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JET 2 MALLORCA AS the tourism sector prepares for an other busy season, British airline giant Jet2 has announced more connec tions between the UK and Mallorca. The budget airline said it was re sponding to increased demand with the announcement on Tuesday, February 7. The move is set to increase air ser vices to Mallorca from five English air ports; Belfast, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester and Newcastle and two Scottish airports; Edinburgh and Glas gow. The airline is also set to increase connections from the UK to Tenerife after noticing increased demand from tourists to the two island destina tions. The supplemented services are set to get underway from April this year. The company’s CEO, Steve Heapy, explained the decision with the announcement saying, “The early summer season is proving to be enor mously popular in both destinations
Booking bonanza
THE latest data from the hospitality industry in the Balearic Islands found that booking costs were up by 12 per cent last week on figures from the previous week according to research conducted by the TravelX platform. The data released on Monday, February 6, sug gests that tourist demand is returning to the islands as accommodation costs soared to figures some 78
per cent higher than aver age costs during the same period last year. Mallorca and the Balearic Islands look on track for another record year as bookings are al ready 1,150 per cent higher than in 2021. The Balearic Islands are currently the fourth most popular desti nations for tourists making reservations, after Andalu cia, Catalonia and the Ca nary Islands.
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British budget airline, Jet2 will offer more flights to Mallorca from April this year.
and we are very pleased to be offer ing even more choice and flexibility as a result of today’s announcement.” The decision is part of the British
company’s current strategy to expand flight availability beyond the peak summer period to offer customers more flexibility and choice.
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Football’s famous fan
ZOE SALDANA has been busy at work filming new Paramount+ series in Mallorca, but that doesn’t mean she’s not had time to check out what the island has to of fer. The Hollywood star en joyed a tour of Real Club Deportivo Mallorca stadi um on Sunday, February 5 after watching the Mal lorca side beat Real Madrid. Club representa tives presented the Avatar actress with a
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Zoe Saldana with a jersey with her name on it.
shirt with her name em blazoned on the back, lat er sharing the video to their Instagram page, thanking Saldana for her visit. In the video, club Presi dent Andy Kohlberg and CEO Alfonso Díaz offer Saldana the shirt which she excitedly shows to cameras, while her chil dren run around in front of her. Saldana was present for Mallorca’s defeat of current secondplaced
and 35time La Liga win ners Real Madrid. The actress has been soaking up the atmo sphere in the island as filming for her new series comes to an end. Costar and Assistant Director, Nicole Kidman left the island on Satur day, February 4 after spending several weeks on the island. Kidman and Saldana appeared to get closer during the film ing, sharing a video to their Instagram pages.
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Prices are shooting up for holiday accomodation in Mallorca and the Balearic Islands as tourism demand returns to the market.