Thomson and First Choice: the statistics – 22 Mar 2007

THOMSON – UK no 1 (ATOL 2006 figures)

Package market share: 17.2%
Shops: 750
Aircraft: 48 (UK)
Staff: 8,500
Leading tour operator brands: Thomson, Crystal, Jetsave, Magic
Passengers: 4.7 million
In-house: 80%
Online: 50%
Head office: Luton

FIRST CHOICE – UK no 4 (ATOL 2006 figures)

Package market share: 9.3%
Shops: 350
Aircraft: 34 (UK)
Staff: 9,000
Leading tour operator brands: 2wentys, Eclipse, Falcon, Sovereign, Sunstart, Unijet, Hayes and Jarvis
Passengers: 2.5 million
In-house: 60-70%
Online: 30%
Head office: Crawley

NEW GROUP

Passengers: 7.2 million
Package market share: 26.5%
Annual revenues: £12.1 billion