Jet2holidays has launched its programme to Egypt, a week after confirming it was returning to the Red Sea.
From February 2027, it will fly year-round to Hurghada and Sharm-El-Sheikh from six UK airports.
To mark the launch, it is offering £100 per person off all holidays to Egypt booked through a trade partner.
Agents told Travel Gossip they were ‘thrilled’ with the news that Jet2 was relaunching flights to the popular winter sun destination after a 16-year gap.
Flights to Hurghada will operate from Birmingham, East Midlands, Glasgow, Leeds Bradford, London Stansted and Manchester and to Sharm-El-Sheikh from Birmingham, East Midlands, Edinburgh, Leeds Bradford, Stansted and Manchester, offering a total of 4,000 seats a week.
Four of the routes – Leeds Bradford to Hurghada, Stansted to Hurghada, Edinburgh to Sharm-El-Sheikh and Leeds Bradford to Sharm-El-Sheikh – are exclusive to Jet2.
The operator said today’s launch ‘comes in response to years of demand from independent travel agents and non-retail partners wanting to offer customers award-winning holidays to Egypt’.
Jet2holidays is offering a range of three to five-star hotels in the resorts of Hurghada, Sahl Hasheesh, Makadi Bay, Soma Bay, Sharm-El-Sheikh, Hadaba, Nabq Bay, Ras Nasrani, Naama Bay and Sharks Bay.
CEO Steve Heapy said: “We are absolutely thrilled to be giving independent travel agents and non-retail partners even more choice thanks to the launch of Egypt as a brand-new destination.
“With year-round availability to the magical destinations of Hurghada and Sharm-El-Sheikh, we are giving holidaymakers fantastic choice in two iconic holiday hotspots, and we cannot wait to get started.
“We are incredibly excited about these new destinations, and we know how popular they will be with our partners, based on the demand out there.”
