STOCK WATCH

■ THE owner of Jet2Holidays, Dart Group, saw its shares soar yesterday, as sales at its airline and package holiday businesses flew.

Revenue was up 38pc to £2.4bn, while profit before tax leapt 49pc to £134.6m. Its share price shot up by 35.1pc, or 259.5p, to 999.5p.

Jet2’s boss Philip Meeson, who owns 37.9pc of the business, saw his stake rise by a hefty £146m. The company said profit next year would ‘substantially exceed current market expectations’.