The Luxury Travel Magazine
The Luxury Travel Magazine
Air travel can be a draining thing: emotionally, mentally, and physically, too. Passengers have come up with a number of strategies for dealing with the strain, including stretching, listening to white noise, or meditation.
In some cases, the airlines themselves have lent support. This is in particular evidence in the world of private aviation, where private jet charter specialist VistaJet has begun to offer passengers a fairly comprehensive wellness program.
Human beings are adapted to spend time in the open air, surrounded by nature, and, ideally, in motion. The environment of an aircraft is anathema to all of this. To fly, you’ll need to sit inside a cramped compartment for hours on end. What could be less natural?
Of course, we can’t eliminate this problem entirely. What we can do is offset the problem with the right wellbeing-enhancing interventions. But what might those interventions look like?
For an idea of what aircraft wellness should look like, we need look no further than VistaJet’s offering. It unfolds over three stages, which deal with before, during and after the flight.
The pre-flight stage involves a consultation with a nutritionist, who will help to devise an in-flight menu tailored to your needs. During the flight, the Bombadier Global 7500 provides a range of ergonomic seating options, as well as simulated daylight to help you cope with the jet lag. Passengers also enjoy access to meditation and breathing apps, as well as products from leading wellness brands.
Post-flight is informed by a guide devised by Dr Jordan Shlain and his team. The guide will help passengers to deal with jet lag, and to hydrate themselves optimally following arrival. By getting this right, you’ll get your trip off to the best possible start.
VistaJet also offers a range of destinations designed to promote health and wellbeing.
You might take a trip through Nepal and Bhutan, to remote monasteries synonymous with Buddhism and meditative practice. There’s also a helicopter ride to the Mouth Everest Base Camp, from which you’ll be able to marvel at the surrounding Himalayas (or start a long walk to the top!).
If you prefer South America, you might take the trip to the Sacred Valley in Peru, where a range of ancient medicinal traditions help to provide therapy of the most proven and natural kind.
There are also options that will take you to the Maldives, Qatar, Sweden, Costa Rica, Ibiza, Switzerland, the USA, and India. Wherever in the world you’re traveling to, in other words, there’s a good chance that there’s a wellness retreat that will put you in the right frame of mind to tackle it.
