Workers in the UK would relish the opportunity of taking tennis holidays in Spain and other types of breaks in October.

However, unless they book the time off, they are unlikely to be able to go, as there is no bank holiday during the month.

It is a fact that rankles a majority of employees, who told employment law firm Peninsula that a day off would boost morale as winter approaches.

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Sports lovers planning tennis holidays in Spain next year are unlikely to change the plans in light of economic problems.

That is the suggestion of Malcolm Preston, partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers, who told the audience at the Association of British Travel Agents convention that people will be reluctant to forgo a holiday, regardless of the financial climate.

According to TravelMole, Mr Preston referred to statistics which showed that only ten per cent of people answered travel when asked what their first cutback would be in an economic downturn.

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Tennis players booking flights to Spain might have read with interest the news that a leading budget airline is equipping its planes with masts to enable its passengers to use their mobile phones.

One industry commentator, however, has warned passengers not to be too excited by the development, claiming that such calls will not be cheap.

Those en route to tennis holidays to La Manga Club might be tempted to dial their friends, but Lawrence Price, director of aviation strategy at Mott MacDonald, said that the calls will be treated as a potential revenue stream by airlines.

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