EASTERN AIRWAYS IN-FLIGHT 43 | Spring 2013 ALSO IN THIS ISSUE: THE GAMES KING ARTHUR WAS HERE REAL TENNIS WOMEN PLAY OFFSHORE ON TYNE More and more girls are taking on the boys in SUPPLEMENT the male-dominated world of computer games This is your complimentary in-flight magazine, to read now or to take home WELCOME Welcome to the Eastern Airways Magazine as we bid farewell to the dark days of winter and contemplate the arrival of Spring and Summer. So, anyone for tennis, then? This is no ordinary tennis – ground of another female great, Jane Austen, on the the racquets are wonky, the balls are made of cork and if 200th anniversary of the publication of Pride and you thought handicaps were just for golfers, think again! Prejudice. The tennis we present claims to be the “real thing” and it’s coming to an indoor court near you. Once again, you can also win a bottle of English whisky in our latest brain-teasing puzzle. Columnist Alastair If you’d rather be spending the long days out of doors, Gilmour is back on the drink (writing about it, that is) and then join us in our quest for the Holy Grail of the legend Harry Pearson introduces us to the old country lad who of King Arthur: we can pretty much guarantee that, sells egg boxes. wherever you are in the UK, there’s somewhere in your neck of the woods that claims a link (however tenuous) to Our prize competition this issue is one that will really the iconic warrior-ruler. appeal to the golfer, with a two-night luxury stay on offer at the fabulous Close House Hotel, where Lee Westwood Our celebrity interview is with Somerset’s own Jenny is the attached tour professional. Agutter, one of the stars of the BBC hit, Call the Midfwife. Enjoy your flight and your escape with Eastern Airways One whose star is both rising and youthful, is Gabrielle Magazine – we invite you to take your copy home and Kent, a doyenne of the computer games industry, who pass it round your friends and family! finds herself among the growing numbers of women involved in what was previously seen as something of a male bastion. THE EASTERN TEAM Exploration Express takes us to the Hampshire stomping FÀILTE CROESO VELKOMMEN Tha Eastern Airways a’ cur fàilte air ar Croeso gan Eastern Airways magazine, i bob Eastern Airways magasinet ønsker våre luchd-cleachdaidh gu lèir bho Bhreatainn un o’n cwsmeriaid ym mhob rhan o Brydain kunder i Storbritannia og Europa velkommen. agus an Roinn Eòrp. Fawr ac Ewrop. Eastern Airways er et av Storbritannias Tha Eastern Airways am measg prìomh Mae Eastern Airways ymhlith y prif gwmnïau ledende ruteflyselskap. 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SET TO CHANGE Aberdeen Airport goes international The entrance to Aberdeen Airport is rebranding itself as Aberdeen Aberdeen Airport International. The move is part of owner BAA’s plans to let its individual airports operate under their own stand-alone brands, following the enforced sale of Gatwick, Edinburgh and Stansted, and of its stakes in other European airports. KELVINGROVE It is hoped the new name will help increase the airport’s range of destinations and Managing Director Derek Provan said: “We have been successful in recent years in introducing new international routes to Aberdeen, and will continue to strive to do so.” www.aberdeenairport.com Competition winners for Eastern Airways magazine 42 The winner of a two-night break at Newcastle’s award-winning Sandman Hotel, in Eastern Airways Magazine 42, is Jay Acharya, from Sutton Coldfield.