Choosing Air Travel
Air Travel-Pros and Cons
The popularity of air travel has been increasing in the past few decades. One can attribute a number of reasons for this increase in popularity and these are convenience and safety. The following are some of the positive and negative factors involving air travel.
Disadvantage: Airplanes Cause Pollution.
Pollution is the biggest problem caused by air travel. Airplanes emit greenhouse gases into our atmosphere which contributes to things like global warming. For those people that try to limit their impact on the planet this could be a serious drawback. ) Many airlines are trying to become more environmentally conscious these days. One of the ways in which you could do this is by retrofitting winglet on the aircraft that makes the aircraft fuel efficient. Airlines also spend millions of dollars upgrading their fleets to newer and more efficient aircraft.
Disadvantage: High Cost
People refrain from traveling by air because of the high cost of air travel. It is cheaper to fill up gas in your car and drive to your desired destination instead of going by flight. You can take advantage of discount
airline travel to obviate the high cost of travel by air. The main deciding factor for flying or driving is the type of deal you can get for airfare.
Disadvantage: Fear of Flying
Many people refrain from flying. 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 major advantages in air travel is that it is able to take you to any of the places where airports are available at a much faster rate than any other forms of transportation. The duration of travel by road between two different places in the United States may be a few days as compared to travel by flight which will take only a few hours. The savings obtained in this mode of air travel gives you an opportunity to enjoy your vacation for a longer period.
Advantage: Easy to Travel Long Distances
Another major advantage in traveling by air is that you can travel to far off destinations which are difficult to traverse either by road or any other means. traveling to any destination in the world is possible if you travel by air. In the event of your opting for other modes of transportation you will find the travel time is quite long as compared to flying between these destinations.
Advantage: Safety
With regards to other forms of travel, air travel is considered to be one of the safest. Car accidents wherein people die happen in thousands every year. Similarly, there is no dearth of train accidents. As compared to other modes of transportation you will find that accidents in air are negligible. Decision making on the mode of travel has been very easy for many people who consider safety as the main factor for opting to fly.
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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