Thomas Cook Group plc is one of the world’s leading leisure travel groups with sales of £9.3 billion and 22.1 million customers. We operate under five geographic segments in 21 countries, and are number one or number two in our core markets. Our business is supported by 31,000 employees, a fleet of 95 aircraft1 and a network of over 3,400 owned and franchised travel stores.
Where we operate
Key Facts
- 7.6 million2 passengers
- 1,0163 retail outlets
- 43 aircraft
- controlled distribution 68.6%#
Key Brands
Financial highlights
Revenue*
£3,098.0m 2008:
£3,097.3m Percentage of
Group revenue
33.4% Profit from
operations**
£162.2m 2008:
£143.4m Operating profit margin***
5.2% 2008: 4.6%Contribution to Group based on profit from operations$
Where we operate
Key Facts
- 7.0 million passengers
- 2,356 retail outlets
- 6 aircraft
- controlled distribution 38.3%#
Key Brands
Financial highlights
Revenue*
£4,000.3m 2008:
£3,620.4mPercentage of
Group revenue
43.2%Profit from
operations**
£127.0m 2008:
£106.3mOperating profit margin***
3.2% 2008: 2.9%Contribution to Group based on profit from operations$
Where we operate
Key Facts
- 1.5 million passengers
- 18 retail outlets
- 11 aircraft
- controlled distribution 82.7%#
Key Brands
Financial highlights
Revenue*
£1,059.3m 2008:
£971.6mPercentage of
Group revenue
11.4%Profit from
operations**
£86.4m 2008:
£86.2mOperating profit margin***
8.2% 2008: 8.9%Contribution to Group based on profit from operations$
Where we operate
Key Facts
- 1.1 million passengers
- 52 retail outlets
- controlled distribution 14.1%#
Key Brands
Financial highlights
Revenue*
£370.4m 2008:
£384.2mPercentage of
Group revenue
4.0% Profit from
operations**
£17.9m 2008:
£6.0mOperating profit margin***
4.8% 2008:1.6%Contribution to Group based on profit from operations$
Where we operate
Key Facts
- 5.9 million4 passengers
- 34 aircraft
- approximately
one-third of seats
sold in-house#
Key Brands
Financial highlights
Revenue*
£1,061.2m 2008:
£978.2mPercentage of
Group revenueø
8.0%Profit from
operations**
£47.4m 2008:
£45.4mOperating profit margin***
4.5% 2008: 4.6%Contribution to Group based on profit from operations$
- 1 Includes one aircraft on lease to a third party.
- 2 Includes approximately 0.9m passengers in India and Egypt.
- 3 Includes 220 retail outlets in India and Egypt.
- 4 Includes in-house passengers of 2.1 million.
- Ø The percentage of Group revenue for Airlines Germany has been calculated using the external revenue figure of £740.8m.
- $The contribution to Group has been based on the profit from operations figure of £440.9m, which excludes corporate costs of £26m.
- See Appendix 2 for key.
