Short haul operators

Jet2 firms up major aircraft order as annual profits jump by a third to £520 million

Chief executive said the airline and operator’s reaction to headwinds like last year’s wildfires in Rhodes, floods in Skiathos and the August bank holiday ATC outage had contributed to its strong performance

Tui charts post-election upturn in both summer and winter sun sales

Tui says it has seen an upturn in searches and bookings for late summer as well as next winter following the general election conclusion

Byway to expand into new markets after securing £5 million fresh funding

The slow travel specialist will use the cash to expand into new markets and new roles across several departments, including in technology, product and finance

Travel bucked lower spending trend during washout June, says Barclays

Consumers stayed away from retailers in June, but the travel sector was buoyed by balance payments before summer breaks, latest Barclays research finds

How to explain this summer's high prices to your clients

More flights and holidays are on sale this summer despite a supposed dip in demand this year, but costs remain steep for those booking an escape. Gary Noakes reports

Jet2 issues urgent advice for trade after Leeds Bradford runway closure

Airport forced to close to arriving and departing flights on Friday afternoon

Jet2 marks first departure to latest city break destination Porto

Jet2 has launched a series of flights and city breaks to Porto, with the first departure from Manchester preceding a series from Birmingham next summer

Mayor of Kos thanks travel trade as life on island 'returns to normal' following wildfire

’We would like to express our sincere gratitude to the tourism professionals, volunteers and all the residents of Kos for their dedication and support during this critical period,’ said mayor of Kos, Theodosis Nikitaras

Luke Swarbrook named as Kev Gaddes' successor at Travelopia

Gaddes left his role with Travelopia last month to take up a position at trade-only tour operator Lusso, leaving a trade team vacancy with Travelopia’s Tailormade brands

Operators monitoring 'fast-evolving wildfire situation' in Kos

EasyJet holidays and Jet2holidays urge customers to follow the advice of their hotels and from any local authorities

Norwegian to launch new northern lights and ski route next winter

Norwegian Air Shuttle has announced winter flights from London to an area of the country not served by other airlines that’s famous for northern lights viewing and skiing

'When chaos reigns, why is it always tour operators left picking up the pieces?'

Summer has only just begun, but already, consumers have experienced severe travel disruption – and tour operators are bearing the brunt of the knock-on effects, writes Aito executive director Martyn Sumners for TTG

Spending on travel continuing to outpace other non-essentials – Barclays

New CEBR and Barclays research says the UK Experience Economy - including holiday purchasing - is bigger than the GDP of Morocco and growing rapidly

Co-op Holidays becomes Byway's latest flight-free holiday partner

Your Co-op Travel’s in-house operator has teamed up with flight-free travel specialist Byway to arm its agents more travel options to offer their clients

FCDO issues Greece wildfire alert as threat remains amid 35C heat

The FCDO has warned visitors to Greece not to cause wildfires as temperatures in the country soar during the earliest heatwave on record

Trade still working through fallout from Manchester airport power failure

Airlines and operators are still having to deal with the after-effects of Sunday’s power cut at Manchester airport that disrupted flights and rendered baggage systems inoperative

Jet2holidays signs deal with water park safety specialist

Jet2holidays has engaged a water park safety expert to monitor facilities at its hotels

Kuoni targets trade growth with two Classic Collection recruits

European specialists Claire Williams and Rachel Stears, who together share 55 years’ industry experience, join the operator’s expert hub call centre

Birmingham airport boss says queuing issues will be fixed for summer peak

Nick Barton promises agents their clients will not face long security queues this summer after spelling out measures to alleviate the issues

Gold Medal to boost trade support in east of England with new role

The trade-only tour operator has already recruited two trade partnership executives to help agents in the southwest of England, south Wales and the Midlands

Doncaster Sheffield airport likely to name new operator within weeks

Doncaster Sheffield airport looks closer to reopening after the local council, which leases it, received tenders from operators, with an announcement likely within weeks

Jet2 puts 2025/26 Iceland programme on sale from all 12 UK bases

Jet2 has added Iceland to destinations offered from Liverpool and Bournemouth as it goes on sale for winter 2025/6

Next UK govt should help destinations become more sustainable, public say

New research finds 73% of consumers want the incoming UK government to help foreign tourist destinations become more sustainable

Summer 2024 'sold well' despite late booking trend and cost worries

A TTG Agenda 2024 panel agreed the summer had so far sold well, but a section of the market is holding back due to financial concerns