On the 12th September 2008 XL Leisure Group went into administration. Following this, Peter Long the Chief Executive of TUI appeared on television and advised holiday makers to book with one of the large operators to avoid this risk. I feel that this is a huge generalization and given that XL Leisure Group was the 3rd largest operator it actually doesn"t make any sense.
When you check out the flight schedules for internal flights in China, you will find some of them are listed as 10%, 20%, 30%, 50% or even 40% off the main air ticket price.