Coronavirus in Scotland: Jet2 announce suspension of all flights from Scottish airports until March

Jet2.com and Jet2holidays have scrapped all planned flights from Scottish airports until the Spring.

It blamed “ongoing uncertainty” and travel restrictions for the last minute decision to cancel all flights up to - and including - March 25, and vowed all customers would receive “speedy refunds”.

It also promised that customers planning to travel from the 26th of March would be given further updates closer to their departure date.

The travel company had previously cancelled flights to mainland Spain and the Balearics until February 11.

In a statement, Jet2.com said: “Due to the ongoing uncertainty and travel restrictions caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, we have taken the decision to extend the suspension of flights and holidays up to and including 25th March 2021.

“Where customers yet to travel are affected by any programme changes, our approach to providing smooth and speedy refunds has been widely praised, and we will be automatically cancelling affected bookings with a full refund.

“Since the onset of the pandemic, we have always respected that customers should receive their money back if we have not provided their flight or holiday.

“We know that customers will remember this approach, and the way we have looked after them will play an important part in our long-term strategy to continue to grow successfully and become the UK’s Leading and Best Leisure Travel business.

“There is a lot of demand for our award-winning flights and holidays and with a huge choice of popular destinations available from across our network of ten UK bases, customers can take advantage of some fantastic deals for Summer 21, Winter 21/22 and Summer 22.

“Our customers work hard and save hard for their holidays, and we are very excited to take them away on holiday again.

“For customers due to travel from 26th March onwards, we will provide further updates closer to the time as appropriate.

“We would like to thank our valued customers for their patience and understanding.”

Under current restrictions, people living in the UK are banned from leisure travel due to coronavirus restrictions, while travellers arriving in England will need to test negative for the virus from Friday.

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