IF the darker nights and dropping temperatures are making you feel resentful of winter, a pick-me-up in the form of booking a hot summer holiday to look forward to might be the medicine you need.

And Jet 2 has just announced its exciting summer programme with 23 gloriously sunny holiday destinations to choose from to fly from Liverpool Airport.

The popular airline has launched its 2026 programme earlier than ever before with hotspots available to book now.

Over 700,000 seats have gone on sale from the airport and, during peak periods, Jet2.com and Jet2holidays will operate almost 70 departing weekly flights from Liverpool John Lennon Airport.

To support this huge programme, which will mark the airline and tour operator’s third summer of operation from the airport, Jet2.com will operate five-based aircraft from the airport in summer 26.

So, whether customers and independent travel agents are looking to book holidays in the Canaries, Balearics, Spain, Greece, Turkey, Malta, Cyprus, Bulgaria or Portugal, this huge programme is giving them ‘fantastic choices and flexibility’ when it comes to reaching their favourite sunshine destinations.

All 23 destinations available to book for summer 2026 include: Antalya, Bodrum, Dalaman, Tenerife, Lanzarote, Fuerteventura, Gran Canaria, Alicante, Palma (Majorca), Ibiza, Menorca, Faro (Algarve), Madeira, Crete (Heraklion), Corfu, Kos, Rhodes, Zante, Paphos, Malaga, Bourgas (Bulgaria), Malta, Reus.

Almost 70 weekly flights will be departing from the airport during peak periods.

Steve Heapy, CEO of Jet2holidays, said: “Customers are telling us they want to book ahead and secure that all-important holiday, so they can have the best choice of hotels, rooms and dates.

“We have responded to the strong demand from holidaymakers wanting to lock in their getaways, by putting another exciting summer programme on sale from Liverpool John Lennon Airport for 2026, earlier than ever before.

“Our summer 26 programme will be our third summer of operation from the airport and offers holidaymakers plenty of choice and flexibility, as well as giving them the chance to book in advance and get a date in their diary now for some sunshine. We have every confidence our summer 26 programme will be a huge success.”

Meanwhile John Irving, CEO of Liverpool John Lennon Airport  added: “It’s great to be already looking forward to a third summer with Jet2holidays operating from Liverpool.

“Customers from across the north west and north Wales can now make an early booking to a choice of 23 destinations with all the added convenience and acclaimed customer experience of flying from Liverpool, the 2024 Which? Best UK Airport.”