The group has blamed the job cuts, which are expected to be implemented by the end of the month, on the growth of online sales. The company aims to save in the region of 拢2.5m as a result over the remainder of the year.
The job losses are expected to be felt at its high-street travel agents, including those that it took on with the 拢50m acquisition of Travelbag last year.
In January, 16% of Travelbag's bookings were taken online, compared with 54% 12 months later. Ebookers chairman and chief executive Dinesh Dhamja said that as online sales grew, further reductions and efficiencies will be made.
Ebookers saw gross sales grow 4% to 拢160m in the first quarter of the year with 23% organic growth. Sales coming from sources other than cheap flights improved from 29% to 40% over the last 12 months. Ebookers has also managed to transform 拢4.9m losses to a pre-tax profit of 拢1.3m.
Just last year, Ebookers revealed plans to treble the size of its Indian back-office, which would have increased staff from 640 to 2,000.
Last week, Ebookers appointed Agency Republic to work on an integrated advertising and digital creative project in the run-up to the peak summer period.
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