Team Ireland athletes to travel business class to Tokyo 2020
27 February 2020; The Olympic Federation of Ireland will fly athletes in business class to the Olympic Games in Tokyo with Qatar Airways. They also teamed up with Vita to offset carbon emissions involved with travelling to Tokyo 2020. Pictured are, from left, Holly Hughes, Vita, hockey player Anna O'Flanagan, Ciara Feehely, Vita, Peter Sherrard, CEO, OFI, Tricia Heberle, Team Ireland Chef de Mission, and swimmer Daragh Greene. With less than five months left until the Opening Ceremony in Tokyo, the composition of Team Ireland is starting to take real shape. Qatar Airways has a 5 star rating by Skytrax, which also awarded the airline 'World's Best Business Class'. Athletes will benefit from the full lie flat beds and catering to suit their nutritional routine. The mood lighting will adjust the athletes' body clock to the Tokyo time zone and the cabin is pressureised to a lower altitude which equates to more oxygen and less travel fatigue. Photo by Brendan Moran/Sportsfile
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