A method of operating a communications device to transmit or to receive via a wireless communications network, which includes non-terrestrial, NTN, infrastructure equipment, the method comprising: identifying, by the communications device, a first in-coverage period during which the communications device can transmit signals to or receive signals from a first NTN infrastructure equipment, the first NTN infrastructure equipment being either carried by a first aerial vehicle or the transmitted or the received signals are relayed via the first aerial vehicle to or from the first NTN infrastructure equipment, as the first aerial vehicle passes over the communications device, identifying, by the communications device, a second in-coverage period during which the communications device can transmit signals to or receive signals from either the first NTN infrastructure equipment or a second NTN infrastructure equipment, the second NTN infrastructure equipment being either carried by a second aerial vehicle or the transmitted or the received signals are relayed via the second aerial vehicle to or from the second NTN infrastructure equipment as the second aerial vehicle passes over the communications device, and either transmitting uplink data to the wireless communications network by adapting a transmission of the uplink data to include at least part of the second in-coverage period, based on a length of time required to transmit the uplink data and a start time at which the uplink data can be transmitted in the first in-coverage period with respect to an end of the first in-coverage period, or receiving downlink data from the wireless communications network by adapting a reception of the downlink data to include at least part of the second in-coverage period, having been transmitted at least partly in the second in-coverage period, based on a length of time required to receive the downlink data and a start time at which the downlink data can be received in the first in-coverage period with respect to an end of the first in-coverage period. identifying, by the communications device, a first in-coverage period during which the communications device can transmit signals to or receive signals from a first NTN infrastructure equipment, the first NTN infrastructure equipment being either carried by a first aerial vehicle or the transmitted or the received signals are relayed via the first aerial vehicle to or from the first NTN infrastructure equipment, as the first aerial vehicle passes over the communications device, identifying, by the communications device, a second in-coverage period during which the communications device can transmit signals to or receive signals from either the first NTN infrastructure equipment or a second NTN infrastructure equipment, the second NTN infrastructure equipment being either carried by a second aerial vehicle or the transmitted or the received signals are relayed via the second aerial vehicle to or from the second NTN infrastructure equipment as the second aerial vehicle passes over the communications device, and either transmitting uplink data to the wireless communications network by adapting a transmission of the uplink data to include at least part of the second in-coverage period, based on a length of time required to transmit the uplink data and a start time at which the uplink data can be transmitted in the first in-coverage period with respect to an end of the first in-coverage period, or receiving downlink data from the wireless communications network by adapting a reception of the downlink data to include at least part of the second in-coverage period, having been transmitted at least partly in the second in-coverage period, based on a length of time required to receive the downlink data and a start time at which the downlink data can be received in the first in-coverage period with respect to an end of the first in-coverage period. <EOS>