to exceed $10 billion during the financial year while leisure TTV contributed $4.4 billion to the group total, up 44 per cent. Online businesses turned over $770 million. Graham Turner, CEO of Flight Centre Group, said the results are a “solid start” however he stressed the business has yet to fully recover from the interrupted trading environment during Covid. “While we continue to monitor market conditions, we are not currently seeing evidence that the recovery is slowing with the leisure business currently trading at post-Covid highs and corporate travel activity escalating after the traditional holiday period,” he said. “This underlines both the significant pent-up demand that still exists for travel in this early recovery phase and the sector’s proven resilience.“ During the half, the company acquired UK-based premium leisure travel business Luxury Travel Holdings Limited (Scott Dunn) for $211 million to expand its presence in the global luxury travel sector.