The world of aviation is full of curiosities that many of us don’t know, and here are some of them.
Yesterday, July 8, was the 81st anniversary of the first commercial flight of a pressurized aircraft. It was in 1840 when a Boeing aircraft named 307 Stratoliner of TWA, transported 33 passengers and 5 crew members on a route between Burbank and La Guardia Airport in New York.
While aviation accounts for a relatively small share of carbon dioxide emissions, experts have explained that these could triple by 2050. This is a reason for the aviation industry to focus on ways to reduce a sector’s footprint in constant growth. The aeronautical sector not only emits a carbon footprint, but also water vapor, aerosols, […]
Intending to prepare for the increase in air traffic expected for the end of the summer, the network that makes up Aena airports has worked hard to be accredited with the ACI Airport Health Accreditation. Which seeks to guarantee that they have implemented more than 100 safety and hygiene measures that will help to take […]
The International Air Transport Classification Agency Skytrax has awarded Rome’s Fiumicino Airport the “Covid-19 5-star Classification”, making it the first airport to receive it. The audit was conducted last September, and was based on a combination of procedural efficiency checks, visual observation analysis and ATP sampling tests, with a consistency of the standards being a […]
With many borders closed, some people have missed the experience of flying, so much so they have bought tickets for flights that will land in the same place they left a few hours earlier. Some airlines call them “scenic flights“; others, like Qantas Airways, call them “flights to nowhere” and have announced that this seven-hour […]
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Curiosities of the aviation worldJuly 30, 2021 - 9:30 amThe world of aviation is full of curiosities that many of us don’t know, and here are some of them.