Jet2 says that the British want to escape from a dark life.

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The heads of the airline said that the British people are “desperate” trying to move away from their dark daily lives helped to push Jet2 to record the numbers and profits of passengers.

Steve Hebe, CEO of Jet2, told the Financial Times that the desire to escape from Britain has strengthened the number of passengers into European destinations. The growth came though Increasing concerns about shaking on the continent.

He said: “I spend 50 weeks a year in this country and I want to escape from that. People want to move away. From their daily lives,” he said.

Heapy was speaking on behalf of Jet2, who also sells bundles holidays, about a 11 percent increase of pre -tax profits to 578 million pounds in the year to March, as passenger revenues and numbers also reached new levels.

“Many people in the United Kingdom see holidays not an optional thing, and not as something they might do, (instead) they see it as an absolute necessity. They see it as a right,” he said.

Jet2 said that she would seek to benefit from the demand from younger and less customers by providing more real estate from 2 and 3 stars, self -service options and youth homes.

“Most people have only one thing they look forward to before next Christmas, and this is a holiday … this escapes from the United Kingdom and all the gloomy and gloomy weather,” said Gary Brown, the chief financial official at Jet2.

However, the shares of the company decreased by 7 percent by lunch at Wednesday, as it warned that the passengers continued to reserve the Geetaways closer to the departure dates and that a little winter capacity had been sold yet.

The net net tickets decreased only for each passenger by 2 percent to 119 pounds, as Jet2 offered promotional offers to fill flights, which represents a partial reflection of years, whose prices have increased by overcoming the high inflation.

Hebei said the cost of the group package holidays, however, increased by 5 percent last year to 873 pounds, as customers spent more insurance on their travel in the event of a “error.”

“The customers are keen to stay away from everything” means that they have not been deterred from traveling as long as the pricing remains attractive.

The update comes as A violent reaction against tourism It has escalated in European countries such as Spain, where visitors’ flow raises the so -called “tourism phobia” by angry population due to high rents and other issues.

Heby refused to comment on the issue of the turmoil, but he pointed out that destinations, including Spain, Portugal, Turkey, Greece, Cyprus and Italy, were in a strong request.