Interesting Facts

The House of Lords science and technology committee has suggested that a minimum distance between seats on airlines should be increased from 26 to 28.2 inches, providing space of about 30 inches. (Currently if you want more leg room you have to pay for it, a new class of seat called "Premium economy" supposedly bridges the gap between the standard economy class and business class cabins. And they say class is dead.) From Natasha

BBC South East has revealed that airlines deliberately fly longer routes over the Atlantic Ocean to avoid paying air traffic control charges. (These routes are known as tango routes, and they can produce an extra three tonnes of carbon dioxide.)