On a long-haul flight one in five men admit to flirting with a member of the aircrew, and a handful have even struck up a relationship with someone they've met in the air, new research shows.
A survey conducted by online travel company Expedia found New Zealand men and woman choose to spend their time in the air differently, with 74 percent of men using the in-flight technology to entertain themselves, and 62 percent of women choosing to read a book.
Both men and women agreed that the negatives of flying were being stuck in a confined space for a long time, lack of seat comfort, turbulence and passing time in airports.
Nineteen percent of men admitted to flirting with a member of the aircrew and six percent admitted to having a relationship with someone they met during the flight.
The survey was conducted in January and asked 500 adults, with a sampling error of plus or minus two percent.
NZPA