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Jet2 has issued an update to holidaymakers who are booked to travel to Rhodes in August.
The airline had cancelled all flights and holidays to the island, up to and including Sunday 30 July, as huge wildfires continue to rage. Temperatures of over 40C have led to an outbreak of fires - leading to the evacuation of more than 20,000 people.
In a new update issued on Wednesday, the airline said it had operated 20 flights to the UK from Rhodes so far this week – a combination of repatriation flights and scheduled flights.
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Jet2 also issued advice to people who have holidays and flights booked to the island from July 31 onwards - and confirmed more holidays to certain parts of the island have had to be cancelled. In a statement, they said:
Northern Rhodes
For customers due to travel to the north of Rhodes from Monday July 31 onwards, hotels, villas, and resorts are operating as normal. Customers due to travel to the following resorts will still have their holidays as flights as normal.
Lardos, Lindos, Kalathos and Pefkos
Jet2 sais teams have visited every single one of their hotels and villas in these resorts and say that operations are normal from Monday July 31.
Gennadi, Kiotari and Lachania
Jet2 has cancelled all holidays up to and including Sunday August 13 to these parts of the island. They are contacting affected customers to let them know how we can help them to arrange an alternative holiday or cancel with a full refund.
Thousands of Britons have been rescued from fire-hit parts of Rhodes while others are having to cancel planned trips.
As many as 10,000 Britons are estimated to be on the island, the
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Brits with holidays booked to Corfu have been reassured that the majority of resorts will be operating as usual. ABTA, the trade association for UK travel agents and tour operators, has issued a statement on the Greek wildfires.
Airlines Tui, Jet2, Ryanair and easyJet have issued updates and guidance for holidaymakers as wildfires spread through the Greek islands of Rhodes and Corfu. Thousands of people are being evacuated from the islands while foreign office minister Andrew Mitchell said on Monday morning up to 10,000 Brits remained on Rhodes.
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Major package airlines Jet2 and TUI have cancelled all flights and holidays due to depart to Rhodes over the coming days due to devastating wildfires.
Jet2 has cancelled all flights and holidays to Rhodes as wildfires continue to devastate the Greek island.
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