The operator said it was 70% sold for the current year “and on track to deliver its medium-term target of £100 million-plus profit before tax”.

The figures were revealed in easyJet PLC’s interim results for the six months to 31 March. They revealed the package side of the business had incurred a winter loss of £5.5 million, compared to a loss of £8.1 million in the same period in 2021.

EasyJet said its offshoot, launched in January 2020, was now “the UK’s fastest-growing holiday company”.

EasyJet said holidays were being sold “at significantly higher margins versus 2019 and lower acquisition costs compared to our competitors, having 88% of the visitors to our website coming through unpaid channels, the majority of which are from customers visiting easyjet.com”.  

It added: “We offer the most competitively priced holidays in the market, being cheaper around 75% of the time on a like-for-like basis versus our competitors. 

“This, coupled with our direct hotel contracting and low fixed-cost base, provides easyJet holidays with a strong business model to accelerate our growth and deliver sustainable returns.”