The free service allows holidaymakers on certain Thomas Cook Airlines flights to check themselves and their luggage in for their flight home in their hotel. They will be issued a boarding pass before arriving at the airport.

At the airport, guests can head straight through to security.

This service is currently available for holidaymakers staying in 22 hotels this summer across Gran Canaria, Tenerife, Rhodes, Zante and Crete, including seven Thomas Cook own brand hotels, and is set to be expanded to more destinations and hotels in summer 2019.

Chris Mottershead, Thomas Cook’s UK managing director, said: “We’re excited to introduce Easy Check-In and allow our customers to spend more time at the beach, by the pool, or enjoy an excursion, on their last day.

“We’re always looking for ways to let holidaymakers personalise their holidays to suit their needs, and we think this will enable them to make even more of their hard earned time away.”

Cook has already launched Choose Your Favourite Sunbed and Choose Your Room schemes.