Jet2 have revealed nine new routes from Manchester Airport, amounting to 140,000 extra passengers flying with the leisure airline for 2010.
This announcement amounts to Jet2.com offering low fare flights to more destinations than any other airline operating scheduled services out of Manchester Airport.
The carrier is the only airline to offer flights to Reus (Costa Dorada) from Manchester.
Philip Meeson, boss of Jet2.com, said: "At Jet2.com we are bucking the trend of other airlines by significantly increasing our services across our bases. Now as Manchester’s favourite and biggest scheduled leisure airline we are leading the pack, offering the most number of scheduled leisure destinations.
"Our continued investment will see us increase our fleet at Manchester quite significantly and create hundreds of new jobs both at the airport and within the tourism industry as a whole...
"We have carefully planned our schedule and flight times to suit our passenger’s needs, giving them the option to take short breaks or longer holidays of seven, ten or 14 days. We also pride ourselves in offering friendly flights times, ensuring that our passengers get the most out of their holiday"