The book will be handed out by airport colleagues across terminals at Manchester, London Stansted and East Midlands Airports over the summer holiday period.
It was created as part of a World Book Day competition earlier this year, which was held at schools surrounding all three airports, with schoolchildren given the chance to share their stories with passengers.
Seven schools were involved in submitting their stories with themes including flights, aircraft, holidays and working at the airport. In addition to 13 different stories, the book includes puzzles, activities and a holiday diary.
The book has been published as part of MAG’s newly launched ‘Little Flyers Club’. The Club, set up for MAG’s young travellers, is made up of five animated characters – Jet, Porter, Casey, Carrie and Finn. With a dedicated webpage on all of MAG’s airport websites, parents can access both digital and print-out activities for their children (London Stansted, Manchester and East Midlands). The Club aims to educate and entertain children about travel and aviation as they fly off for their holidays. Young people can also find the characters as they travel through the airport and pose for a photo with their favourite.
The publication of the latest Little Book of Travel Tales is part of MAG’s commitment to creating opportunity for all –which is a pillar of its CSR Strategy. MAG has a leading engagement programme with local schools surrounding its airports, to showcase the variety of career opportunities in the sector, inspiring the next generation of aviation professionals.
The book has received widespread positive feedback from pupils and teachers alike, with one teacher saying it gave their students “the opportunity to write for purpose, it really inspired our learners, and they have found a new love for writing!”.
Marcella MRabety, Head of Social Sustainability at MAG: “It has been wonderful working with schoolchildren across our airport’s local communities to create our latest Little Book of Travel Tales.
The summer holidays are our busiest period, and it is great to provide some entertainment for our youngest passengers, as part of MAG’s Little Flyers Club.
We have been incredibly impressed by the stories which were submitted for the book this year, which really capture the different things aviation can mean to young people. Thank you to all schools involved and well done to all of the children whose stories were picked to feature in the book.”
