Liverpool Airport: The most popular holiday destinations for Scousers in 2024
Sun, sea or maybe a city break. Holidays provide much needed vitamin D and not to mention a well deserved break. Reports have shown that people are more eager than ever to get their annual holidays locked in this year. But where are Scousers jetting off to in 2024?
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00:00 With reports showing that people are more eager than ever to get their annual summer holidays locked in,
00:06 we have been at Liverpool John Lennon Airport to find out where Scousers are jetting off to this year.
00:13 No surprises. Certainly the place that we see year in, year out that are the most popular are Mediterranean sunspots.
00:21 So you can almost predict what they're going to be. It'll be Mallorca, it'll be places like Malaga and Alicante.
00:28 A little bit further afield, Dalaman over in Turkey, getting more and more popular.
00:34 Very good value for money holidays over in Turkey these days.
00:38 Tenerife, Arecife, Lanzarote as it's now called, over in the Canaries again, also popular.
00:45 So yeah, it's those traditional kind of summer sunspots which families in particular really enjoy flying to from here,
00:51 which we're going to see lots of passengers on.
00:53 Back in May 2023, Jet2 announced they'd launch flights from Liverpool.
00:58 The airline and tour operators put on 20 sunshine destinations on sale for summer 24,
01:04 operating up to 54 weekly flights to destinations including Greece, Madeira and Cyprus.
01:11 I think they're also going to be bringing in quite a lot more frequency,
01:13 so as opposed to where we've seen maybe one or two flights a week to some destinations,
01:17 they're increasing that so that people have now got a much wider choice of when they travel and who they travel with,
01:23 which is really good for us.
01:25 Having topped the 2023 Which UK Airport survey in recognition of its high levels of customer satisfaction,
01:34 they've been focusing on helping to make air travel accessible to all.
01:38 The airport have now opened a sensory space in the departure lounge.
01:42 It took £35,000 to develop and offers a calming space for children and adults with autism
01:48 and other special needs to acclimatise before they fly.
01:51 Summer 2024 will probably be our busiest, certainly since we've come back from Covid.
01:58 And this year in particular, we've got the arrival of Jet2 for the first time,
02:03 which is bringing about an extra half a million passengers.
02:06 So yeah, there's quite a bit of building work going on, getting ready really.
02:09 So Jet2 are building their own new desks and new ticket areas.
02:12 We've got a lot of work also going on elsewhere around new retail areas.
02:16 So we're just upgrading and making sure we're ready for when the increase in passengers comes in a few weeks' time.
02:22 Barhead Travel Liverpool have put together their predictions for 2024.
02:26 They say value for money remains a top priority.
02:29 All Inclusive is making up more than one in four of their new bookings
02:34 as people look to budget in advance and spend less when away.
02:38 City breaks are really important and for us it's that year-round traffic.
02:42 So it's not just summer-based.
02:44 Places that we always see, places like Amsterdam, Budapest is quite popular,
02:48 Krakow over in Poland is a really beautiful city that people are taking advantage of.
02:52 Nice down in the south of France, a bit more seasonal.
02:56 But again, there's some great things to do.
02:58 You get the weather down there, then you can have a fantastic time.
03:00 So yeah, weekend break market is always very popular for passengers through here.