Holiday flights and hypnotism might not, at first consideration, appear to have a connection. Yet Aaron Calvert, professional hypnotist, has used the technique to “push the boundaries of what is possible,” and hep people re-discover their love of flying. The Manchester-based expert teamed up with Thomas Cook airlines after they released results of a survey which revealed more than half of participants classed flying simply as a means to an end. A total of 35 per cent had fallen out of love with flying altogether.
Yet, most interestingly perhaps for the airline, more than a quarter wished they could experience flying for the first time again.
Aaron spoke exclusively to Express.co.uk about the latter and his mission which saw him accompany a Thomas Cook flight to Tunisia – in an attempt to convince passengers they were on their debut flight.
Talking of the mission, which meant keeping passengers in a hypnotic state for the eight hour journey, he said: “I specialise in extraordinary feats of hypnosis.
“Hypnosis is pretty much the only way to take those memories away temporarily, and let people experience the genuine flight for the first time.
“It works to block out those
