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Jet2.com, the friendly low fares airline, has today announced another product benefit whereby all passengers who check-in online via jet2.com will receive priority boarding upon arrival at their UK departure airport.

Jet2.com's Group Booking Service has just got even better with the introduction of a new direct number to call if you're looking to take advantage of the fantastic benefits offered for group bookings of ten or more passengers.

As part of its new brand strategy, the North’s leading tour operator, Jet2holidays.com, has linked with a renowned music producer to create a nostalgic ‘sonic’ to accompany its broadcast and online marketing.

With the final trip of Jet2holidays.com’s inaugural packages to New York leaving Leeds Bradford this morning, it has been announced that plans are in place for a potential extension to the service – whilst other exciting long haul destinations may not be far off.

Jet2.com has joined forces with PayPal, a global leader in online payments, to offer its customers the ability to pay for flights using their PayPal account.

Jet2.com, the friendly low fares airline, is ready to fill stockings this Christmas after introducing flight gift vouchers, the perfect present for this festive season. Customers can send their loved ones on a fantastic sun, city or ski break with the vouchers which can be used in full or part payment for Jet2.com flights.

Students from Prince Henry’s Grammar School in Otley have reached new heights today after taking simulated flying lessons to help Jet2.com launch a brand new Yorkshire-wide community initiative for schools.

Daily and Sunday Telegraph readers have voted Jet2.com the UK’s best low cost airline in its annual travel awards. The leading friendly low fare operator secured second place in the ‘Best Low-Cost Airline’ category of the Telegraph Travel Awards 2008, just behind German carrier Air Berlin.

Leading airline Jet2.com, has announced that it will launch a unique new route from Leeds Bradford to Albert-Picardie in France to capitalise on the massive rise in battlefield breaks to World War I sites in Northern France.

In what promises to be another fantastic ski season the slopes of Austria, France and Switzerland have enjoyed fresh snowfall leaving blankets of perfect white snow and enabling the resorts to open their doors early.

Following the recent unveiling of a new-look livery and a strategy to concentrate on the lowest fares and the friendliest service, Jet2.com today launched a new customer loyalty programme, myJet2.

Fast-expanding airline Jet2.com has announced that it will base another 225-seat Boeing 757 at Manchester to meet growing demand as well as helping ease capacity issues following the demise of XL – it will create 25 new jobs as a result.

They were among the most eagerly awaited flights the Yorkshire region has seen – last Thursday morning at 9am the first direct flights from Leeds Bradford to New York City departed courtesy of Jet2.com flight number LS4001.

Jet2.com has announced that it is to increase its hold baggage allowance by 30% from 17kg to 22kg on all flights after 1st April 2009. The move means that the leading northern airline now offers the most generous baggage allowance in the leisure sector.

Jet2.com passengers are set to be spoilt for choice when it comes to packing their holiday wardrobe following an announcement today that the leading northern airline today increased its hold baggage allowance by a whopping 30% - from 17kg to 22kg.

Now you can take even more with you on your jollies with Jet2.com as the airline increases its checked baggage allowance per passenger. As of now, Jet2.com has brought in a new baggage allowance offering passengers 22kgs each for checked-in baggage*. Jet2.com’s baggage allowance is now the market leader, being much higher than allowances offered by other European low cost or leisure carriers.

Jet2.com has been named the UK’s best short-haul airline by readers of the Guardian and the Observer for the third year running and the second best European Short-Haul Airline 2008.

Travel agents can be one of the first to drive away with a stylish new Ford Fiesta in the latest Sharm, Sun and Ski competition courtesy of Jet2.com and Jet2holidays.com.

The North’s fastest-growing tour operator, Jet2holidays.com, has announced that its overseas call centre, previously located in Gurgaon, Delhi, has returned to Yorkshire creating 30 new jobs.

A York man has been crowned the winner of Jet2.com’s search for the nation’s best tour t-shirt after his clever Stars Wars inspired design took the top prize in the airline’s summer-long nationwide competition. The winning tour T-shirt, which was designed by Tom Walls from York, clinched the top spot after receiving over 400 votes in the UK-wide competition.

Jet2.com is giving the North West’s sun seekers even more choice when it comes to their summer holiday destination for 2009, with the launch of a brand new route to the sizzling Greek Island of Rhodes, direct from Manchester.

Jet2.com has announced an expansion of destinations from Belfast International with the addition of two new exciting routes - Dubrovnik in Croatia and Cornwall’s surfing capital, Newquay. The airline has said that the expansion will create about 50 new aviation-related jobs.

Jet2.com has today announced three brand new, exciting destinations to be served from Edinburgh International Airport. Flights to Ibiza, Menorca and Venice are on sale now and will start flying in summer ‘09.

Jet2.com, Scotland’s fastest growing airline, is set to increase its services from Edinburgh Airport following the launch today of a brand new route to the exciting German city - Düsseldorf. Flights, which are now on sale from £24.99 one way including taxes, will depart 4 times a week from 29th March 2009.

Hebridean International Cruises this week signed an agreement for Jet2.com to provide its private charter flights to and from its vessel Hebridean Spirit throughout the Summer 2009 season. This will be the 9th season the cruise line and the airline have worked together.