cuerdley1989: Thomsonfly also fly from Manchester to Hurghada on a Friday through the winter in addition to Thomas Cooks Tuesday & Fridays flights.
All the tour operators bumped there prices up as soon as XL went under.
I know of a case with Monarch (Avro), where first thing in the morning the day after XL's colapse they had seats at £1000 for a family of 5, and by that evening they had gone up to £6500.