Air route expansion at EMA

THERE’S even more opportunity to escape these shores from the region’s biggest airport thanks to an increased timetable from Jet2. com and Jet2holidays.

The leading leisure airline and package holiday specialist has announced a huge programme for summer 2018 from East Midlands Airport.

Some 32 summer beach and city destinations are now covered with 920,000 seats on sale. Expansion includes an extra flight to Spain’s Costa de Almeria - which was only introduced for this summer, two services per week to Dalaman in Turkey, Corfu, Zante and Split, additional capacity to Verona due to larger aircraft and extra capacity to Dubrovnik due to extended seasons.

Steve Heapy, chief executive of Jet2.com and Jet2holidays, said: “This is a huge summer programme yet again from East Midlands Airport, with 920,000 seats and thousands of hotels through our award-winning airline and holiday operator. Such sustained growth is only possible by looking after our customers, which shows that our continued investment into offering great value package holidays and family friendly flights is working.”