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EasyJet plays down relevance of Atol to tour operator ambitions

Atol
James Chapple
13 July 2018

EasyJet has played down the significance of acquiring an Atol for the very first time.

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The CAA last week confirmed the airline had registered an Atol protecting 184,994 seats – 18,544 more than its easyJet Holidays subsidiary, which currently operates under the Atol held by Hotelopia Holidays.

Launched in 2011, easyJet Holidays, the airline’s tour operator division, initially sold flights and accommodation in partnership with the Lowcosttravelgroup.

This partnership lapsed in May 2014, after which easyJet Holidays switched supplier to Hotelopia and vowed to become one of the UK’s pre-eminent tour operators.