Sat, Feb 12, 2011
Planes Are Apparently The New Hotspot For A Romantic
Liaison
The aviation industry has long used flirtation to sell
flights, beginning with strict ‘glamour’ criteria for
cabin crew on the first commercial flights and continuing through
to recent sexy advertising campaigns from airlines such as Virgin.
Now a survey from flights comparison site Skyscanner has revealed
that romantic associations with flying are still going strong with
the trend for “flyrting” – the practice of
passengers flirting while flying.
The survey of over 1,000 travellers revealed that 45% of
passengers admitted to flirting on board a flight, with a third
leading to a rendezvous following the flight, and 8% of them
resulting in a relationship.
“More and more people are now travelling by air so
it’s no surprise that flights have become a place to flirt,"
said Skyscanner employee Karin Noble, a former cabin crew member.
"After all, you are sitting next to someone for an hour or more,
and the fact that you’re both travelling to the same place
means you already have something in common. Add this to the
heightened effect that alcohol can have at altitude and the more
relaxed ‘holiday mood’ that many travellers feel, and
it tends to give people the courage to flirt with a fellow
passenger or even take things further, especially on long haul
routes such as flights to Australia.”
Maybe more surprisingly, for a small minority the flirtations
may actually lead to membership of the infamous Mile High Club; a
separate survey found that 20% of travellers have joined this
risqué association and half of these had done so with a
stranger they met on a flight. And for those that are not "members"
it certainly still seems to appeal with a massive 95% of those
surveyed admitting they would like to join the Mile High Club,
while a Valentine’s Day survey showed that 6% of men claim
this was their ideal gift.
However, a UK firm offering ‘Mile High’ flights was
recently shut down by the CAA after just two years of operation, as
they weren’t satisfied that on board safety criteria were
being met, and feared the in-flight action could be ‘too
distracting’ for pilots.
Happy Valentine's Day.
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