The Travel Counsellors travel news recently reported that Airlines (well the crew) are going on diets to lose weight in a bid to save fuel during hard times for global economies!! This is based on an article written by the times that airlines are seriously looking at measures to "lower on-board weight from non-essential equipment and facilities". Some of the measures are;
- BA are replacing their canteen trolleys with low-mass models and reducing the weight of in-flight meals, alongside eliminating cabin crew paperwork
- Virgin Atlantic is incorporating less packaging in its meals to reduce weight and eventually hopes to offer a meal free from packaging
- Shaving millimetres from cutlery
- Cutting the stocks of sachets
- Removing earplugs from planes
- Lightening seats
- Using paper drinks stirrers instead of plastic
- Many airlines are also cleaning out the soot deposits from engines to improve efficiency
It is reported that BA currently spend in excess of £8 million per day on fuel and each plane typically carries around three tonnes of catering equipment and food! Wow. A spokesman for British Airways said "we are reviewing our catering and looking at how much it weighs and looking at how much meals weigh. Airlines are having to look at absolutely everything. At some point our in-flight magazines could be electronic."
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