Airline flush with ideas on how to lighten costs burden
All right, enough of this flushing profits down the toilet. Go do it in the bushes!
China Southern has calculated that it takes one litre of fuel to flush an airplane at 30,000 feet, according to the Xinhua news agency. Which explains that really loud sucking noise airline toilets make.
So, in order to save a few yuan, the airline is kindly requesting passengers to use the bathroom before they board. We dare not ask for extra peanuts.
A survey by the company's logistics department found that filling the water tank only 60 per cent will save the airline another 47 million yuan. It failed to mention by how much this step would shorten the bathroom queue.
Another easy weight loss trick is to toss the pillows and blankets, as each kilogram of such creature comforts uses 0.2 kg of fuel per hour.