Emirates Offers In-Flight Showers

Crave:

I've already raved about the prospect of relaxing in a posh first class on the new Airbus A380, but now Dubai-based Emirates Airlines seems to have raised the bar for in-flight amenities. As the Times of London reported yesterday, Emirates is promising first-class passengers the use of a shower. Details on the first-class cabin and the shower are sketchy, but with its "seven star" Burj Al Arab Hotel, Dubai, knows true (and somewhat ridiculous) luxury.

It's certainly a novel idea, and it would give a new meaning to the idea of the mile-high club, but environmentalists are already attacking the scheme as irresponsible. According to the Times, a shower-equipped A380 need to carry an extra ton of water for each flight, which is equal to 12 passengers. That would mean a carbon cost of 48,455 pounds for every round-trip flight. That's certainly a legitimate worry, but frankly, I'd be more concerned about showering during turbulence.

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Comments

[michelvaillant]

12:11 PM on 03/25/2008

Say what you will, but we all the know a lot of people are going to use these showers to join the mile high club the easy way ;-)

[Sp8z]

10:26 AM on 03/25/2008

Ridicules, utterly Ridicules. I guess they want the whole World to live in a dessert.

[thegreatgiginthesky]

10:46 PM on 03/24/2008

Wearing a dress and turban is very smelly business. Why do you think Arabs have such strong perfumes?

[Dustforeyes]

09:18 PM on 03/24/2008

While not sure of Emirates plans, the showers would most likely use recycled water (yep, as in from the bathroom).

[Ramirez]

07:03 PM on 03/24/2008

"...environmentalists are already attacking the scheme as irresponsible.."

[JScott]

05:54 PM on 03/24/2008

Another ridiculous perk-here's a clue take a shower BEFORE your flight. Again human kind with money to burn does it because they can not because it's good or right, just like those skiing facilities in the UAE. Muhammad & Allah (pbuh) would be appalled!!!!!