24 October 2005
Nude travel takes off
Airline bullish on bare service
HOUSTON, Texas -- In recent months, airlines have been taking unusual
steps to reduce the weight of their airplanes to conserve fuel. From
supplying less water in the lavatories to
 eliminating magazines, from
promoting buoyant luggage to even
removing all seats,
carriers are cutting every corners to save on the cost of getting their
airliners airborne.
Now Monument Airlines has gone a step further. The airline announced
today that it will establish an independent, low-cost airline as an
alternative to its current commercial airline service. Monument BareLines, as the
new venture is called, will fly only passengers who carry no
luggage and wear no clothes.
Heidi
Truncher, a
spokesperson for Monument said, "By scaling back to the bare essentials,
we expect to save about $2.5
million annually in fuel costs alone. Moreover, passenger screening will
be speeded up greatly since our passengers will
not have to remove their shoes, or for that matter, anything else."
Monument BareLines is expected to begin service between Houston and
other major airports in the southern tier of states. "The nude
travel concept is
expected to be quite popular with budget conscious leisure and business travelers, and we
expect to expand quickly into the Caribbean" said Truncher. "There are obvious limitations to the destinations we select for service.
For instance, there are no plans to offer service to Anchorage,
Saskatoon or
Reykjavík.
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