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Posted on 01/29/2008 10:21:13 AM PST by NormsRevenge
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - German nudists will be able to start their holidays early by stripping off on the plane if they take up a new offer from an eastern German travel firm.
Travel agency OssiUrlaub.de said it would start taking bookings from Friday for a trial nudist day trip from the eastern German town of Erfurt to the popular Baltic Sea resort of Usedom, planned for July 5 and costing 499 euros ($735).
"It's expensive, I know," managing director Enrico Hess told Reuters by phone. "It's because the plane's very small. There's no real reason why a flight in which one flies naked should be more expensive than any other."
The 55 passengers will have to remain clothed until they board, and dress before disembarking, said Hess. The crew will remain clothed throughout the flight for safety reasons.
"I wish I could say we thought of it ourselves but the idea came from a customer," Hess told Reuters by phone. "It's an unusual gap in the market."
Naturism, or "free body culture" (FKK) as it is known in Germany, was banned by the Nazis but blossomed again after the Second World War, particularly in eastern Germany.
"There are FKK hotels where you can go into the restaurants and shops naked, for example," Hess said. "For FKK fans -- not that I'm one of them -- it's nothing unusual."
"I don't want people to get the wrong idea. It's not that we're starting a swinger club in mid-air or something like that," he added. "We're a perfectly normal holiday company."
If I know anything about nudists, it will be a plane full of old, fat naked people.
They’d better hose the interior of that plane down before they reuse it.
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No hidden boxcutters on thAT FLIGHT....
I hope they use disposable seat covers!!
Ja Ja...flight attendent please...
I am how you say...stuck in my seat belt...GOTT IN HIMMEL! it hurts.
After the flight remove the airplane seats and burn them.
Small plane. Naked butts peeling off those leather seats to negotiate a narrow aisle to the head. Very appealing.
Except for cleaning/replacing the seats. Disgusting thought.
Imagine walking down the aisle and passing someone after they used the bathroom!
What exactly is the point of this?
I would refuse to clean up the seats after this flight ended.
um...OK...PING!!
yep
Funniest image, comment I’ve read in a long while! Those Germans. (married to one)
Thinking the same thing, but after further reflection I think I understand.
Of the 6 + billion people on earth, about 6 billion need to return to the planet they came from.
A naked flight crew?
Can you imagine a 50 something steward coming up and asking, “Want some nuts?”
“It’s an unusual gap in the market.” — I’ll say!!!
Of course, if they allowed them to disrobe prior to boarding it would certainly make screening for security easier.
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Must be a Babelfish mis-translation for, er- something else...
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