IN A move which will could have a major impact on the travel industry,successful low cost airline, Jet2.com, has launched a tour operator with a
difference ­ Jet2holidays.com.
The airline, which operates to a number of destinations from Belfast International Airport, has joined forces with The On Holiday Group to offer
"real-time, dynamically packaged holidays to shake up the package holiday market and change it for the better."
For the first time, holidays will be packaged from high-quality three, four and five-star hotel stock and paired with low cost flights ­ exclusively on
Jet2.com services ­ meaning market rate, as-it-happens pricing, with no hidden extras, claims the airline.
What's more, rather than being constrained by weekly departure dates, customers can depart on the day of their choice rather than a fixed date
that is often inconvenient for working families.
Jet2holidays.com will offer hundreds of thousands of package holiday options to customers in and around its six UK airports, one of which is Belfast
International, to the Balearics and Canaries, as well as Portugal.
To make the whole package complete, Jet2holidays.com is promising that all holidays will include personal taxi transfers in resort. In addition,
on-demand holiday reps will ensure help is on hand when needed without the hassle of a rep following customers' every move.
Jet2holidays.com boss Philip Meeson said: "We'll be bringing the value and service we currently offer our flight-only passengers to the package holiday
market, ensuring a low cost, high quality, on-demand product.
"The business model is based on a relatively straightforward principle of matching low cost airline flights with high quality hotel stock ­ but until
new technology was developed, it had remained an untapped market. We plan to build on our unrivalled presence in the North of the UK, flying from the
airports people want to fly from."
Although Jet2holidays.com will initially focus on the traditional beach package holiday market, other products such as ski will be added in the near
future. In addition, plans are in place to eventually offer variable durations alongside new exciting destinations suited to the package holiday
market.