An airline, which gives couples the chance to make love in the clouds for ?640 has been barred from operating its flights, after authorities ruled the in-flight action was ?too distracting? for its pilots.
Mile High Flights, based in Gloucestershire, which was operating for the past two years, has now been refused a new licence by the civil aviation authority (CAA) in the UK, the Daily Express reported.
The company has helped dozens of adventurous couples join the club in a specially created boudoir in its Cessna Grand Caravan plane. The company even providing customers with a ?certificate of initiation?.
Mike Crisp, 36, who launched the firm in 2008, said: ?I?m not giving up on what was a popular business idea because someone at the CAA doesn?t like the sound of what goes on in our plane.
?Joining the Mile High Club is something a lot of couples dream of (sex in the sky) and we were providing the chance to fulfil that particular fantasy. In our two years trading, we had people from all walks of life wanting to join the club, from 21st birthday flights to 60th birthday ones.
?I am getting emails every week from couples who want to go up in the plane. It?s a shame we?ve had to stop because of some prudish snobbery on the part of the CAA,? added Crisp.
He and his business partner ploughed over ?10,000 into transforming a Cessna Grand Caravan single-engined plane into a flying boudoir.
Slinky upholstery inside the cabin is made out of fire-retardant materials to ensure safe sex at 5,280 ft.
But according to the CAA, Mile High Flights couldn?t give safety chiefs the assurances needed to be issued with a new licence to trade.
A spokesman from the aviation authority said: ?We cast no moral judgments on what people do in their planes, that?s not our business.
?Safety-wise, as long as all angles are covered we have no issue with that company trading. Unfortunatley it became apparent that our safety criteria couldn?t be met and the application was not passed,? the spokesman said.
