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Calend-air girls: Now Ryanair asks staff to stay slim in hope of reducing weight of plane with incentive of appearing in staff calendar

Ryanair spokesperson Stephen McNamara claimed that every little helped in reducing the weight of aircraft, including a svelte staff

Saving fuel on flights is a weighty issue for airlines with rising oil prices eating into their profits.

In a somewhat controversial move, Ryanair spokesperson Stephen McNamara said Ryanair staff had been asked to consider their own body weight in a bid to reduce aircraft weight and avoid hefty industry costs.

The budget airline has also announced it is to reduce the size of its in-flight magazine, serve less ice in drinks and encourage its staff not to pile on the pounds.


'We cut costs wherever possible, and the changes will represent a significant reduction in weight,' Mr McNamara told the Daily Telegraph.

'We also considered removing armrests, but decided against it. We even encourage staff to watch their weight – with the motivation of appearing in the annual Ryanair calendar.'


The latest policy will see the airline's in-flight magazine 'Let's Go with Ryanair' being reduced from an A4 to an A5 format and it will also double as a menu, which could save thousands of pounds in fuel thanks to the reduced amount of paper used.

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2125446/Ryanair-reduces-flight-weight-smaller-magazines-ice-cubes-slim-staff.html#ixzz1tQfEBJoI