AEROPLANE ESSENTIAL: SONY MDR-NC13

    These active noise-cancelling in-ears give you 100 hours of playback from a single AAA battery — more than enough for a series of long-haul flights — and will work without the noise-cancelling tech when that runs out.
    There's no denying the clean audio quality and the NC13s really do block out background noise, although whether that's due more to their in-ear design or the electronics is open to question. The chunky in-line controller needs to be clipped to your clothes or it will weigh down the cable and rip the buds from your ears. That aside, decent value.

A solid, budget noise cancelling option

£50, SONY.CO.UK