\u201cThere is still a massive amount of people who want to go away,\u201d the chief executive, Steve Heapy, said. \u201cBut they have delayed their purchase because they wanted to see what happened with the conflict.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe market is now in good shape, and consumers are desperate to go away and perhaps sleep in a room with air conditioning.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n The travel industry had said that many holidaymakers were putting off booking their trips this summer because of fears around higher jet fuel bills and disruptions triggered by the war in the Middle East.<\/p>\n But there has been a strong recovery in recent weeks across all of Jet2\u2019s destinations, the company said. Shares in Jet2, which is listed in London, jumped by about 10% in early trading on Wednesday after the comments, despite signs of renewed tensions in the Middle East.<\/a><\/p>\n \u201cTurkey, Cyprus, eastern Greek islands, Bulgaria and parts of north Africa have rebounded the most in percentage terms, but all destinations have increased,\u201d Heapy said.<\/p>\n A new EU border check system has also caused hours-long delays at big airports in continental Europe, with airlines saying some flights are leaving only half full.<\/a><\/p>\n Heapy said that it was \u201cwise to turn up a little earlier than normal\u201d, and that some Jet2 passengers had been subject to longer queues at immigration and passport control. However, he said that no Jet2 flights had departed leaving passengers behind.<\/p>\n This week, the EU rejected calls by airports and airlines<\/a> to suspend the implementation of new fingerprinting and facial recognition border controls even though it admits there are \u201c20 difficult spots\u201d with queue chaos.<\/p>\n
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