The company said in its half-year report that summer 2018 had proven to be a particularly strong season for its leisure travel business, with demand for both its flight-only offering from Jet2.com and its higher margin package holiday product from Jet2holidays “buoyant throughout”.
Group operating profit increased by 68% to £350.1 million and group profit before foreign exchange revaluation and taxation increased by 68% to £339.4 million.