 The
home of cheap flights and cheap package holidays.
www.XL.com features an extensive range of products including flights
(Excel Airways and a variety of other airlines, both charter and
scheduled), hotels, villas, apartments, car hire all sold across
destinations in the Mediterranean, Florida and the Caribbean.
Customers can book either flights or their total holiday package on
XL.com. Excel Airways, recently named the "Best Charter Airline 2005"
by the Daily Telegraph readers for the second year running and also
"Worlds Leading Charter Airline" at the 2004 World Travel Awards, is
one the UK's fastest growing airlines
As the UK's fastest growing airline Excel Airways fly to 50
destinations across Spain, The Canaries, Portugal, Croatia, Greece,
Turkey, Eygpt, India, Orlando, Kenya and the Caribbean from twelve
major airports in the United Kingdom including London Gatwick,
Manchester, Glasgow, Newcastle, East Midlands, Birmingham, Stansted,
Bristol, Cardiff and Humberside.2007
Excel to fly from Ireland
The company will provide short, medium and long haul
charter services for Irish tour operators and travel
retailers commencing in the May-October 2007 holiday
season. Target routes from Ireland will include
Florida, Mainland Spain, the Balearics, Canary
Islands, Portugal, Greece, Bulgaria, Turkey, Cyprus
and Egypt. It is anticipated that at least two new
routes will be introduced in the mid and long haul
market. In the first year of operation, the company
expects to carry in excess of 65,000 passengers.
ACQUISITION OF KOSMAR VILLA
HOLIDAYS PLC
Avion, a leading international transport solutions
group is pleased to announce that subsidiary
company, Excel Airways Group plc, has reached
agreement to acquire 100% of the share capital of
Kosmar Villa Holidays Plc (‘Kosmar’), with effect
from 2 May 2006, for an undisclosed sum.
Kosmar, trading as Kosmar Holidays, will strengthen
the Tour Operating Division of Excel Airways Group
plc, which includes Excel Holidays, Freedom Flights,
Travel City Direct, Aspire Holidays and the online
portal XL.com. Kostas Markou (the founder and
Chairman of Kosmar) will stay with the company as
will Abhi Dighe, Director.
Kosmar Villa Holidays was voted Best Tour Operator
To Greece at the British Travel Awards and is the UK
No.1 Greek Specialist, a member of ABTA (the
Association of British Travel Agents) and the FTO
(Federation of Tour Operators) and holds ATOL (Air
Tour Organisors Licence) 1760 issued by the CAA
(Civil Aviation Authority), renewed in March and
currently licenced to sell over 250,000 holidays.
Founded in 1982, Kosmar has 24 years of experience
in Greek holidays, currently offering over 80
resorts in Greece and, with effect from this year, a
new programme to Turkey featuring Bodrum, Marmaris,
Olu deniz and a dozen other resorts.
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