Let loved ones take to the skies fear-free in 2025 with easyJet’s Fearless Flyer course
Courses from January to March 2025 are available to book with experience flights at seven airports across the UK with courses starting from £89
Since 2012, over 13,000 individuals have taken to the skies after successfully completing the course, with the programme achieving over 95% success rate.
Give the gift of fearless flight this Christmas with easyJet’s highly-popular course which helps nervous flyers to overcome their fear and take to the skies with confidence.
easyJet’s courses will run from 19 January 2025 to 2 March 2025, with experience flights taking place at Belfast, Bristol, Birmingham, Manchester, London Luton, London Gatwick and Edinburgh. This enables customers to have the convenience of choosing from seven locations across the UK.
With one in six people estimated to be a nervous flyer, the course is run by senior easyJet pilots and a phobia expert. Between them, they offer reassurance and winning techniques to help combat concerns around flying to enable even the most ardent aerophobe to overcome their fear of flying.
Since 2012 the course has helped over 13,000 individuals overcome their fear and take to the skies, after successfully completing the Fearless Flyer course. The programme has notched up a success rate of more than 95%, and it continues to be one of the best-priced aerophobia courses in the UK, starting at £89 per person for the online-only section.
easyJet’s Fearless Flyer course is divided into three main parts:
A virtual ground course, where an easyJet captain explains the unfamiliar sounds and sensations customers feel onboard an aircraft during take off, landing and during times of turbulence. In addition, Lawrence Leyton, a leading expert in the psychology of fear, teaches a unique set of mind techniques to help manage nerves.
A pre-flight one-hour ‘Meet the Team’ online Zoom session, where participants will be walked through the airport experience and what to expect. There will also be a Q&A session with the Fearless Flyer Team including an easyJet pilot, Lawrence Leyton and Course Director Mark Wein, who shares his tips and advice on how he overcame his own fear of flying many years ago.
And lastly, a special one-hour experience flight from the course airport, where customers put their new skills to the test whilst listening to a live commentary of the flight from the Fearless Flyer team.
Last minute spaces on the courses are available at fearlessflyer.easyjet.com
Captain Maria Pernia-Digings, easyJet’s Lead Fearless Flyer Pilot Presenter, said:
“As one of the Captains presenting the course, I have seen first-hand how so many nervous flyers conquer their worries and fears about flying and they are now enjoying traveling to all parts of the world for business, for holidays and visiting relatives. If you have a fear of flying, please come and join us and let us help you to spread your wings and change your life.”
Mark Wein, easyJet’s Fearless Flyer Course Director, said:
“As someone who used to have a fear of flying, I understand only too well how restrictive this fear can be, but it really isn’t that difficult to overcome it. Often, it’s just a lack of knowledge or a fear of panic attacks that is the root cause of the issue, which is why the easyJet Fearless Flyer course is so successful.
“Because our ground course covers all aspects of Aerophobia and then we complete the process with our confidence building Experience Flight, which includes the added benefit of a highly reassuring pilot commentary throughout the journey, by the end of the course, even the most nervous customer can look forward to their next flight with total confidence.”
Jasmine Cross, who attended the Gatwick Course in March 2024, said:
“The fearless flyer experience was one of a kind. From the very first online video that I watched there were so many questions answered for me that meant I already felt way more prepared to handle the experience flight than I would normally.
“Pre-flight I was less anxious and apprehensive about what was going to happen, if anything I felt excitement for the first time. Once on the flight, I used the techniques Lawrence advised which were extremely helpful, and with Maria explaining every detail perfectly I instantly felt at ease and safe.
“Mark was amazing too, it really helped to hear his story and how he overcame his fear, especially as his fear was the exact same as mine (turbulence). I could not recommend this course enough, to all the team involved in this process, thank you so much you have really changed my mind set about flying! “
easyJet's winter 2025 Fearless Flyer Experience Flights are taking place on the following dates across the UK:
Airport
Date
Belfast
Sunday 19 January 2025
Bristol
Saturday 25 January 2025
Birmingham
Sunday 26 January 2025
Manchester
Saturday 1 February 2025
London Luton
Sunday 2 February 2025
London Gatwick
Sunday 9 February 2025
Edinburgh
Sunday 2 March 2025
For further information, please contact the easyJet Press Office on 01582 525252, log onto www.easyJet.com or follow @easyJet_Press
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