An airline may enforce a strict BYOC policy: bring your own cutlery.
Hong Kong airline Cathay Pacific – one of less than a dozen five-star airlines – recently conducted a survey to determine whether passengers would be willing to bring “their own set of cutlery” on board its aircraft.
According to Business Insider, the member survey was conducted in the airline’s Cathay Lab community among those who regularly fly business class and comes amid a rise in sustainable practices across the aviation industry.
They were told whether they would recycle their empty water bottles themselves, give them to flight crew or bring their own. However, it is not clear whether these ideas will be implemented on board the aircraft.
However, when you fly business, you get additional perks when you pay a higher ticket price, such as larger seats, meal service, and more.
As more and more jetsetters complain about the lack of legroom and ever smaller seats in passenger aircraft, some aircraft may soon undergo a facelift.
Italian aerospace company Optimares has unveiled an innovative new aircraft seat that can be converted into a bed on long-haul flights.
Instead of a reclining function like a traditional armchair, there is an ottoman and a leg rest underneath the sofa bed, which can be easily removed to create a makeshift bed.
Despite its simplicity, the space-optimized extension increases the seating area by “25% compared to comparable top-of-the-range business class seats” and measures 40 inches wide and 78 inches long, similar to a single bed.
The new aircraft seats, called “SoFab,” also weigh less than the standard seats already used in airplanes, thus reducing fuel consumption during the flight.
However, these seats have not yet been taken into account in any aircraft design.
