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Private jet from Portugal
A LUCKY air passenger was left in astonishment when he realised he was the only passenger on board a scheduled Jet2 flight.
As reported in a news outlet, Paul Wilkinson, 65, from St Annes, Lancashire arrived at Faro airport in Portugal on March 30, only to be informed that he was the only passenger. Hailed as a ‘king’ by Jet2 staff, Paul was literally treated to a luxury private jet experience.
On arriving at the airport, Paul’s initial reaction was panic when he got to the depar ture gate with no queue in sight. Asked if the flight had been delayed or cancelled, airport staff told him that he was their VIP guest.
He said "The service was second to none. They did a oneonone safety demonstration; we took photographs, and the captain came out and spoke to me.
Paul paid £130 for the threehour flight, and had three cabin crew at his 'beck and call'. He added, "It was like being on my own private jet.”
ITALY declared a sixmonth state of emergency on Thursday, April 13 in response to an increase in boats crossing the Mediterranean from North Africa. The move comes as an unprecedented 3,000 migrants arrived in just three days, with a number of boats landing on the Italian island of Lampedusa.
The coastguard stepped in to rescue over 2,000 people since Friday, April 7. The news comes as the last annual quarter was found to be the ‘deadliest quarter’ for migrants since 2017 in an international report by the United Nations Migration
Body. A total of 441 deaths were reported in the Central Mediterranean in the first three months of 2023. The report also warned that delays in governmentled rescues led to at least 127 deaths.
Tunisia has become the largest point of departure for migrant boats in recent months. With migrants arriving at an alarming rate, the state of emergency gives ministers up to €5 million to deal with the crisis.
