Jet2 expands routes to 'stunning holiday destinations' from Birmingham Airport

Jet2.com and Jet2holidays will wave off their first flight to Tivat from Birmingham this morning, when the inaugural flight to Montenegro departs.

The busy flight will mark the start of the leading leisure airline and UK’s largest tour operator giving customers a taste of Montenegro by operating up to two weekly services to Tivat from Birmingham Airport until October 31.

Jet2.com and Jet2CityBreaks are also expanding their programme later this month from Birmingham Airport, as their inaugural flight to Bergen will depart on May 9, offering two Thursday services until May 16 as part of its Discover More collection.

It will be followed by Jet2.com and Jet2holidays’ first flight to Lesvos on May 26, marking the start of the companies operating weekly Sunday services to the Greek island until October 6.

It comes as nearly a million passengers passed through Birmingham Airport last month.

The April figure of 989,209 was 15 per cent up on the same month in 2023.

The airport welcomed 3,402 flights in the month with 3,374 departures.

Freight traffic at the airport increased 172 per cent on April 2023.

Steve Heapy, chief executive of Jet2.com and Jet2holidays, said: “We are delighted to be waving off our first flight to Tivat from Birmingham Airport and look forward to seeing our inaugural flights to Bergen and Lesvos take off from the airport base later this month too.

"The addition of these stunning holiday destinations has proven to be extremely popular with customers and independent travel agents looking to book or travel on a getaway."

Tom Screen, aviation director of Birmingham Airport said: “The summer season from Birmingham Airport is looking superb with the addition of these three new routes."