{"id":339943,"date":"2025-08-13T01:47:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-13T01:47:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/339943\/"},"modified":"2025-08-13T01:47:11","modified_gmt":"2025-08-13T01:47:11","slug":"airline-to-launch-new-route-to-historic-island-from-glasgow-airport","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/339943\/","title":{"rendered":"Airline to launch new route to historic island from Glasgow Airport"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n  The airline&#8217;s new destination from Glasgow Airport comes\u00a0\u201cin response to continued demand from holidaymakers in Scotland looking to enjoy some Greek sunshine\u201d.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Jet2.com and Jet2holidays, the \u201cUK\u2019s largest tour operator\u201d has introduced flights and holidays to Kos from Glasgow Airport \u201cas Greece continues to enjoy enormous popularity with holidaymakers\u201d.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <img   alt=\"The flights start next summer.\" style=\"width: 100%;\"\/>The flights start next summer. (Image: Getty Images) \u00a0It will operate new weekly Tuesday services from Glasgow Airport to the island from May 26 to October 20, 2026, \u201coffering holidaymakers in the region the opportunity to discover the destination\u2019s diverse offering of historical sights, stunning scenery and golden beaches\u201d.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Jet2 said: \u201cPart of the showstopping Dodecanese Islands, Kos has long been a favourite for sunshine holidays. Holidaymakers can choose from lively party towns, laid-back seaside resorts and traditional fishing villages, all of them boasting beautiful beaches and dishing up heavenly traditional cuisine.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cWith its rich culture and history of the capital, Kos Town, Kos is an island where centuries-old relics neighbour vibrant bars and buzzy promenades meet.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  <strong>READ MORE:<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Jet2.com and Jet2holidays will operate to 40 destinations from Glasgow Airport next year.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Steve Heapy, chief executive of Jet2.com and Jet2holidays, said: \u201cDemand from customers and independent travel agents in Scotland is telling us that flights and holidays to Greece are very popular for Summer 26.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cAs the largest airline and tour operator to Greece from Scotland, we have responded quickly to that demand to give customers even more choice from Glasgow Airport. Kos is a magical destination, and we know its appeal, coupled with our award-winning customer experience, will make it an extremely popular option for holidaymakers looking to book a welcome escape to Greece.\u201d\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  Matt Hazelwood, chief commercial officer at AGS Airports, said: \u201cWe are delighted to see Jet2.com announce its sixth Greek destination from Glasgow to the sun-soaked island of Kos next summer.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cExpanded flight options to Greece have been sought after by Glasgow passengers for some time and the market dynamics clearly show the increasing trend of people in West Scotland searching for travel to this part of Europe.\n<\/p>\n<p>\n  \u201cWe are delighted to see Jet2.com respond to this demand with an expanded Greek programme for Summer 2026. Glasgow Airport looks forward to welcoming even more Greek-bound passengers from the city and the wider West Scotland region travelling from their local airport next year.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The airline&#8217;s new destination from Glasgow Airport comes\u00a0\u201cin response to continued demand from holidaymakers in Scotland looking to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":339944,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7826],"tags":[748,918,4884,712,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-339943","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-glasgow","8":"tag-britain","9":"tag-glasgow","10":"tag-great-britain","11":"tag-scotland","12":"tag-uk","13":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115018941796976394","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339943","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=339943"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/339943\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339944"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=339943"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=339943"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=339943"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}