A COUPLE who met and fell in love when their holiday flight was delayed are to get married.

       Lisa Skellon and Jamie Hobbs were flying separately with friends from Bournemouth to Tenerife.

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       Lisa Skellon and Jamie Hobbs were flying separately with friends on a holiday to Tenerife when their flight was delayed and the pair got talking Credit: PA 3

       The couple will wed next month in Paphos Credit: PA

       But they had to get off the aircraft before take-off and head back to the terminal while a problem was sorted.

       The two groups of friends mingled over drinks in the departure lounge and Lisa and Jamie, both 56, hit it off.

       Lisa, a personal assistant to a surveyor, said: “We are very grateful for the delay, for once in our lives, because we probably would not have met if it wasn’t for that.”

       She said of their chance meeting in November 2019: “We sat and had our drinks and we didn’t stop looking at each other.

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       “It was like being kids again.

       “It was love at first sight for us both.”

       Jamie said that on the plane, he waited for the queue for the toilet to be in line with Lisa’s seat so the pair could chat.

       He said: “Later I plucked up the courage to give Lisa my business card but her friend shouted, ‘She’s written her number on a Tui sick bag’.

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       “I still have a photo of it now.”

       During their trip to Tenerife, the divorcees met every night and their relationship continued when they returned home to Ferndown, Dorset.

       They will wed next month in Paphos, Cyprus.

       Tui UK said: “No one likes a flight delay but this one was clearly meant to happen.

       “We wish them a lifetime of happiness together.”

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       Tui UK said: 'No one likes a flight delay but this one was clearly meant to happen' Credit: PA