{"id":140555,"date":"2023-06-16T16:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-16T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/?p=140555"},"modified":"2023-06-16T18:51:24","modified_gmt":"2023-06-16T18:51:24","slug":"chili-and-chocolate-help-beat-jet-lag-on-long-trips-according-to-qantas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aviacionaldia.com\/en\/2023\/06\/chili-and-chocolate-help-beat-jet-lag-on-long-trips-according-to-qantas.html","title":{"rendered":"Chili and chocolate help beat “jet lag” on long trips, according to Qantas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Research findings by Australian airline Qantas<\/strong> and the University of Sydney\u2019s Charles Perkins Centre released today show it is possible to reduce the impacts of jetlag by reshaping the inflight travel experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Different lighting and sleep schedules, mealtimes, and specific ingredients like chili and chocolate during long-haul flights have been shown to contribute to improved traveller wellbeing. Movement and exercise are, unsurprisingly, a key element.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The world-first research was conducted during test flights for Qantas\u2019 Project Sunrise program, which will connect Sydney directly with New York and London for the first time from late 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The airline has been working with the University of Sydney\u2019s Charles Perkins Centre since 2015 when it first began preparations to launch Perth to London direct flights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Qantas operated three Project Sunrise research flights from New York and London to Sydney in 2019 in partnership with Australian researchers to collect real-world passenger data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Researchers travelled on the aircraft and monitored 23 volunteer customers who were fitted with wearable device technology during the 20-hour flights as they followed a specially designed menu, lighting, sleep and movement sequences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2192 Qantas will allow employees to wear non-heeled shoes and no makeup<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Initial findings, as yet unpublished, indicate that, compared to customers on a traditional inflight sequence of eating and sleeping, those on the tailored schedule experienced: less severe jet lag, better sleep quality inflight, better cognitive performance in the two days after flight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The inflight trials involved tailored cabin lighting schedules to facilitate adaption to the destination time zone and integrating simple stretch and movement activities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

They also adjusted the timing of meal services to align the body clock and encouraged wake and sleep by using specific menu items including fish and chicken paired with fast-acting carbohydrates, as well as comfort foods like soups and milk-based desserts. The aim was to promote the brain\u2019s production of the amino acid tryptophan (\u2018Tryp\u2019) to help passengers drift off more easily.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The specially designed Airbus A350s that Qantas will use for Project Sunrise flights include an onboard Wellbeing Zone informed by the research and unveiled today in New York, where passengers can take time out to stretch and do simple exercises onboard, guided by video screens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Peter Cistulli, Professor of Sleep Medicine at the University of Sydney said while the research was ongoing, there were clear signs that the interventions implemented during the trial flights reduced the impact of ultra long-haul travel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe early results are promising, and it\u2019s given us great momentum to look to the next stage of customer research to support Project Sunrise product and service design,\u201d said Professor Cistulli.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Qantas Group CEO Alan Joyce said the national carrier was excited by the prospect of minimising jetlag and revolutionising international flying for all travellers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGiven our geography, Qantas has a long history of using imagination and innovation to overcome the tyranny of distance between Australia and the rest of the world,\u201d said Mr Joyce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNow that we have the aircraft technology to do these flights, we want to make sure the customer experience evolves as well, and that\u2019s why we\u2019re doing this research and designing our cabins and service differently”, added Joyce.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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