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[textarea]Surprise prize gets Cumberland boss's holiday off to happy start
Anyone who works in a building society has to be good with numbers, and the deputy chief executive of the Cumberland Building Society picked just the right one at the start of his holiday in the Scilly Isles.
John Leveson, his wife Anne and daughters Emma and RachelJohn Leveson arrived at Bristol Airport on Monday to be told on check-in that he was the 50,000th passenger to make the trip between Bristol Airport, and St Mary’s on the Isles of Scilly using the Skybus service.
Mr Leveson along with his wife Anne and daughters Emma, seven, and Rachel, six, were given a bottle of Champagne, a certificate, and vouchers for future flights on the Skybus service in honour of the milestone.
He said: “It was a huge surprise.
“My family and I have been to the Isles of Scilly before and were really looking forward to our trip. This is the icing on the cake.
“Our flight from Bristol to St Mary’s was lovely, the views, as always, were spectacular. The welcome from the Chairman and the bottle of Champagne when we landed was fantastic, it looks like the holiday has got off to a great start.”
Skybus has been running services between Bristol and St Mary’s since 1995, and has been running flights to the Scilly Isles from all airports for 25 years.
Andrew May, Chairman of the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company, parent company of Skybus, met the Levesons, who live in Penrith, off the plane.
He said: “I hope Mr Leveson and his family have a lovely holiday on the islands and we look forward to welcoming them back on Skybus again.”[/textarea]
So the BRS catchment now extends to Cumbria. :blush:
This works out at an average of around 3,500 passengers per year since 1995.
In fact, the numbers have been slipping in recent years.
2006 4,673
2007 4,510
2008 3,914
Not surprising when the return fares are nearly £300 per person, or were when I looked last year.
Anyone who works in a building society has to be good with numbers, and the deputy chief executive of the Cumberland Building Society picked just the right one at the start of his holiday in the Scilly Isles.
John Leveson, his wife Anne and daughters Emma and RachelJohn Leveson arrived at Bristol Airport on Monday to be told on check-in that he was the 50,000th passenger to make the trip between Bristol Airport, and St Mary’s on the Isles of Scilly using the Skybus service.
Mr Leveson along with his wife Anne and daughters Emma, seven, and Rachel, six, were given a bottle of Champagne, a certificate, and vouchers for future flights on the Skybus service in honour of the milestone.
He said: “It was a huge surprise.
“My family and I have been to the Isles of Scilly before and were really looking forward to our trip. This is the icing on the cake.
“Our flight from Bristol to St Mary’s was lovely, the views, as always, were spectacular. The welcome from the Chairman and the bottle of Champagne when we landed was fantastic, it looks like the holiday has got off to a great start.”
Skybus has been running services between Bristol and St Mary’s since 1995, and has been running flights to the Scilly Isles from all airports for 25 years.
Andrew May, Chairman of the Isles of Scilly Steamship Company, parent company of Skybus, met the Levesons, who live in Penrith, off the plane.
He said: “I hope Mr Leveson and his family have a lovely holiday on the islands and we look forward to welcoming them back on Skybus again.”[/textarea]
So the BRS catchment now extends to Cumbria. :blush:
This works out at an average of around 3,500 passengers per year since 1995.
In fact, the numbers have been slipping in recent years.
2006 4,673
2007 4,510
2008 3,914
Not surprising when the return fares are nearly £300 per person, or were when I looked last year.
