Dart Group: Travel Leisure business reports 15% revenue gain and doubling of profit for FY2015/16

Dart Group reported (16-Aug-2016) the following FY2015/16 highlights for the group's Leisure Travel business, which incorporates Jet2.com and Jet2holidays, the company's ATOL licensed package holidays operator:

• Total Leisure Travel revenue: GBP1261.4 million, +15%;
• Operating profit: GBP99.6 million, +112%.
• Jet2.com route network: 227, +10 routes.
• Package holiday customers: 1.22 million, +22% year-on-year;
• • Package holiday customer proportion: 40%, +7 ppts;
• Flight only customers: 1.81 million, -10.4%;
• Available seat capacity: 6.56 million, -1%;
• Revenue seats operated: 6.05 million, +0.3%;
• Average load factor: 92.5%, +1.3 ppts;
• Net ticket price per passenger: GBP91.11, +14%;
• Average package holiday price: GBP616.30, +4.1%;
• Non-ticket retail revenue per passenger: GBP31.98, +3%;
• Average hedged price of fuel: USD674 per tonne, -27%.
• Advanced sales (as of 31-Mar-2016): GBP767.5 million, +32%. [more - original PR]