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Out & about
The lighter side of travel
The spirit is willing,
but the flesh is week
FEW companies can match Ryanair’s talent for
self-publicity, but the no-frills airline clearly
needs to brush up on its weak spelling.
A press release arrived this week announcing
its decision to scrap 10 routes at Liverpool
airport.
See if you can spot the mistake in this sen-
W
OULD tence: “Ryanair announces flight & job cuts at
YO
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Liverpool airport, as govt £10 APD and week
BELIEVE
sterling devastates tourism”.
IT!? We hope no one needs it, but for those who
do, we’ve given you a clue in the headline.
Celebrities are full of hot air
CELEBRITY spotting is always fun – and aviation up at award ceremonies a long-haul flight away
pressure group Flying Matters has just made it from her home; “the James Blunt”, who makes
even more so. paper-plane protests against flying, but jets
The organisation has launched a Celebrity between tour venues and holiday homes; and
Flying Watch to highlight the double standards “the Fay Ripley”, often seen at gatherings op-
of showbiz types who lecture everyone else posing air travel in New York, Spain and Italy,
about flying less, while jetting all over the but who the pressure group claims transports
world themselves. chandeliers across the Atlantic by air.
They have kicked off by suggesting support- Flying Matters wants anyone who spots any
ers keep an eye out for these types: “the Emma type of flying celebrity to send them their
Thompson”, who opposes flying while popping sightings at
http://twitter.com/celebrityflying
The prize is right
for lucky agents
JTA Travel Group celebrated Chinese New Year by
taking a group of prize-winning agents to Hong
Kong with Emirates for a four-night fam trip.
They winners, who have all sold Emirates
flights this year, were picked randomly.
Pictured at the top of the Peak tram are,
from left: Leanne Kirkwood, JTA; Vanessa
Roughley, Vacation Travel; Gavin Lapidus,
Taverners’ Twenty20 vision is 5,165 not out
Eshores; Becky Mead, Tana Travel; Joanna
Earney, Howard Travel; Phil Cortney, Emirates;
Becky Chessor, Barfield Travel; Mike Kollar,
QATAR Airways is helping a team of cricket After a nine-day trek, Team Hillary and Team Mercian Travel; and Jason Nangle, JTA.
players in its bid to break the world record for Tenzing will set up a full-sized cricket pitch on
the highest-altitude game of competitive the plateau of Gorak Shep.
GOT A FUNNY STORY?
Twenty20 Cricket – 5,165 metres up Everest. The attempt aims to raise £250,000 for
Don’t keep it to yourself – let TTG share it
The expedition to Everest Base Camp will The Lord’s Taverners and The Himalayan
with the travel trade. Hilarious photos
begin on April 9, as a team of 50 cricketers and Trust UK. Celebrity ambassadors include also welcome. Please call Rupert Murray
medics depart from the UK onboard a Qatar England cricket captain Andrew Strauss, who on 020 7921 8010 or email
Airways flight to Kathmandu. is honorary captain of Team Tenzing.
rmurray@ttglive.com
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