Jet2 plans record summer from Stansted thanks to extra slots

According to Jet2.com, there will be a significant expansion of the airport in the summer of 2023.

The leisure airline will operate its biggest ever summer programme from Stansted next summer with extra capacity to beach resorts and two new city break destinations: Rome and Athens.

Jet2.com and Jet2holidays will add flights to the Balearic Islands, Majorca, Greece, and Turkey.

There will be more than 200 weekly flights from the Essex airport.

There are more than 2.1 million seats on sale for the summer of 2015, representing a capacity increase of more than 10%.

The airline will increase the number of aircraft at the airport from 15 to 16 during the peak summer holiday season.

The chief executive of Jet2.com and Jet2holidays said: "This expansion is the latest demonstration of our continued commitment to investing in our London Stansted operations."

Five years after the launch of flights and holidays from London Stansted the reaction from customers and independent travel agents has been amazing.

We are all set for our biggest summer ever.