Comfortable clothes, Slip-On shoes, Neck support pillow, warm clothing are preferable during air travel. Tight-fitting clothes can make you uncomfortable during the flight. So can uncomfortable, tight-fitting high heeled foot wear. Passengers wear a wide range of attire depending on the occasion:
Types of passenger attire:
- Business Attire-Business suits, formal wear with accessories
- Casual Attire-Comfortable Off-Duty, Away-From-Office clothes
- Ethnic Wear-Traditional dress as per passenger’s culture and weather
- Sports Attire-Sportsmen traveling wearing their sports attire. Passengers can travel in sports attire to participate in activities like Golf, Skiing, Cricket, Tennis and Badminton
- Pilgrimage Attire-Suitable dressing for festivals and pilgrimage
- Tourist Attire-Passengers can wear suitable attire and travel for Jungle safari, Beach visit, Desert adventure
- Summer Attire-Light coloured, sweat absorbing comfortable attire
- Winter Attire-Heavy wool and thermal wear to keep you warm
Comfort food during air travel
Along with suitable and comfortable clothing, comfort foods which do not give a bad tummy are highly recommended.
Avoid heavy, constipating high calorie, spicy, greasy food times and alcohol before traveling. Eat light and consume lots of liquids and green salads.
Light exercise before air travel
Exercise before leaving home to avoid back pain, neck pain and discomfort. Passengers invariably need to wait in queues when traveling. Hence moderate physical exercise will help the body to cope with stress better. Moderate exercise also helps to avoid stomach upsets when traveling.
And to end this blog
A combination of appropriate dressing, light food and moderate exercise will help to cope with stress and physical strain during travel. It also helps during prolonged sitting on long flights. These actions help to condition your body for the stress of flying without losing your patience.
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Well written with useful tips on food, clothing and exercise. Just to supplement, a common condition faced by many, especially senior citizens during long flights is swelling of feet and ankles. Although not a serious condition, it can be avoided by frequent walks along the aisle of the aircraft during travel. Also exercising the foot while seated without crossing the legs is said to be of help.
Yes, it is useful to walk in the aisle and exercise the foot during long flights. Thank you for your comments.