A European budget airline is ditching high heels, blouses and pencil skirts for its female flight attendants in a bid to make the working environment more comfortable for the crew. Instead, SkyUp Airlines is introducing Nike Air Max 720s and a loose suit with trousers, and a white T-shirt and silk scarf. The changes come into effect later this month and Alexandrina Denysenko, a senior flight attendant at the Ukrainian airline, told Reuters that it can’t come soon enough. ”Shoes on heels look beautiful, I do not argue with that, but feet suffer and swell by the end of the flight. Virgin Atlantic dropped its mandatory make-up requirements for flight attendants in 2019, while Japan Airlines and Norwegian Air dropped high heels for flat shoes.

Source: Stuff October 08, 2021 02:03 UTC