Tips for a pleasant flight

Some tips to remember:

Exercise:

• Exercise mayor muscle groups during flight (exercises).
• Walk around the cabin whenever you can.

Clothes:

• Wear loose and comfortable clothes.
• Wear DVT socks (flight socks or compression stockings), as prevention is the best method of reducing risk (deep vein thrombosis).

On board:

• Store luggage overhead so you have room to stretch out your legs.
• On boarding, set your watch to the local time of your destination if you get a long-haul flight.
• On arrival at your destination, try to stay up as late as possible, so that you can synchronise your body clock.
• Don’t take sleeping pills.

Drinks:

• Drink plenty of water.
• Avoid fizzy drinks as they cause 30%-35% gas expansion in flight.
• Drink herbal teas.
• Avoid regular tea and coffee as they are diuretic.
• Carrot juice reduce flight fatigue.
• Don’t drink alcohol. We would recommend beer or wine as opposed to spirits as they contain less alcoholic units.

We also recommend a variety of exercises that can help reduce tiredness, stiffness and the likelihood of sluggish circulation, all of which can result from sitting for a long time.

We advise you to carry out these exercises every couple of hours and take a brief walk around the cabin whenever you can.