A similar drug, called warfarin, maybe taken in tablet form for several months. British Airway's in-flight magazine tells travellers to drink adequate fluids and avoid smoking and alcohol. It recommends a list of foot and leg exercises. By law, it must be a minimum of 26 inches. In the Qantas economy section the legroom gap is 32 inches.
Charter companies give some of the least legroom.
A post-mortem showed she had developed DVT while travelling home to London from the Olympic Games on a Qantas flight via Singapore. Experts say more than 30,000 British air travellers may be affected by the illness every year. He returned to work but died in bed two weeks later. Her leg swelled en route and she spent the flight in agony. She was taken to hospital in London where she needed intensive care treatment.