

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The new international airport at Murcia, Corvera airport, will start trialling commercial flights in December, according to local paper La Opinion de Murcia. AENA, the airports operator, has submitted a request to the Spanish flight authorities AESA to open the air routes as from mid December. If the paperwork cannot be filed in time (ah, España!) it will be January. After a short test period, the airport will hopefully be declared fully open by April Continue reading New Murcia airport to start flights in December (and please tell them when San Javier will close, whinges Sacyr)→