12 May 2012
| by Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith and Daniel Farey-Jones
. The main drop came in 2009 from the ash cloud crisis and the snow closures, but the continued drop in 2011 is particularly bad as there was no ash-cloud equivalent that year.
Up until last year holidays taken in Europe ...
08 Mar 2012
| by Ed Owen
In 2010, Iceland's Eyjafjallaj kull volcano erupted, grounding flights all over Europe and giving Eurostar an unexpected boost, thanks to extra services.
Stripping out the boost from the ash cloud in 2010, sales for the year to 31 December 2011 rose 10% compared to the baseline figure, with a net ...
23 Feb 2012
| by Ben Hall
After a year in which ash clouds and financial instability rocked the travel industry, Ellis said adverts from Thomson, distancing itself from the troubled Thomas Cook, were released to "reassure customers Thomson was in great financial shape".
"In a marketplace where you've got two brands ...
23 Feb 2012
| by Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith
thing, but no other industry seems as susceptible to major crises (volcanic ash clouds, the Arab Spring ...
09 Feb 2012
| by Anne Cassidy
heavily by the volcanic ash cloud disruption in 2010. It reported a 4.3 million loss for the year to 31 ...
06 Feb 2012
| by Sara Luker
but of the ash cloud issues.
Although what travellers want is not just better communication but more reliable ...
05 Dec 2011
| by Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith
The group made a statutory pre-tax profit of 144m, compared to a pre-tax loss last year of 73m after the impact of merger costs and the volcanic ash cloud in 2010.
Underlying pre-tax profit jumped from 280m last year to 360m.
TUI's positive results come after the tour operator's rival, Thomas ...
14 Oct 2011
| by Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith at ABTA Conference
chaos, ash clouds, tour operator collapses, strikes and the Arab Spring, the industry is waking up ...
since 2007 - snow chaos, the Arab Spring and the ash cloud, for example - are going to be part of our ...
06 Oct 2011
| by Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith
's handling of crises such as 2010's volcanic ash cloud and his company's efforts to return people ...
10 Aug 2011
| by Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith
, despite the winter closure of Heathrow and added ash cloud disruptions costing the business 40m.
Steve ...