Amazing 2 Million for Jet2.com
May 16, 2005
Jet2.Com Celebrates Being Northern England's
Low Cost Carrier
May 16, 2005
The vision of airline boss Philip Meeson to create a low cost airline for
the North of England is starting to take shape as Jet2.com announced today
that it had carried its two millionth passenger.
The company, which launched and has its headquarters at Leeds Bradford
airport, hit the magic mark on a flight from Amsterdam to Yorkshire -
passenger number 2,000,000 was Dutchman Willem Elbers. Coincidentally, it
was also Mr Elbers' 54th birthday.
He said: "I'm based in Holland, working for the national railway, but I do a
lot of work in Leeds and York and I fly many times with Jet2.com, so I
increased my chances of being number 2,000,000.
"In fact, I fly so regularly to Leeds Bradford, I will probably be passenger
number 3,000,000 before long!"
Philip Meeson said: "It is fantastic for us to have achieved so much in such
a short space of time. We have grown quickly but carefully, choosing the
destinations that people in the North want to travel to.
"We have a great balance of routes now on offer from our three bases, Leeds
Bradford, Manchester and Belfast - the sunshine destinations such as
Portugal's Algarve, the Spanish Costa's, Nice and then Tenerife which we've
just launched.
"We've a range of beautiful city options such as Paris, Prague, Budapest,
Venice and Valencia and have created gateway destinations such as Pisa for
Florence and Tuscany and Geneva for Switzerland and the Alps in the winter.
"I'd like to thank everyone who has flown Jet2.com so far for their feedback
and kind words and their ideas for new routes. I can promise that we intend
to continue with our expansion and we will have news of more developments in
the coming months.
"We have firmly established ourselves as the North's low cost airline and we
aim to remain so, continuing to bring low cost travel, and open up new
destinations, to the people of the North of England.
"We were also one of the first airlines to show our customers when the
cheapest day to travel is. Our Low Fare Finder shows the exact price on any
day in the calendar meaning travellers who are flexible can pick the lowest
fare.
In addition, innovations such as www.jet2.com/golf and www.jet2.com/ski mean
that enthusiasts have a portal to organise their skiing or golfing holiday,
ensuring that they can get everything they want at Jet2.com!"
Earlier this year, readers of Holiday Which? and Wanderlust magazines voted
Jet2.com their favourite British low cost airline.
Source: Jet2.com/Dart Group plc Press Release
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