Fareteam, the Belfast-based flight booking platform, is sharpening its focus on travel agents in Great Britain following strong growth in UK sales and long-haul bookings. UK sales are already 27% ahead of last year's full-year total and now represent 27% of Fareteam's overall business, up from 18% in 2024/25.

Fareteam is part of World Travel Centre Group, one of Ireland and the UK's largest independent travel businesses, with offices in Dublin and Belfast and a team of more than 200 travel experts.

Fareteam is a flight-only booking platform and support service built for travel agents, giving them access to discounted airfares and expert support for long-haul, group and more complex flight bookings. The platform now supports more than 100 travel agencies and 500 active users, with more than one million flight searches taking place each year, and a recent customer survey recorded 98% customer satisfaction.

Since launching its newer airline booking technology, known in the industry as NDC, in June 2021, Fareteam expects to pass more than 110,000 passengers booked through the system, representing over 40 million pounds in sales. NDC allows travel agents to access airline fares, options and extras more directly than older booking systems, and Fareteam's use of the technology has grown at an annual rate of 63% between 2022 and 2025.

"Fareteam has grown strongly through reputation, referrals and relationships, which tells us that travel agents value the service and support they receive from the team," said Aidan Coghlan, group managing director of World Travel Centre Group. "Our growth opportunity now is to ensure more agents in Great Britain understand what Fareteam can do for them, particularly when it comes to long-haul flights, where the value, complexity and customer expectations are often much higher."

"Fareteam's group booking activity has also continued to grow, with more than 275 groups booked and over 7,000 passengers ticketed in 2025 across sport, education, special interest and the private tour sectors," Coghlan said.

For the sector, Fareteam's expansion reflects growing demand among travel agents for specialist support on long-haul and complex flight bookings as NDC technology reshapes how fares are sold.

Source: Business Eye / Fareteam