The Dirty Secrets of Air Travel: Fecal matter on plane tray tables, unwashed blankets offered to customers, and 80 million bacteria on suitcases.

You may eat from the tray table on an aeroplane, but would you still do so if you knew the person sat there before had changed their baby’s nappy on it?

And would you even think about just how dirty your luggage is?

Research has discovered that not only so planes harbour bacteria in unexpected places, the source of illnesses on holiday can be traced directly back to our suitcases.