Choosing Air Travel
Written by MichaelZ on April 16, 2010 – 10:36 am -Pros and Cons of Air Travel
The popularity of air travel has been increasing in the past few decades. Air travel is convenient and safe and these are the main reasons that have contributed to the increase in popularity of air travel. The following are some of the positive and negative factors involving air travel.
Disadvantage: Airplanes Cause Pollution.
The major shortcoming of air travel is the pollution caused by it. Greenhouse gases are emitted into the atmosphere by the aero planes and these gases are responsible for global warming. For those people that try to limit their impact on the planet this could be a serious drawback. Many airlines are becoming friendlier to the environment to prevent the effect of global warming. One of the ways in which this is achieved by many of these airlines is to retrofit winglet devices that make the aircraft fuel efficient. In addition, many airlines have started upgrading their fleet of aero planes to modern fuel efficient aircraft by spending millions of dollars.
Disadvantage: High Cost
High cost of travel makes many people avoid traveling by air. It is cheaper to fill up gas in your car and drive to your desired destination instead of going by flight. By flying on discount
airline it is possible to overcome this disadvantage of high cost. The main deciding factor for flying or driving is the type of deal you can get for airfare.
Disadvantage: Fear of Flying
Many people avoid flying for specific reasons. This is mainly because of the fact that they were on a flight that has experienced extreme turbulence or some type of other event and this has been rather terrifying.
Advantage: Speed of Travel
One of the greatest pros about air travel is that it provides the ability to get you where you need to go much faster than other forms of transportation. Flying between two destinations in United States which are connected by air takes a few hours whereas going by car between these destinations might take a number of days. Since you are saving a number of days by flying you can enjoy longer vacations.
Advantage: Easy to Travel Long Distances
In case you have to travel to far off destinations you will find that it is difficult to travel by any other mode other than air travel. We can pretty much travel to any destination around the globe by air. Although many of these flying times are very long you will still find that the total time taken is much shorter than the time that would have been spent by using alternate modes of transportation.
Advantage: Safety
When you consider various modes of travel, you will find that travel by air is the safest. Every year you will find a lot of fatal accidents occur because of car travel. It is also not uncommon to read about train derailments as well. As regards to air travel related accidents you will find that the frequency of occurrences is relatively minimal. For many people safety is the prime consideration for choosing air travel as compared to other form of transportation.
Choosing air travel is a personal decision, based on the factors discussed above along with a multitude factors not discussed here. For most travelers safety, speed of travel and cost are the over riding factors. As long as cost remains affordable air travel will continue to grow in popularity.
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