Added on Fri January 17th, 2020 • by: Irene B
Recently, we are very often hearing about airplane carbon offsetting. But what does it mean? Last November, EasyJet, the famous european airline company, announced that it would become the world’s first airline operating net-zero carbon flights. It would achieve this by carbon offsetting all its flights. The airline plans to do this with “forestry, renewable and […]
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Added on Thu January 9th, 2020 • by: Irene B
Online magazine “The Travel” collected some common airplane myths people still believe. No matter how many times you fly, there always seem to be more weird and wonderful rules or regulation to be aware. However, how do you know which of these rules are real and which are simply myths? Although flying is a method […]
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Added on Tue December 17th, 2019 • by: Irene B
Small pets (like dogs, cats, turtles…) will fly in the airplane cabin with their owners. Delta Air Lines is the first airline company which will allow pets to fly like passengers. Small animals will no longer blocked in the cargo hold. Often flying in the cargo is dangerous for animals, especially for little dogs and […]
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Added on Fri December 6th, 2019 • by: Irene B
Tomorrow is the International Civil Aviation Day. Every year on 7th December we will celebrate civil aviation. The International Day was declared in 1996 by General Assembly of the United Nation. On 7th December 1944 the significant International Civil Aviation Agreement was signed. This is because General Assembly decided this date. International Civil Aviation Organisation […]
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Added on Thu November 14th, 2019 • by: Irene B
The future of zero-emission airplanes could be right around the corner. Recently, people make eco-conscious decisions and they are more interested in environment. However, a lot of people have to travel around the world and they have to use airplanes, the biggest contributors to carbon emissions. What are consumers to do? Consumers are concerned and […]
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Added on Wed November 6th, 2019 • by: Irene B
Flight times London-Sydney could be 80% shorter by the 2030s thanks to a hypersonic rocket engine called SABRE (Synergetic Air-Breathing Rocket Engine). The UK Space Agency invested in the Reaction Engine project. The Reaction Engine is a British company that it is working on a hypersonic space plane. This aircraft is five times faster than […]
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Added on Wed October 30th, 2019 • by: Irene B
The Federal Aviation Administration is going to test airplane seats. The testing will take place in November and it will determine how small airplane seats can safely get, and how close rows of seats can be to one another. Under federal regulations, planes must be able to be evacuated within 90 seconds. 720 volunteers, who […]
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Added on Wed October 23rd, 2019 • by: Irene B
Qantas Airlines flight landed at Sydney airport after 19 hours: it was the world’s ever longest commercial flight. The airplane took off from JFK airport (New York) on October 18th at 9.27 pm and it touched down at 7.43 am on 20th. Just 49 people were on board and they were six pilots, six members of cabin […]
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Added on Wed October 2nd, 2019 • by: Irene B
Be sustainable when you travel by plane. Is it possible? Reducing waste during airplane travel is the least you can do after choosing a not-so-sustainable mode of travelling. So, how do you achieve that? Consious Life and Style give us some advice. First of all, choose a flight that is as direct as possible and […]
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Added on Thu September 19th, 2019 • by: Irene B
Crashes plane due to birds strike are raised in the world. In Russia, pilot Damir Yusupov avoided another tragedy. Last 15th august, a Russian Airbus A321 (where there were 233 people on board) lost dual engine because of some big birds. The pilot was brave and he managed to land in a corn field. Passengers […]
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