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EasyJet Celebrates Flying 70 Million Passengers from Belfast International with Free Flights!


March/April 2023


Texan Stowaway Causes Mid-Air Commotion on British Airways Flight


PASSENGERS on a BA flight from Austin Texas to London Heathrow were forced to clamber from their seats after two passengers spotted a scorpion in the cabin. It happened just before the transatlantic flight from Austin, Texas was due to land at London Heathrow.


Cabin crew conducted a hunt for the sneaky arachnid but couldn’t locate it.


Passengers were moved to other vacant seats and it landed safely without incident. British Airways hasn’t said whether the scorpion was later found.


To mark the


celebration the airline surprised one local family with free return flights!


EASYJET has celebrated carrying 70 million passengers to and from Belfast International Airport. To mark the occasion the airline surprised the Brennan family from Belfast, flying today from Belfast to Lyon, with free easyJet return flights. Other celebrations, including


cake giveaways,


happened at the airport throughout the morning. The milestone celebrations come following easyJet’s plans for expansion at Belfast International Airport this summer which will see an additional Airbus A320 family aircraft join the base from next summer along with the launch of two new summer routes from Belfast to the popular Greek island of Rhodes and Antalya in Turkey, offering customers in Northern Ireland even more choice when it comes to picking a beach holiday destination.


Finnair Celebrate 100 Years With A Moomin


SWANSEA Airport’s refuelling and


operating licence has been suspended by the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) due to a ‘systemic failure of safety management.’ The airport only recently announced plans to launch commercial passenger flights for the first time in


nearly years.


British Tourists Rescued in the Algarve BRITISH holidaymakers have been rescued following a boating accident in the Algarve.


The tourist boat was approximately 600 metres off the


Portuguese coast when it began taking on water. There were 36 adults and four children onboard. The Portimao Maritime Police and Ferragudo Lifeguard Station received an alert at around 1.25pm and all passengers were rescued.


Man Jailed After £1m Cannabis Discovery at UK Airport


A MAN has been jailed after an estimated £1m worth of cannabis was discovered at a UK airport.


The man will face four years and eight months in prison after the discovery was made at East Midlands Airport. Border Force confirmed they found 260 bags of the substance which was sent from an address in Los Angeles; The parcel was described as ‘machinery for dry cleaning’. The man, Curtis


was later arrested four days after the find.


20 Demand for African Safari Holidays on the Rise


Makeover FINNAIR


is turning


in November 2023 and to mark the centenary,


100 the


beloved Moomin characters are featured on the livery of two widebody A350 aircraft for the whole year.


Leading characters Moomintroll


and


NEW research has shown that the number of people looking to book an African safari has risen 60% from 2019 with top destinations including Kenya, Tanzania, and South Africa. These countries accounted for more than two-thirds (68%) of all interest. The research also highlights emerging destinations Zambia,


Rwanda, and Namibia.


The main attraction for safari holidays remains seeing Africa’s Big Five – the lion,


leopard,


buffalo. Other


Zimbabwe, rhino, elephant, popular interests Research courtesy of Go2Africa An investigation into the cause of the incident is under way. Taiwan to PAY Tourists to Visit


TAIWAN has revealed plans to boost tourism with a new scheme. The scheme is said to see the country pay tourists to visit. Taiwan’s Premier Chen Chien-jen announced the government of Taiwan are aiming to welcome a minimum of 6 million tourists in 2023, alongside 10 million visitors to the nation by 2025.


and include


Kruger National Park, Victoria Falls and the Great Migration.


Snorkmaiden feature in the special 100 anniversary livery. The Moomin aircraft – with registration numbers OH- LWP and OH-LWO – will fly to various destinations in Finnair’s worldwide network, such as London, Dallas, Tokyo and Bangkok. Last


time the Moomins


were seen on a Finnair aircraft livery was in the mid-1990s. The new centenary livery was created and applied by the Hong Kong Aircraft Engineering


which is one of the world’s leading independent aircraft engineering and maintenance groups.


livery,


This comes after Taiwan seen a drop in tourist numbers, counting just under 900,000 visitors in 2022.


Around half a million tourists can receive 5,000 New Taiwan dollars, equating to £136 under the scheme. 90,000 touring groups are expected to be able to avail of 20,000 New Taiwan dollars, equating £544.


G Adventures Set To Relaunch Trips To Peru in 2023 Campbell,


G ADVENTURES will relaunch its operations in Peru from 1 March 2023.


With supporting local communities at the heart of the business, the adventure


operator has been poised to relaunch trips as quickly as possible to help support the many local communities and businesses in Peru that rely on tourism for income.


In addition to the Moomin Finnair Technical


Operations in Helsinki have painted the centenary slogan: “Bringing us together since 1923” on three other aircraft. The registration numbers of these Airbuses are OH-LWR (A350), OH-LXM (A320) and OH-LXK (A320).


Finnair invites all Moomin and aviation fans to share photos and videos of the special anniversary Moomin livery on Instagram with the hashtag #finnairmoomin and will reward one lucky customer with two Business Class flights to either Tokyo or Helsinki.


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