Couple shocked at 'private jet' after being only passengers on Jet2 flight from Corfu
dailystar.co.ukCorfu to Manchester on a lonely Jet2 flight.Kevin McCuillon, 52, and Samantha, 50, were treated like VIPs on the three and a half hour flight in July 2021 - and even joked with cabin crew that they “needed more leg room”.
The couple, who flew out with Ryanair, were enjoying their week-long holiday in Corfu so much that they decided to extend their stay by a few days, so they booked new flights with Jet2.When they arrived at the airport on the Saturday evening, they started to realise something was off as no other passengers seemed to be around.Sam told the Manchester Evening News: “It was unbelievable, obviously Covid was still a thing at the time.
I never thought I would travel alone in a plane. When we went to check in for the flight we thought it was a bit odd that nobody was around, there still weren’t any other passengers at passport control and I started to get a bit panicky.“I wondered if something was wrong and our flight had been cancelled or we were late, the airport was so quiet but the staff assured us everything was ok. "It was getting later and later and past the departure time.
Then the shuttle bus arrived to take us to the plane and we were the only ones on board - we thought we were just late for the flight.“Then we got to the plane and went up the steps, the captain was there with two flight attendants and they told us we were the only ones going on the plane.
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