Our communities
Taking people on holiday may be what we do best, but as the UK's largest package holidays provider and third-largest airline, we feel it's our social responsibility to support our local communities too.
Charity work
The Group continues to support its Charitable Partner Programme which includes NSPCC, Planet Patrol, Trees for Cities and our Colleague chosen charity Macmillan Cancer Support. Jet2.com and Jet2holidays have raised approximately £450,000 for our partners collectively and have run a number of initiatives to support them including colleague fundraising and volunteering.
Jet2.com also supported the West Cheshire Foodbank by donating almost £20,000 worth of food and drink from the ROC.
Inspiring the next generation
In June 2023, we launched a new Emerging Talent & Careers section on our Jet2careers website. This allows potential candidates to learn more about the wide range of exciting apprenticeship, graduate and placement opportunities we have across Jet2, in addition to providing tools to assist in job skill development.
Jet2 sits on the Aviation Industry Skills Board and actively champions skills development within the industry and promotes the many diverse career opportunities we have available across the business.
During the year, 103 (2023: 73) new apprentices joined us meaning we now have over 150 apprentices employed across a variety of departments. This allows us to continue to grow and nurture our talent from within, as well as providing exciting opportunities to the local communities we serve.
Kick-starting careers
We work in partnership with Leeds Beckett University and have supported the redevelopment of two tourism degree courses to ensure students are developing the skills needed for today’s travel industry. In addition, we continue to mentor their ABTA Student Representative and have provided three student placements this year.
