THE holiday operator Jet2 has cancelled the rest of its summer flights and holidays to mainland Spain - with Newcastle Airport affected.

The operator, which only recently announced it was restoring the majority of its flights from the North-East, revealed the cancellations late last night.

It also said flights and holidays from the UK to Dubrovnik and Split in Croatia would be cancelled for the remainder of its summer programme.

In a statement, the company said: "Because of the ongoing uncertainty caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, as well as the current UK government advice, we have taken the difficult decision to suspend all flights and holidays to Mainland Spain (affecting Alicante, Malaga and Barcelona) and Dubronik and Split for the rest of Summer 2020.

"We are obviously very disappointed to be making this announcement, as we know how much our customers look forward to their well-deserved holidays in these fantastic destinations."

Jet2 said customers are able to choose a new holiday date with no admin fee, a refund credit note, or a full refund and said it was contacting affected customers. 

The statement continued: "To give customers more choice when it comes to booking or rebooking their Summer 2020 holidays, we recently announced hundreds of new flights to in-land destinations, representing almost 100,000 additional seats.

"That demand tells us that customers want to get away for their well-deserved holidays.

"We continue to urge the government to do more to help holidaymakers by implementing a targeted approach to travel advice, instead of the current blanket ban approach.

"We can assure our customers and partners across mainland Spain that we remain completely committed to these fantastic destinations."

This comes as the UK government is expected to announce today whether Greece and Portgual will be added to the UK's quarantine list.

It follows a spike in the number of Covid-19 cases, linked to returning flights from affected countries.