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| ROME (Reuters) - Prime Minister Tony Blair gave budget travellers a shock when he boarded their low-cost flight back to London at the end of a week-long Italian holiday.
Blair and a seven-member entourage flew from Rome on Saturday on a commercial flight with no-frills carrier Ryanair, according to Rome's Ciampino airport. The prime minister has drawn unwelcome attention from British newspapers in the past for using more costly state flights for holiday trips abroad. Ryanair's press office could not immediately say how much Blair paid for his ticket. The flight left the Rome airport 25 minutes late on Saturday following additional security checks. Blair had spent the previous week relaxing in Tuscany at the estate of an Italian prince. He had also briefly met with Italy's Prime Minister Romano Prodi and had an audience with the Pope just hours before boarding his flight to London. Showing his thirst for budget travel had its limits, Blair was met on the London airstrip by a limousine, according to the Daily Telegraph. His office declined comment. |
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Now if all politicians where willing to fly cheap and work with No-Frills, Imagine how much taxpayers will end up saving in taxes and how much expenses will be lower.
