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Strong package pricing is helping Jet2 counter soaring cost increases
Strong package pricing is helping Jet2 counter soaring cost increases
The airline and operator on Thursday (11 July) detailed a big rise in package prices last year, which it says has helped offset huge rises in oil prices and other costs – and saw it pay more commission to agents
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Package holidays are proving lucrative for Jet2 (Credit: iStock)
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
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Newmarket trade lead Richard Forde to leave operator and take career break
Escorted touring specialist’s head of trade to step down from his role and leave the business after 15 years
How an app-led start-up caught the eye of agency giant Hays Travel
My Kind of Cruise founder Sefton Monk tells TTG he is keen to ’scale up’ and grow the business he launched with David Rowlinson in 2022 following investment from Hays Travel
Tom Morgan: ‘G Touring has the capacity to invest in and train more agents’
Tom Morgan: ‘G Touring has the capacity to invest in and train more agents’
G Touring’s new sales director Tom Morgan, in his first trade press interview since his switch from Riviera Travel, tells TTG’s Harry Kemble about the potential he sees in the group’s Just You and Travelsphere brands – and why he wants to keep working closely with agents
Irish agents renew plea for resolution as Aer Lingus pilots agree to fresh talks
Irish agents hopeful of end to Aer Lingus pilots dispute as pay deal tabled
Aer Lingus pilots employed in Ireland are poised to end weeks of strict work-to-rule action after their union recommended they accept an almost 20% pay uplift
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Uniworld unveils £50,000 booking incentive and new brochures
The ultra-luxury river line has released two brochures for 2025 alongside the booking incentive and offered a 10% early booking discount
My day on the road visiting agents with Tui's ‘unicorn’
TTG spent a day shadowing Tui’s new senior trade relations manager Holly Wood to observe the operator’s changing relationship with independent high street travel agents.
Three members of BA cabin crew died in the collision and a fourth seriously injured
Airlines facing potential avalanche of flight delay claims following staff sickness ruling
The Supreme Court has ruled airline staff sickness doesn’t constitute an ’extraordinary circumstance’, opening the door for passengers to claim compensation in the event of a flight delay or cancellation owing to any absence of crew through illness. Gary Noakes reports.
Six ways to experience Singapore like a local
There’s more to this south-east Asian country than neon-drenched Orchard Road, and we’ve got the proof with these brilliant ways to get under its skin.
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Robin Hutson set to retire 14 years after founding The Pig
The trailblazing hotelier and his wife, who have a combined 50 years of experience in hospitality, admit the decision to retire was ’difficult’ to make
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