German travel agency offers naked flights

[Marilyn. 340]

Fly naked on nudist holiday flight

Passengers must be clothed before boarding, dress before deplaning

FRANKFURT - 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."

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....and no I don't have any pics

[Jenn! 918]

"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."

Really? I think I would want those seats steam cleaned before *my* flight.

[Alex+R 0]

Yup, me too, Jenn. Yikes.Of all the activities to do nude, sitting for hours in one spot doesn't seem to be the best one in terms in hygiene.

[mnieto 2]

.... as if our reputation wasn't weird enough already....

[Ban Hammer 13,656]

fly united

[isleta521 5]

fly united

the friendly skies

[Jesse and Hema 2]

.... as if our reputation wasn't weird enough already....

You said it...

[eric&gen 0]

They would ban me from that flight ololololol lamo

[Eveline 9]

"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."

Really? I think I would want those seats steam cleaned before *my* flight.

They use seat protectors for that.

[Amby 490]

anyone watch eurotrash? they have a segment on that show just called naked germans

[hheaven67 2]

can't imagine how cold that seatbelt would be!

[Hilarious Clinton 452]

BYOC (bring your own cushion)

[Ms. Squirrel 11]

Can't get the visual of turbulences and various body parts bouncing out of my head.

[Kazan' Tiger 1]

Planes are cold! Hmmm, good for the girls, but not so good for the guys.

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Planes are cold! Hmmm, good for the girls, but not so good for the guys.