Mid haul

Thomas Cook Group losses spiral to £1.45bn over winter

Summer heatwave and Brexit uncertainty cited for huge growth in half-year losses, along with more than £1 billion ‘impairment’ from 2007 MyTravel merger

Tui boss distances operator from rival Cook after challenging winter

Digitisation, cruise and investment in activity brands give Tui an edge, Tui Group boss Fritz Joussen said on Wednesday (15 May)

Jet2 'commits year-round' to Cyprus with summer and winter capacity boosts

Almost 550,000 seats on sale for summer 2019, up 16% year-on-year, and 200,000 for winter 2019, up 45%

Tui’s winter loss grows as late Easter and Spanish overcapacities bite

Operator expects ‘solid’ second-half performance amid ‘times of consolidation’

British Airways owner IAG rules out bid for Thomas Cook airline business

Cook is expected to clarify the latest on the proposed sale of its airline during its first half results announcement on Thursday (16 May)

Jet2 adds new Spanish and Polish routes at Glasgow

Almeria and Krakow added to carrier’s summer 2020 programme

Jet2 extends summer 2020 Menorca programme to include Easter

Airline to add extra 10,000 seats giving holidaymakers chance to spend Easter in the Balearics

Tui looks beyond eurozone for summer 2020 programme

New or extended routes to Agadir, Marsa Alam, Antalya and Enfidha to help meet demand for summer sun

Tui adds Manchester-Marsa Alam route to summer 2020 programme

Weekly summer flights to Red Sea resort in Egypt will get under way on 6 May 2020

Jet2 launches Izmir programme

First flights to Turkish coastal hotspot under way

Tui welcomes first guests to new Magic Life resort in Bodrum

Following a wide-ranging refurbishment, Bodrum becomes Tui’s fifth Magic Life club in Turkey

Cook Hurghada deaths 'not linked to natural causes', coroner hears

John and Susan Cooper fell fatally ill at the Steigenberger Aqua Magic Hotel in Hurghada last August

Chinese investor Fosun increases stake in Thomas Cook

Cook’s Chinese joint venture partner has grown its stake in Cook a further 1% to 18%

Tui eyes resurgent Turkey with additional 45,000 summer 2020 seats

Operator has added further 2,000 hotels to its summer 2020 programme

Thomas Cook reports surge in Turkey and Tunisia bookings

Non-eurozone destinations are selling well for summer 2019 according to operator’s latest annual holidays report

Cook shares soar nearly 20% amid sale speculation

Cook has declined to comment on reported interest from various potential suitors

Investors reportedly weighing up bids for Thomas Cook

Chinese backer Fosun, which already owns a 17% stake in Cook, is understood to be among the groups interested in moving for the company

Youth sports specialist acquired by Rayburn Tours

Schools specialist expands portfolio with acquisition

Gold Medal and Travel 2 sales 'resisting market uncertainties'

“My gut instinct is we are outperforming the market," boss Lisa McAuley told TTG

‘Customer uncertainty’ affecting Jet2’s summer bookings

Uncertain economic outlook and Brexit affecting consumer confidence, says parent Dart Group

Garrido: 'There's definitely new partners out there for Travelopia'

Group’s new head of trade partnerships on a topsy turvy couple of years, his ambitions for Travelopia and some exciting updates for the trade

Pairing blind and sighted travellers for memorable trips

TV presenter Amar Latif is the brains behind Traveleyes, a tour operator that organises group trips for blind or partially sighted travellers by pairing them up with a sighted traveller. He tells Abra Dunsby his story

'Some way to go' on gender pay divide, Cook admits

Operator says it has made progress since its first gender pay report last year

Brits locking in summer 2020 holidays earlier than ever – Tui

Operator says more than 100,000 people have already booked for next summer after it put its 2020 programme on sale five months early