Thomas Cook Group plc Annual Report & Accounts 2008

Thomas Cook Group plc Annual Report & Accounts 2008

Business at a glance

Thomas Cook Group plc is one of the world’s leading leisure travel groups with sales of £8.8 billion, 22.3 million customers, 31,000 employees, a fleet of 93 aircraft and a network of over 3,400 owned and franchised travel stores and interests in 86 hotels and resort properties. It operates under five geographic segments in 21 countries. We are number one or number two in our core markets.

Airlines Germany

Key Facts

  • 6.8 million passengers
  • 34 aircraft
  • one-third of seats sold in-house

Financial highlights

Pro forma revenue*

£978.2m

2007: £855.8m

Percentage of Group pro forma revenueø

7.7%

Pro forma profit from operations**

£45.4m

2007: £46.2m

Operating profit margin***

4.6%

2007: 5.4%

ø The percentage of Group pro forma revenue for Airlines Germany has been calculated using the external revenue figure of £680.7 million. See Appendix 2 for key.