(Reuters) -Europe's largest tour operator TUI on Wednesday reported a boost in profit in the 2024 financial year and projected further growth into 2025 as it bolsters its package holiday business to meet rising demand.

While demand has remained strong, some airlines' results this year were impacted by rising costs associated with labour disruptions, maintenance, or weaker business bookings.

TUI's underlying earnings before interest and tax (EBIT) in its financial year ending September rose by 33% to 1.3 billion euros ($1.37 billion) versus 0.9 billion euros last year.

Analysts polled by LSEG had expected an annual profit of 1.293 billion euros.

"Our focus on operational excellence, rapid implementation of the defined measures to improve earnings and transformation will continue to deliver significant growth. The TUI of tomorrow is well positioned," said Sebastian Ebel, Chief Executive of TUI.

TUI has managed to stay resilient due to its cost-effective "dynamic" pricing packages and its ability to control costs.

For 2025, the company expects EBIT to increase by 7% to 10%, and revenue to grow by 5% to 10%, versus guidance for 25% EBIT and a 10% revenue growth this year.

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(Reporting by Andrey Sychev and Joanna Plucinska, editing by Rachel More and Mrigank Dhaniwala)