It is nice to feel in control of your allergy wherever you are. Probably one of the least comfortable places for an allergy sufferer is when you are travelling 37000 feet above the ground in a metal tube that is having the air recirculated. This is why when Allereview heard that EasyJet were banning the sale and consumption of all nut products on their flights we were over the moon. There is still along way to go and this is only one allergen but hopefully this will encourage more airlines and other corporations to follow suit, helping to encourage more allergy sufferers to go abroad and live their fullest life. When Allereview contacted EasyJet regarding their current change of policy this is the statement we received:
"The safety and welfare of all of our customers and crew is our highest priority so we have a number of procedures in place to assist customers travelling with a nut allergy.
We ask that any customers with a nut allergy notify us ahead of travel and we will request that other passengers travelling on the flight do not consume any products containing nuts that they have brought with them onboard.
We have also stopped the sale of peanuts onboard and will be removing the last product from our inflight range which contains nuts in the coming months.'
Please notice that this is the process for passengers for notifying us, in case of a nut allergy: We recommend that passengers inform us of their allergy at the time of booking which enables us to pass this information onto the cabin crew operating the flight. There is a specific option on the booking page which makes it really easy for passengers notify us. This information is then passed onto the operating cabin crew we also advise passengers to identify themselves to the crew upon boarding." - EasyJet Spokesperson
"The safety and welfare of all of our customers and crew is our highest priority so we have a number of procedures in place to assist customers travelling with a nut allergy.
We ask that any customers with a nut allergy notify us ahead of travel and we will request that other passengers travelling on the flight do not consume any products containing nuts that they have brought with them onboard.
We have also stopped the sale of peanuts onboard and will be removing the last product from our inflight range which contains nuts in the coming months.'
Please notice that this is the process for passengers for notifying us, in case of a nut allergy: We recommend that passengers inform us of their allergy at the time of booking which enables us to pass this information onto the cabin crew operating the flight. There is a specific option on the booking page which makes it really easy for passengers notify us. This information is then passed onto the operating cabin crew we also advise passengers to identify themselves to the crew upon boarding." - EasyJet Spokesperson