Aircraft’s have, over the past century revolutionized the way that humanity travels across the world. With more and more people, especially from the Asian region hopping on an airplane, the aircraft industry surely does not need to worry too much about its future.
Cost of airline travels has come down substantially and more and more airlines are looking at ways to create more value for their customers while still trying to cut expenditure.
1. Business Aviation In 2013
More than one-third of the business aviation professionals believe that the aviation industry will not show any increase or decrease in growth in 2013. More than seventy percent of these professionals also think that growth will be impeded by economic conditions and 63% of them think that price is the decisive factor for customers and that Asian region will be the biggest growth market.
Bombardier and Embraer are believed to be the two most successful manufacturers in 2013 and launch of Gulfstream’s G650 will have the most effect.
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2.Women In Aviation
E. Lillian Todd in 1906 was the first woman to participate in designing and construction of an aircraft, while Madame Therese Peltier became the first woman to fly an airplane on her own. In 1910, Baroness Raymonde de Laroche was the first woman to have a pilot license.
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3. The State Of Global Aviation
There are 56.6 million jobs contributed by aviation industry around the globe that accounts for 3.5 percent of global economic produce and generates $500 billion per year. World trade that flows by air is 0.5% in volume and it accounts for 35% of global trade in value terms.
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4. The World’s Best Airlines In 2013
Emirates of Dubai stand at the top spot followed by Qatar Airways of the State of Qatar in the second position. Singapore Airlines and All Nippon Airways are at the third and fourth spot respectively.
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5.Europe’s Cheapest And Most Expensive Airports
Katowice airport of Poland is the best while London’s Heathrow airport is the worst in a survey conducted. While Poland along with Oslo, Stockholm, Paris and Brussels were found to have cheap airports, those in London, Vienna, Zurich, Prague and Helsinki were found to be most expensive.
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6. 50 Years Of The Private Jet
07 October 1963 saw the first private jet called Lear Jet take its first flight from Wichita, Kansas in the US. This was Bill Lear’s iconic purpose-built aircraft.
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7. Flight Into The Future
Emerging economies of the world will be driving the future growth of aviation, as they will account for 50% of new aircraft demand over the next 2 decades.
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8. SITA Facts
SITA since 1949 has been at the pilot seat of the air transport industry and has 2800 customers in the form of Airlines, Airports, Services and Governments globally across 200 countries and territories. Its ownership sits with 500 members of the ATI and it won the 2011 Frost & Sullivan award for Airport IT solutions provider of the year and the 2011 CAPA award for IT innovation of the year.
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9. Aviation’s Economic Impact
In 2009, even during the peak recession civil aviation supported 10.2 million jobs that amounted for $394.4 billion and contributed to a total of $1.3 trillion in total economic activity in the US. As the flights per day are expected to increase by a third between 2010 and 2030, the passenger traffic is expected to increase from 712 million to 1.2 billion during the same period.
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10. Jubilee Air Travel
As UK celebrates the Queen’s Diamond jubilee extravaganza, we take a look down the memory lane. In 1952, the price for an economy ticket from NY to London was up to GBP 3500 which is approximately GBP 450 now. While there were just 383 million passengers in 1970, today the number is 6 billion.
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11. Airline Social Media Outlook 2012/ 2013
More than three-fourths of the world’s airlines spent more than 90 person-hours per month on social media activities. Customer service has the most staff involved in social media activities. More than 85% of airlines have a part of their marketing spend allocated to social media.
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12. The Plane Facts
Aircraft flying is a highly automated activity with the pilot controlling the aircraft manually only for 3 minutes that is during the take-off and landing. On a flying aircraft, water boils at 90 degrees centigrade but a tasty cup of tea needs water boiled to 100 degrees centigrade. English is the international language of flight and the pilot & flight controllers need to be able to speak English mandatorily.
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13. User Experience Of Airline Sites
Delta airlines comes on the top with 67% success rate of being able to track the boarding pass option on the airlines site. At 38%, Singapore Airlines comes at the last place here. The time needed to find the boarding pass is also lowest at Delta – 15.3 seconds while it is the highest at 23.9 seconds with KLM.
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14. Why Do Aircraft Hold At Heathrow Airport?
Actually holding the aircraft is part of the strategy at Heathrow to be able to run operations smoothly at the world’s busiest airport that it is. It is a way for the airport authorities to make full use of the constrained landing capacity as per the landing slots. This calls for huge skill and experience on their part.
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15. App In The Air
As per the ‘App in the Air’ application, Heathrow, John F Kennedy and Oslo Gardermoen airports are the top ones overall while United Airlines, Delta Airlines and American Airlines stand at the top.
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16. Plane Annoying
Of the two-thirds British citizens that travelled by air, seven percent lost some or all of their baggage in the journey. Some 54% of people think that airplanes should have crèche for children and 87% say they do not want to pay higher to get a seat in alcohol-free zone.
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17. Find The Best Airline For You
In Q3 2009, the top 10 domestic airlines raised $1.95 billion from extra fees related to checked baggage and changes in reservation dates and timings but it is small relative to the $9.4 billion that the industry lost in 2009.
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18. The Rise Of Meet And Greet Airport Parking
More than 54% of married users and 35% single users take the meet and greet parking option to be able to save time while flying and users say that they saved up to 2 hours off travel time using this facility.
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19. How Much Do You Pay For That “Free” Flight?
While Delta Airlines has the highest annual fees at $95, Alaska Airlines charges the lowest at $35. The return percent on dollars spent is 1.9% for Delta and 1.8% for Alaska Airlines.
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20. UK Aviation Statistics
While Heathrow is UK’s busiest airport, Luton is the least busy. Thomas Cook Airlines Ltd has the most number of flight delays on average while RyanAir has the lowest on this count.
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