According to an online poll of 1400 air travellers by Trip Advisor, 75% would be willing to pay up to 10% more for more comfortable and spacious onboard seats. I suppose it depends on what you pay for your flight in the first place. If I am paying £30, before taxes etc, to a low cost carrier for my ticket, another £3 would be nothing to have more space. I’m just not sure if it would be cost effective for the airlines to lose 10% of passengers to give you 10% more space. I think some airlines may make more profit from passengers buying accommodation, car hire etc through links on their website plus from selling you food, drink etc on board. The extra revenue from fewer passengers paying a bit more may not make economic sense for the airline.

The second most popular thing that would make flying more pleasant for 30% of respondents is clean and roomy toilets. I must admit my pet hate is going into airline toilets where guys have missed and showered the floor with urine. However I imagine that having separate male and female toilets would only lead to long queues at the female toilets.

I think that a lot of the comfort issues about flying depend on the length of the flight which is why I like a flight of 2 – 3 hours to Europe because then if I can travel cheaply and safely, I can tolerate a bit of cramp and wet shoe soles.