Short haul operators

EasyJet to offer summer package options to 15 new destinations next year

Carrier adds 16 new routes in total across eight of its UK bases, but none at its biggest base – Gatwick – where Jet2.com and Jet2holidays will debut in the spring.

Jet2 reduces planned capacity growth for coming winter citing 'market difficulties'

Airline and operator has taken around 200,000 seats off sale owing to 'less certain consumer environment'

Hays Travel opens new branch close to Luton airport after Jet2holidays launch

Hays Travel’s new store in Dunstable is just nine miles from Luton airport and follows the launch of Jet2’s newest base there in April

Kuoni parent Dertour's acquisition of Hotelplan given the green light by Swiss authorities

Dertour has been cleared by Swiss competition authorities to take over Hotelplan’s brands, including its UK arm comprising Inghams, Explore Worldwide and others

Lisa Fitzell joins Audley Travel after standing down as If Only and Elegant Resorts MD

Fitzell to take up new role as Audley’s chief product and operations officer in October

'As easyJet holidays turns five, I believe it has Jet2 and Tui firmly in its sights'

Five years on from easyJet holidays launching to the trade, is the future orange? Industry insider Steve Endacott gives his take as the operator marks the milestone

Jet2.com joins Jet2holidays in offering free travel for under-twos

Carrier’s new policy went live on Friday (22 August)

Tui to deepen expansion into Asia with second own-brand hotel in Cambodia near Angkor Wat

The new opening in Cambodia’s second city Siem Reap is situated near the iconic Angkor Wat temple complex and Tonle Sap lake

Tui pledges £1 million in unspent apprenticeship funding to tackling UK skills shortages

Cash will go towards helping the NHS, charities and businesses create training opportunities in sectors facing workforce challenges

Jet2holidays general manager trade Lloyd Cross to leave operator after 13 years

Cross confirmed his departure in a LinkedIn post, adding he will remain in the travel industry

Tui boss calls for return of 'seamless' EU borders and tells of big drop in US sales

Tui’s Sebastian Ebel has highlighted a big fall in sales to the US and said it and the EU need to make border control more user friendly for UK travellers

No need for 'aggressive' lates pricing this summer, Tui chief insists

Sebastian Ebel says Tui is well sold in the UK for summer 2025 and will not be as aggressive in late sales pricing as competitors, but signalled bargain prices in the UAE due to the Middle East conflict

Third-party agents help Tui to strongest early summer result for more than a decade

Chief executive Sebastian Ebel has credited the ’proven sales strength’ of both its own agents and partner agencies for its strong showing in the three months to the end of June 2025

Constantinou Bros recruits Vicky McGlynn from ITC and promotes Mark Richardson

McGlynn joins Cypriot hotel firm as sales manager north while Richardson takes up new head of sales role for the UK and Ireland following an uptick in sales through agents

Charity accuses Tui of breaching its own policy on captive whales and dolphins

Tui is the subject of 32-page report by World Animal Protection, which delves into the operator’s extensive use of marine attractions, claiming the group plays a ’significant role’ in driving demand for them

Storm Floris: Jet2 vows to fly full schedule as UK placed on alert for 'unseasonably strong' winds

An amber Met Office warning for wind covering much of Scotland will take effect from 10am on Monday (4 August) with a yellow warning for wind covering much of northern England and Northern Ireland

Airports get back to normal after problems at Nats control centre prompt UK-wide flight delays

The air traffic control services provider has apologised for delays and cancellations after experiencing technical issues at its Swanwick control centre that covers the London area

Trump's White House has dragged Jet2 into a political firestorm – so should it respond?

After the White House put its own dark spin on the viral "Nothing beats a Jet2 holiday" meme, should the airline and operator respond? And if so, how? Social media strategist Marta Safin, part of the Llama collective of marketing experts, shares her take with TTG

Trump administration hijacks Jet2holidays' advert in memes mocking deportee flights

White House video posted to X and Instagram splices Jet2’s familiar ’Nothing beats a Jet2 holiday’ slogan with footage of US deportee flights in a dark turn for the operator’s viral marketing campaign

RSPCA leads renewed calls for Tui to stop selling captive animal attractions

The RSPCA has also pointed out there is a law in England and Wales forbidding brands selling exploitative excursions which has never been implemented

Natasha Marson: 'We're quirky, there's a bit of sass in there – that resonates well with the trade'

EasyJet holidays’ head of trade distribution talks TTG’s James Chapple through her mission to engage the trade with sassy activity, produce better tools for agents and forge ever-stronger ties with homeworkers, as well as the memories she still draws on for inspiration

EasyJet puts nearly 30 million seats on sale for summer 2026

The peak summer programme features 87,000 flights from the UK to destinations in Europe, North Africa and beyond

Heathrow to submit third runway plan next week as profits near £1 billion

Heathrow airport has said it will submit plans for a third runway to the government by the end of July and detailed half-year results, with a small increase in the number of passengers in the financial period

Loveholidays rapped by advertising watchdog over misleading package pricing

OTA told two of its ads were misleading due to dynamic pricing that meant advertised prices were not available to consumers