Jet2 makes major announcement for Manchester Airport

Jet2 has announced its ‘biggest ever’ programme of winter city breaks from Manchester Airport. Jet2.com and Jet2CityBreaks is expanding its routes for next winter and tickets are already on sale.

The expansion includes its latest city break destination, Porto, with flights operating during November 2025 and restarting again mid-February 2026, coinciding with February half term. The airline and package operator initially planned to launch the Porto route in summer 2025, but brought it forward to this summer following a surge in interest.

Now the route is being incorporated into Jet2’s winter city break programme. Porto is Portugal’s second-biggest city, offering travellers incredible museums, beautiful buildings and amazing food and drink. As part of the Jet2 package, holidaymakers can book onto their Discover More option which takes them to the Douro Valley wine growing region.

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As well as Porto, the programme includes eight other destinations: Athens, Barcelona, Budapest, Krakow, Prague, Rome, Vienna and Venice. Alongside these, Jet2 and Jet2Holidays will operate its Christmas Markets programme, details of which will be announced soon.

Stephen Turner, Chief Commercial Officer at Manchester Airport, said: “We’ve seen the popularity of city breaks grow massively in recent years, so we are thrilled to see Jet2.com and Jet2CityBreaks offering such a varied range of deals on offer to passengers flying from the UK’s global gateway in the North.

“We’re proud to connect the people of the North the places they want to get to, with more destinations than any UK airport outside London – so whether you want to