Outlook remains challenging for Thomas Cook

The heavily indebted travel firm Thomas Cook has said its UK turnaround plan remains on track despite reporting a six per cent decline in revenue during the second quarter of 2012, the result of planned capacity reductions offsetting additional revenue from acquisitions.

The heavily indebted travel firm Thomas Cook has said its UK turnaround plan remains on track despite reporting a six per cent decline in revenue during the second quarter of 2012, the result of planned capacity reductions offsetting additional revenue from acquisitions.

The firm made an underlying operating loss for the quarter at £26.5m (2011: profit of £20.1m), reflecting the "challenging trading environments" across all markets and increased operating costs as a result of acquisitions and input cost inflation, on revenues of £3,294.8m.

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