Health and Wellbeing

We hope that you find the following information about inflight health issues useful.
At times, flying requires you to sit for long periods of time without any physical activity. The compressed air in the passenger cabin may also be low in humidity.
Unlike other forms of transportation, flying entails high speed movement that crosses many time zones, upsetting the body's biological clock.
Although these factors do not constitute a health or safety threat to most passengers, we have included a number of guidelines for you to follow that may contribute to your comfort during and after the flight.

Medical Information

EL AL Health Tips

Exercising Inflight	Cabin Humidity and Dehydration	Eating and Drinking	Muscle Relaxation
The following flight tips or exercises are intended to provide a safe way of stretching and enjoying movement of certain muscle groups which may otherwise tense up as a result of long hours of sitting.	Humidity in the passenger cabin is maintained at less than 25% because of the low humidity in the outside air supplied to the cabin.	Proper eating and drinking will enhance your comfort both during and immediately after the flight.	At times, flying requires you to sit for long periods of time without any physical activity.
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Air Compression in the Cabin	Motion Sickness	Jet Lag
Air in the passenger cabin must be compressed because the atmospheric pressure outside the plane cannot support human life.	Motion sickness is caused by a conflict between our sight sense and our sense of equilibrium which is located in the inner ear.	The main cause of jet lag is the transition to a new time zone without giving the body an opportunity to adjust to the new night and day cycles.
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