Blair returns from holiday on low-cost airline
AFP, June, 2006
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LONDON (AFP) — Prime Minister Tony Blair, avoiding criticism for using Queen Elizabeth II's planes, returned with his family from a vacation in Italy on a budget airline's scheduled flight, newspapers said.
The Blairs flew from Rome-Ciampino to London-Stansted airport aboard Ryanair Flight FR 3009 with tickets costing 49 pounds (71 euros, 92 dollars) a head, The Daily Telegraph reported.
Blair's office neither denied nor confirmed the report, citing policy about not commenting on the travels of the prime minister, who spent one week's holiday in Tuscany.
Unlike regular passengers, Blair and his eight-member party boarded the plane at the last minute and took seats reserved for them in the front of the Boeing 737, The Daily Telegraph said.
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