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CI Introduces New Inflight Exercises

February 3, 2004, Taipei, Taiwan- Beginning from February 1, China Airlines and Taiwan!|s leading health club brand jointly designed new inflight exercises. The new inflight exercise videotape was introduced to the long haul flights and most of regional flights over 4-hour length. The exercise is aiming at fatigue-relief during air travel.

The new inflight exercise was created by expert based on the space restriction of aircraft cabin. Six stretching and massage exercises emphasizing on neck, shoulder, hands, back and key acupressure points are included in the 10-minute videotape. The tape was shot in a bamboo forest in central Taiwan to ensure a soothing atmosphere.

According to medical researches, healthy passengers are rare to acquire deep vein thrombosis (DVT) during air travel. However, passengers with cardiac problem, obesity, cancer and pregnancy are easier victims for such threat. Most passengers tend to feel fatigue and uncomfortable in the parts of neck, shoulder, breast, back, leg after a long air journey.