A romantic man proposed to his girlfriend on a £40 Ryanair flight.
Manuel Brines enlisted the help of the cabin crew to ask Jacquelin Lopez to marry him on the flight from Madrid to Ibiza.
The staff made an announcement over the tannoy that someone on board had a special question to ask.
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The 33-year-old got down on one knee and pulled out a ring while his fellow passengers cheered and clapped.
Jacquelin, 27, accepted the proposal.
“She has a special connection to planes because she used to go and watch them take off and land with her dad when she was younger,” Manuel told What’s the Jam.
“So I thought it would be a good idea to do it on a plane.”
“Jacquelin said she didn’t want something in public, she wanted something more intimate but I thought I’d do it how I wanted.
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“I was nervous about all of the things that I can’t control.
“Getting through security is so risky. I was trying to distract her from looking at the screen and I was scared they’d pick the ring up and wonder what it was.
Manuel, from the Spanish capital, added: “When we were on the plane, they said over the speakers that there were 35 minutes left until Ibiza so I thought it was the right time.
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“I didn’t want to get interrupted by the drinks trolley so I went to the back and told the crew my plan and they said they’d help.
“They announced over the speaker that someone had a special question to ask. She said she knew straight away that it was for her.
“Jacquelin was so emotional.
“The other passengers started to clap and record us.
“It was very special. We were so happy.”
The couple met a year ago and say it was love at first sight.
Business manager Manuel spotted software developer Jacquelin sitting on a bench while he was on his way home from work.
He struck up a conversation about tram times and asked for her number, saving her details in his phone as ‘future wife’.
Manuel told friends after their first date that he knew she was the one and started ring shopping just six months into the relationship.
The pair haven’t set a date after. the mid-air engagement on 16 March, but hope to get married within two years.
He added: “I saw her and I had to talk to her.
“I was on my way to my car but I was trying to think of something to start a conversation with her so I asked if she knew what time the metro ran until.
“She started looking it up on her phone and I told her I needed to confess that I just wanted to talk to her.
“She was like ‘What? me?’
“I didn’t give her a lot of time to think, it all happened so fast. She thought it was a TV show prank.
“The idea to propose was in my mind in the first six months.
“On the day we met, I saved her number in my phone as ‘future wife.”
Ryanair has been approached for comment.
