Thomas Cook Airlines

Thomas Cook says it will double the number of agent “fam trips” for its independent partners this year.

The fam trips-abbreviated vesion of familiarisation trips- will include long haul destinations Florida and Mauritius, as well as Croatia, Turkey, Majorca, Tenerife, Santorini and Cape Verde.

British travel company Thomas Cook posted broadly flat annual profit after its attempt to grow was hampered by customers turning their backs on holidays to Turkey, and said it was encouraged by future demand for trips abroad.

Greece ranked fourth, behind Spain, Turkey and Germany, among the destinations that Thomas Cook tour operator customers in Germany visited this summer, the company has announced.

German arrivals in Greece increased 10.6 percent year-on-year in the period from January to August 2016 to exceed 2 million.

British travel company Thomas Cook stuck to its annual profit guidance on Sept. 27, after strong demand for summer holidays to destinations other than Turkey helped offset pressure on the group.

Bucking the trend that has charter companies from Scandinavian countries canceling their flights to Lesvos for this summer due to the migration crisis, Thomas Cook Airlines Scandinavia and the Danish travel agency Spies have persisted with the eastern Aegean island, starting their service for this summer season on Sunday, May 15.

Thomas Cook has added the Greek island of Thassos to its 2016 programme with two flights a week departing on Thomas Cook Airlines every Friday from London Gatwick and Manchester.