Budget airline Jet2 has started operating flight services to Lanzarote from their new base at East Midlands Airport. Which will be departing on Thursdays, with base return fares starting from around £70, before taxes and charges.

Jet2’s new service to Lanzarote from East Midlands airport increases the range of choice for passengers in that part of the country by adding to existing flights already operated by Ryanair and Thomsons.

The Jet2 flights depart on Thursdays at 09.10, with a return departure time of 14.30. With base prices, before taxes and charges, starting at around £70. The airline will also be operating flights to other destinations such as Tenerife, Egypt and Turkey from their new base. In a move that is expected to create in the region of 250 new jobs.