Jet2holidays increases Atol again to go head-to-head with Tui

Both firms are now licensed to carry around 5.3 million Atol-protected passengers over the next year, although Tui just shades the fight after upping the size of its Atol at the September round of renewals from 5,122,443 million to 5,336,410.

It is also licensed for 177,661 Atol to Atol sales, while its Marella Cruises brand has its own Atol for 245,715 passengers (up from 112,249 a year ago), bringing Tui’s total authorisations up to more than 5.75 million.

Jet2’s, meanwhile, is now licensed for exactly 5.3 million Atol-protected passengers – an increase of 500,000 on its pre-pandemic high of 4.8 million. This had dropped to 3.75 million at the end of September 2021, before Jet2 added nearly 900,000 additional seats for the summer in anticipation of huge post-Covid holiday demand.

Together, Tui and Jet2 now expect to carry more than 11.5 million Atol-protected passengers in the year to the end of September 2023, eclipsing the rest of the market.