Budget airline Jet2.com took advantage of Independence Day yesterday to remind customers that seats are still available on its cheap flights to New York this winter.
As Americans across the globe broke out the champagne and fireworks for the Fourth of July celebrations, Jet2.com managing director Ian Doubtfire and East Midlands Airport managing director Brad Miller teamed up to promote the carrier’s New York flights. These services will be taking off from four airports in northern England and Scotland in November and December, with the aim of giving passengers a chance to do their Christmas shopping in style.
Mr Doubtfire warned passengers that in the seven weeks since Jet2.com had announced its cheap flights to New York, “well over half” of the seats have been booked and the Jet2holidays package deals – which include accommodation in good quality cheap hotels – have also sold rapidly.
The cheap flights leave Leeds Bradford and Newcastle airports, flying to New York Newark Airport on 1 December, returning on 4 December, and again on 8 December, returning on the 11th. This year, they will also leave East Midlands and Glasgow airports on 17 November, returning on the 20th.
Mr Doubtfire said: “We’re delighted to be offering festive flights to New York again, and to introduce them for the first time to our Glasgow and East Midlands’ bases. For three of the airports it is the only transatlantic flight they offer, and the fact we’ve already sold more than half the seats shows that there is a real appetite for them.”
Mr Miller added: “The bookings to date for this flight speak volumes. With over half the seats already sold after only seven weeks, it’s clear that there is demand for transatlantic flights from the region.”
