A pub landlord in Scotland has hired a private jet for £90,000 so he could fly football fans to Germany for the Euros.
Don Lawson, who owns Johnny Foxes and Jimmy Badgers in Inverness, partnered with local company SJ Travel to charter the private jet for the Tartan Army.
The plane quickly filled up all 150 spaces, and the landlord said that he thinks he could have filled multiple planes.
Fans have purchased a package deal which ranges from a single-flight to the Bavarian capital to a return flight, full match and hotel stay. The packages were put together by Lawson and SJ Travel.
The atmosphere in Munich will no doubt be special, however, Lawson has also made sure to spare no expense to ensure the journey there is just as memorable.
“We knew there would be a bit of a party mood among our Highland Tartan Army travellers so we put in a request that the airline stocks up on double its usual amount of beer for the trip," he told Press and Journal.
The package deals for local Scotland fans started at £399 and ranged up to £4,200.
Lawson said he planned the venture in order to ensure that many Tartan Army members could make it to Munich, in light of staggering plane fares to the Bavarian city.
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He also said that due to a last minute cancellation through illness, he had a spare ticket to watch the match. Lawson said he will sell this to one “deserving fan on the flight”.
“I think this will be the first Scottish team to qualify from the group stages and I think we will beat Germany 2-1. The Highland Roar will be heard in Germany for sure. If we reach the last four we will try and charter another plane,” he told the publication.
Scotland will take on hosts Germany tonight at the Allianz arena, their fourth crack at winning the title - previously having qualified in 1992, 1996, and 2020.
They have never made it past group stages, whereas their opponents tonight are tipped as one of the favourites to win.
The German head coach, Julian Nagelsmann, said: “This is not a group of death, but there are no really bad opponents. This is an interesting group in which we obviously want to assert ourselves.”
Up to Scottish 200,000 supporters are expected to be in Munich tonight.
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