On announcing the news, Steve explained: “We are very excited to announce London Luton airport as our 13th UK airport base today, further expanding our footprint and bringing our award-winning holidays and flights to even more customers.

“Customers and independent travel agents have been asking us to open at London Luton airport for many years now, so we know how enormously popular this announcement will be.”

It is expected that 430,000 seats from the Luton services will be available to buy shortly as a result of the news.

Flights will take off from Luton from April 1, 2025, with tickets expected to be made available soon. 

Jet2 will offer up to four weekly services to Alicante with trips available on Thursdays, Thursdays, Fridays and Sundays.

A weekly Sunday service to Girona will be made available as well as two weekly trips to Reus. 

Jet2 has promised two weekly trips to Gran Canaria and Lanzarote with a weekly service to Fuerteventura.

Those visiting Tenerife are also in luck with three weekly trips to head off from Luton on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. 

Two weekly services will be available to those travelling to Ibiza with six trips every seven days to Majorca. 

There will be four wealthy trips to Faro in Portugal with a weekly visit to Madeira. 

Jet2 will also offer one weekly trip to Crete, Rhodes and Zante in Greece with two weekly journeys to Antalya and Dalaman in Turkey. 

A weekly Wednesday service to Verona in Italy will also be offered as part of the expansion.

Full list of new destinations

Spain

• Alicante – four weekly services
• Girona – weekly Sunday service
• Reus – two weekly services

Canary Islands

• Fuerteventura – weekly Sunday services
• Gran Canaria – two weekly services
• Lanzarote – two weekly services
• Tenerife – three weekly services

Balearic Islands

• Ibiza – two weekly services
• Majorca – six weekly services

Portugal

• Faro – four weekly services
• Madeira – weekly Monday services

Greece

• Crete (Heraklion) – weekly Wednesday services
• Rhodes – weekly Saturday services
• Zante – weekly Wednesday services

Turkey

• Antalya – two weekly services
• Dalaman – two weekly services

Italy

• Verona – weekly Wednesday services.