Jet2 reveals huge job cuts across Spain: Decision comes after announcing new Bournemouth base

THE UK’S biggest tour operator, Jet2holidays have announced huge job cuts in Spain following a review and announcement of new UK base in Bournemouth.

It is believed around 35% of staff based in Alicante, Palma, Tenerife, Gran Canaria, Lanzarote and Fuerteventura may be affected. 

The cuts will impact the leading holiday brand’s resort staff, flight and cabin crews. 

According to some reports, the changes will mostly affect the brand’s resort flight check-in service, which allows passengers to drop their bags with staff at their hotel rather than the airport. 

However, this has not been confirmed. 

Now, a 30-day consultation period with unions involved in the possible redundancies has begun. 

The package holiday business said: “We have recently reviewed our operations in Spain.
“As a result, we must sadly propose a number of colleague redundancies across resort flight check-in, flight deck and cabin crew roles.

“We deeply regret these proposed redundancies, and we will be consulting with appropriate representatives of the affected colleagues to ensure that all options are fully considered.”

The announcement follows the decision to make Bournemouth Jet2’s 12th airport base. 

From April 2025, they will launch 16 routes from the UK airport. 

Jet2 is the biggest tour operator and the third biggest airline in the country. 

The Bournemouth launch is expected to create around 100 new jobs.

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Yzabelle Bostyn

Yzabelle Bostyn is an NCTJ trained journalist who started her journalistic career at the Olive Press in 2023.
Before moving to Spain, she studied for a BA in English Literature and Hispanic Studies at the University of Sheffield.
After graduating she moved to the university’s journalism department, one of the best in the UK.
Throughout the past few years, she has taken on many roles including social media marketing, copywriting and radio presenting.
She then took a year out to travel Latin America, scaling volcanoes in Guatemala and swimming with sharks in Belize.
Then, she came to the Olive Press last year where she has honed her travel writing skills and reported on many fantastic experiences such as the Al Andalus luxury train.
She has also undertaken many investigations, looking into complex issues like Spain’s rental crisis and rising cancer rates.
Always willing to help, she has exposed many frauds and scams, working alongside victims to achieve justice.
She is most proud of her work on Nolotil, a drug linked to the deaths of many Brits in Spain.
A campaign launched by Yzabelle has received considerable support and her coverage has been by the UK and Spanish media alike.
Her writing has featured on many UK news outlets from the Sun to the Mail Online, who contracted her to report for them in Tenerife on growing tourism issues.
Recently, she has appeared on Times Radio covering deadly flooding in Valencia.

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